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The family
The company is run by three members of staff: Bruno, Susanna and Niccolò.
In the beginning, Bruno and Susanna, the creators and founders of Portofino Divers, did all of the work both in and out of the water. To create our vision of a diving centre it would have been unthinkable to delegate to anyone else the task of turning a concept of diving that we alone could imagine into a concrete reality.
Once the business became established we decided to increase our workforce to further optimise our services. So Niccolò, whose profile met our high requirements, mostly thanks to his inborn talent for diving, which we believe is the most important and essential ability required of anyone wishing to do our job, became part of our small family.
We are proud of the fact that all three of us are locals, brought up by the sea, our sea, which gives us so much satisfaction day after day, nature lovers delighting in simple village life and the peace that is an intrinsic part of it.
We are trained for all types of dives, experts in marine biology, cave and wreck diving techniques and deep diving with gas mixes, conscientious guides but always ready to astound our more demanding clients by revealing the hidden wonders of these waters.
The founders
Bruno
Ariodante "Bruno" Borelli
Professional
• 2002 to present : founder and owner of Portofino Divers
• 2001 Independent underwater video operator in Belize, C.A.
• 1998-2000 in Portofino, Italy ; dive guide and instructor, gas blender and manager of the technical diving department.
• 1997 Independent u/w instructor.
Diving Qualifications
• Recreational Instructor - GUE
• Technical Instructor - GUE
• Cave DPV Diver - GUE
• RB80 Diver - GUE
Diving Experience
• 3500+ dives including research dives, cave, wreck and mixed gas dives.
Special interests
• Conservation, education, exploration and research in the Portofino National Marine Reserve
• Underwater video
• Wreck research and exploration in the Ligurian and Mediterranean Seas
• Mediterranean environment and marine life
Bruno has being diving since 1989, he became recreational instructor in 1997 and technical instructor in 2000, he is predominately teaching and diving in the Portofino area, Genoa, Italy.
Together with his wife Susanna, he is currently the owner and operator of Portofino Divers, a dive center specializing in offer premier quality dive trips to the Portofino National Marine Reserve and to many different wrecks off Ligurian coast. As a GUE active and corporate sponsor, Portofino Divers actively promotes only GUE training programs; almost every day they organize recreational or technical dive trips dedicated only to GUE trained divers.
As an active supporter of safer and more efficient diving practices to increase fun in underwater activities, since when he discovered DIR philosophy Bruno is constantly involved in promoting it to the local dive community through free DIR Demos.
Languages
• italian, english
Sue
Susanna Lupino
Professional
• 2002 to present : founder and owner of Portofino Divers
• 2001 Independent underwater video operator in Belize, C.A.
Diving Qualifications
• Open Water Instructor - PADI
• Technical Diver Level 2 - GUE
• Cave DPV Diver - GUE
Diving Experience
• 2000 + dives including research dives, cave, wreck and mixed gas dives.
Special interests
• Conservation, education, exploration and research in the Portofino National Marine Reserve
• Wreck research and exploration in the Ligurian and Mediterranean Seas
• Mediterranean environment and marine life
Languages
• italian, english, french
Our staff
Nicco
Niccolò Crespi
( on the left !!! )
Professional
• 2007 to present : dive guide at Portofino Divers
• 2006 O.T.S. Professional Diver
Diving Qualifications
- Divemaster - PADI
- Technical Diver Level 2 - GUE
- Cave Diver Level 1 - GUE
- Professional Diver 50 meters
Diving Experience
• 750 + dives including professional dives, wreck dives and mixed gas dives.
Special interests
• Conservation, education, exploration and research in the Portofino National Marine Reserve
• Wreck research and exploration in the Ligurian and Mediterranean Seas
• Mediterranean environment and marine life
Languages
• italian
Our friends
Mario
Mario Arena
Professional
- 1991-present owner and operator North Eastern Divers
- 1996-98 Technical Diving Center in Pula, CRO, initiator and former owner
- 1998-02 Libreria del Mare nautical bookshop, owner
- Video operator
- Hyperbaric technician
Diving Qualifications
- Technical Instructor GUE
- Hyperbaric Technician
Diving Experience
- 2000+ dives
- 1300+ wreck dives
Community Involvement
- 1994 Founder of the WDS diving group
- Localized a number of unexplored shipwrecks
- Shipwrecks researches and surveys in collaboration with Cultural Heritage Authorities in Italy and Croatia
Special interests
- Student of history at the University of Trieste
Languages
- Italian
- English
Andrea
Andrea
Giovanni
Giovanni Radicella
