Hidrospot - Escola de Mergulho
Tv. do Choupelo 31, 4405-759 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, Vila Nova de Gaia, PRT
Sobre o Centro
A Hidrospot - Escola de Mergulho, localizada em Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, é um centro de mergulho certificado pela SSI e TDI. É especializada em uma ampla gama de cursos, desde Discover Scuba Diving até níveis profissionais como Divemaster e Curso de Desenvolvimento de Instrutores, além de especialidades como Ar Enriquecido Nitrox e Mergulho Técnico. Eles também oferecem treinamento de Freediving, com cursos que vão desde os níveis básicos até o Extended Range.
As instalações do Hidrospot incluem armários, bar para relaxamento pós-mergulho, piscina para treinamento em águas confinadas e opção para mergulhos noturnos. Eles oferecem um serviço abrangente de aluguel de equipamentos e uma loja de mergulho para todas as necessidades. Enchimentos de ar, incluindo Nitrox, também estão disponíveis.
O centro dedica-se à exploração do mundo subaquático e promove a conservação marinha através da sua participação no movimento "Mission Deep Blue" da SSI. Este compromisso destaca a importância da conservação e do uso sustentável dos ambientes aquáticos. A sua missão é tornar a beleza do mundo subaquático acessível aos seus clientes, oferecendo uma experiência de mergulho memorável e educativa.
A Hidrospot também oferece pacotes de treinamento abrangentes que combinam cursos como Specialty Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver e Master Diver, proporcionando um caminho claro para a certificação avançada. A sua equipa está empenhada em oferecer uma formação de elevada qualidade, seja para quem pretende descobrir o mergulho pela primeira vez, seja para quem pretende avançar na carreira profissional em dvivo.
Cursos Disponíveis
8 cursosCurso Open Water Diver
Hidrospot's Open Water Diver is the full SSI certification programme — 6 theory sessions, 6 pool sessions, and 4 open water dives in the Atlantic off Porto and Gaia. The price of €460 includes equipment, insurance, all…
Curso Advanced Open Water
The SSI Advanced Adventurer at Hidrospot is five open water dives across five different specialty disciplines — a way to sample what's available in the specialties catalogue before committing to any of them fully. The…
Try Scuba
The Try Scuba is Hidrospot's entry point — a single pool session that gets you breathing underwater without any commitment to a certification programme. Porto isn't tropical diving, but that first breath from a regulator…
Basic Diver
The Basic Diver sits between the Try Scuba pool session and the full Scuba Diver certification — it adds an open water dive to the confined water training, giving you the experience of actual sea diving without…
Scuba Diver
The SSI Scuba Diver is the option Hidrospot recommends for people who want a proper introduction to diving but can't commit to the full Open Water Diver schedule. Three theory sessions, three pool sessions, and two sea…
Public Safety Diver 1
Hidrospot runs the full four-level SSI Public Safety Diver programme, designed for professional divers working in emergency services — firefighters, police, military. Level 1 covers foundational skills; Level 2 adds deep…
SSI Explorers (Scuba Rangers)
The SSI Explorers programme at Hidrospot is designed for children between 8 and 12 years old. Sessions run in the pool or confined water areas at a maximum depth of 5 metres — the safety boundaries are built into the…
Try Freediving / Pool Freediver / SSI Freediver
Hidrospot's freediving programme runs under Peter Li (Jiaxin Li), who holds SSI Freediving Instructor, AIDA Instructor, and AIDA Youth Instructor credentials. His personal bests — 5'36" static apnea, 130 metres dynamic…
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What people ask before booking
Hidrospot is an exclusively SSI centre. All courses — recreational, freediving, technical, and professional — are certified through SSI. The centre is also licensed by IPDJ I.P., the Portuguese sports institute.
The Open Water Diver is €460 and includes equipment, insurance, all dives, and the SSI certification. The programme runs 6 theory sessions, 6 pool sessions, and 4 open water dives.
Yes. Freediving is taught by Peter Li (Jiaxin Li), who holds SSI Freediving Instructor, AIDA Instructor, and AIDA Youth Instructor ratings. His personal bests include 5'36" static apnea and 130 metres dynamic bifin — the programme has genuine depth behind it.
Yes. The SSI Explorers programme is designed for children aged 8 to 12. Sessions are held in a pool or confined water areas at a maximum depth of 5 metres, taught by specially trained instructors.
The SSI Try Scuba is a single pool session priced at €25. If you want to include an open water dive, the Basic Diver at €250 adds one sea dive to the pool session, and that dive can be credited toward a Scuba Diver or Open Water Diver course within 6 months.
Yes — the Extended Range programme covers XR Foundations, XR Nitrox Diving, and full Technical XR. Vitor Sequeira, the technical director, is an Extended Range Trimix Instructor, so the training goes up to trimix dives. There's also a Public Safety Diver track that includes decompression diving below 40 metres and overhead environments.
Yes. Hidrospot runs trips along the Portuguese coast and internationally. Sofia Gonçalves, one of the instructors, specifically handles the organisation of international travel.
Yes — equipment is available for rental or purchase on site, according to each diver's needs.
Tv. do Choupelo 31, 4405-759 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, Vila Nova de Gaia, PRT