What should a dive centre in Portugal run on?
Portuguese diving is Atlantic diving: swell decides the day, the water changes from one coast to the next, and the best offshore trips run in a short summer window. DiveOps keeps the plan, the divers and the books in one login, so a weather change is one update, not a morning of phone calls.
The short answer
DiveOps suits Portuguese dive centres on the mainland, Madeira and the Azores: it plans boat days around live weather and tides with a fallback site for each day, sells offshore specials as dated trips, tracks courses, gear and rentals, and runs euro payments and payroll, with a 24/7 WhatsApp AI front desk.
(opens full size in a new tab)Three coasts, three kinds of diving
On the mainland, centres dive the Berlengas off Peniche, the Arrábida coast at Sesimbra and the Ocean Revival wrecks off Portimão in the Algarve. Madeira's Garajau reserve near Funchal is known for groupers used to divers, and the Azores offer offshore seamounts such as the Princess Alice Bank, with mobula rays in summer and blue sharks off Pico and Faial.
The water differs too, from the mid-teens off the mainland in winter to the low 20s around Madeira and the Azores in late summer. DiveOps keeps one library of your sites with depth and difficulty, so every screen and every trip sheet reads from the same list.
Weather days, planned once
Atlantic swell can close a site overnight. DiveOps shows live weather and tide for your exact spot, plans the season as dive-site pairings with a fallback site for each day, and publishes the day's boats to the crew and to a screen in the shop, so everyone works from the same plan when it changes.
Offshore specials and the summer season
The Azores' offshore season runs roughly June to October, and mainland and Madeira centres run their own special trips. DiveOps sells each one as a dated trip on your booking page, with its own spaces and price, and divers pay a deposit or in full online. Hotels and travel agents can have their own booking link and QR code, with commission paid only on divers who book.
A 24/7 WhatsApp front desk
Portuguese centres hear from Portuguese, British, German, French, Spanish and Dutch divers, mostly by WhatsApp. DiveOps' WhatsApp AI answers on your centre's own number through the official Meta Business API, replies in under 2 minutes, handles around 92% of routine questions itself and sends your booking link. A person at the centre takes over any chat that needs one.
Euros, EU card rates and one login
Bookings, the shop till, rentals, payroll and reports run in euros. Card payments go through your own Stripe account at EU rates, which can mean card fees up to 20% lower than a typical terminal (never guaranteed; it depends on your current processor), and centres get roughly 8 hours a week of admin back.
DiveOps is one plan with every feature, priced by the number of divers you run through the year. Book a demo and see it set up against your own sites and boats.
Questions, answered.
Does DiveOps work for centres on Madeira and the Azores as well as the mainland?
Yes. The same product runs a mainland shore and boat centre, a Madeira reserve centre or an Azores centre selling offshore trips, each with its own sites, boats and season.
What happens when the weather closes a site?
Each day in the season plan has a fallback site, and live weather and tide for your exact spot sit on the overview. The crew and the shop screen see the same published plan.
Does it work in euros?
Yes. Prices, payments, the shop till, payroll and reports all run in euros, with card payments through your own Stripe account.
How much does DiveOps cost for a dive centre in Portugal?
One plan with every feature, priced by the number of divers you run through the year. The pricing page has the details, or book a demo for a figure against your own numbers.
See it run your dive centre.
A short live walkthrough on your real schedule. No slides, no sales patter.