Twenty-one days in Port de Sóller turn an experienced diver into someone others can look to. The Divemaster course is about knowledge, supervision skills and the habits of a mentor, not another stack of fun dives. Your instructor treats the harbour as a working classroom: briefings, boat days and the quiet work of looking after a group.
Three weeks of professional training, not a holiday with a badge at the end. Knowledge work sits beside time on the boat, so supervision skills are practised on real mornings in Port de Sóller. The instructor watches how you brief, how you watch a group and how you hold a standard when the day gets busy.
Some days are heavier on theory. Others put you next to other divers as a working assistant. The shape of the 21 days follows the group and the sea, with a 10:00 start on the first morning and a rhythm that feels like a job, not a tour.
A working harbour is the right classroom for Divemaster. Port de Sóller puts boat days, briefings and the quay in the same few hundred metres, with the Tramuntana mountains behind the town and open water beyond the breakwater.
Port de Sóller harbour is the meeting point. Candidates learn the same stretch of coast they will later supervise, which is the point of training here rather than in a generic pool complex.
This is a professional course for divers who already feel ready to lead. Supervision skills ask for calm judgement, recent dive time and a willingness to be useful to other people, not only to yourself.
Readiness is confirmed before the first morning. Bring certification cards and a logbook, and tell us honestly how current you are so we can plan the 21 days without skipping the foundations of a safe leader.
Well-maintained kit and a crew that loves sharing the Mediterranean are the quiet reasons people come back. We have run a harbour base in Port de Sóller for more than thirty years, as a five-star PADI centre with daily boats, guided dives, snorkel trips and courses from the first lesson through to professional training. Safety, small groups and care for the marine environment are the daily standard, not a special setting.
Skippers and instructors know the local reefs, caves and open water because they still work them, which is the right classroom for anyone learning to lead. The welcome is practical and kind. When you want the boat and crew to yourselves, we can shape a private day around that request.
Meet us at Carrer de la Marina 30, 07108 Port de Sóller. The harbour and dive boat are a short walk from the meeting point. Allow time to park in town and walk down to the waterfront before your 10:00 start on the first morning.
The course is 21 days. That block is used for knowledge work and supervision practice from the harbour in Port de Sóller, not for a string of tourist dives.
Start dates are offered daily at 10:00, subject to confirmation. The 21 days then run as one professional block.
Knowledge and supervision skills: how to brief a group, how to watch a dive and how to be the calm person other divers look to. The course is written to produce a mentor and a role model, not only a card.
Practice happens on real boat days as well as in the classroom. Your instructor will be honest about habits that still need work before sign-off.
Yes. PADI Divemaster is the first professional level. It is for people who want to lead and look after other divers, not for someone collecting a casual upgrade.
The 21 days feel like work because they are. Show up ready to be useful, take feedback and hold a standard when the quay is busy.
Your working base is Port de Sóller harbour. The boat and the working quay are a short walk from the meeting point.
The first morning starts at 10:00, subject to confirmation. Later days follow the harbour rhythm your instructor sets for that week's groups.
Pack for boat days and classroom mornings: swimwear, a towel, sunscreen, a change of clothes and clothes you can work in on the quay. Bring your certification cards and logbook.
Anything else is confirmed before day one. This is a long course, so the bag needs to cover both water and classroom time.
Boat-based supervision practice needs a usable sea. If a morning is too rough, that part of the day is moved rather than forced.
Knowledge work can still go ahead when the boat cannot run. Your instructor will say as early as possible if a day needs to shift inside the 21-day block.
No overnight stay is included. Candidates arrange their own place to sleep in or near Port de Sóller and come to the harbour each working day.
The meeting point stays at Port de Sóller harbour. We can point you toward the town, but lodging is not part of the course.
Successful completion earns the PADI Divemaster certification. That is the professional card for a dive leader who can supervise and mentor other divers.
Sign-off happens when your instructor is satisfied with both knowledge and supervision skills. Certification is issued through PADI once the 21-day work is complete.
Experienced divers who want to become the person others look to. If the aim is only more fun dives, this is the wrong course.
A Divemaster candidate needs judgement, patience and a willingness to put the group first. We confirm that readiness before the first morning.
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À propos du centre
Port de Sóller
For more than thirty years we have welcomed divers and ocean lovers to the northwest coast of Mallorca from our base beside the harbour in Port de Sóller. As a five-star PADI dive centre we run daily boat trips, guided dives, snorkelling excursions and a full programme of courses for complete beginners through to professionals, with a strong focus on safety, small groups and looking after the marine environment.
Our skippers and instructors know the local reefs, caves and open-water sites intimately, and we also offer private charters and tailored VIP experiences when you want the boat and crew to yourselves. Whether you are earning your first certification, refreshing rusty skills or joining a family-friendly dolphin or snorkel tour, you will find warm hospitality, well-maintained equipment and a team that loves sharing the Mediterranean underwater world.
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