Diving Center Benalmádena – Andalusian Institute of Professional Diving
Sport: Diving, Others, Orientation, Sailing, Fishing, Multiadventure
Diving Center Benalmádena – Instituto Andaluz del Buceo Profesional offers a commercial diving school that covers more than 40 different modalities: swamps, ports, boats, etc. In addition to the State Security Bodies.
Among the courses we offer, there is the one of Professional Diver of Small Depth (30m, 250h), and that of Diving Technician at Medium Depth / Technician in Underwater and Hyperbaric Operations (60 m / 2000 hours), as well as those parallel courses necessary to practice the profession, such as PRL, First Aid, Basic Training, etc.
Dive Center Benalmádena – Instituto Andaluz del Buceo Profesional has extensive facilities dedicated to teaching, among which three classrooms, heated pool, medicine cabinet with hyperbaric chamber, bottle refill area and much more.
Diving Instructor Team
Instructor team. Professional Diving Center

Manuel Crespo Ruiz
Director of the C.B.B and the Andalusian Institute of Professional Diving
– Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Malaga
– Master in Maritime Health from the University of Cádiz
– Expert in Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine from the University of Cádiz
– Professional Diving Instructor and 1st Class Professional Diver
– Medium Depth Diving Technician
– Senior Technician in Occupational Risk Prevention and specialist in safety, ergonomics and applied psychology.
– Senior Technician in Navigation, Fishing and Maritime Transport.
– Merchant Marine Height Pattern
– Specialist in: Installations and systems, hydraulic works, afloat repairs and salvage of ships, cutting, welding and explosives
– Technician in Underwater Activities with Sport Scuba
– Three star FEDAS / CMAS instructor
– Sailing Yacht Captain
– Professional pattern of pleasure boats

Juan A. Vega Amaya
Head of Diving Practices
– Professional diving instructor and 1st Class Diver
– Port Pattern and Multipurpose Coastal Pattern
– Specialist in: Installations and systems, hydraulic works, afloat repairs and salvage of ships, cutting and welding
– Three star FEDAS instructor
– HSE platform diver part 1 Commercial Diving
– Medium Technician in Occupational Risk Prevention
Alejandro Gutiérrez López
Professional Diving Instructor
– Technical Degree in Professional Diving
– Medium depth diving technician
– Specialist in: Facilities and systems of diving, hydraulic works, repairs afloat and rescue of ships, underwater cutting and welding, underwater work with explosives, underwater inspections, search and underwater rescue, aquaculture facilities and operation with hyperbaric chambers
– Port Pattern
– Three star FEDAS instructor
– Pleasure craft pattern (PER)

Mariano Crespo Ruiz
Professional Diving Instructor
– Technical Degree in Professional Diving
– Sail Yacht Captain
– Senior Technician in Navigation, Fishing and Maritime Transport.
– Merchant Marine Height Pattern
– Specialist in: Facilities and systems of diving, hydraulic works, repairs afloat and rescue of ships, underwater cutting and welding, underwater work with explosives, underwater inspections, search and underwater rescue, aquaculture facilities and operation with hyperbaric chambers
– Three star FEDAS / CMAS instructor
– Medium depth diving technician