The Academy
Reviving the Syrian coast.
The Syrian Diving Academy is a flagship diving, paragliding and marine-sports academy rising on the coast of Latakia, developed by Ocean Crest Collective. We exist to revive and invest in the Syrian coast — to train and certify a new generation of Syrian divers, seed the future Syrian Divers Union, and protect the marine environment we all depend on.
Mission · Vision · Values
What runs through everything.
Mission
Revive the Syrian coast and make world-class marine training accessible here — certifying divers, building community, and protecting the sea.
Vision
A thriving Syrian diving culture, recognised worldwide, anchored on the Latakia coast.
The building
A landmark shaped like a diving mask.
Our home is a landmark building shaped like a diving mask: two lenses bridged at the centre, fluid and parametric, facing the sea. The architecture echoes the identity — organic, flowing forms we call 'The Current.'
Our team
Certified instructors who learned on this coast.
Layla Haddad
Course Director
Open-water instructor and the academy's lead. Learned to dive on this coast and came back to teach it.
PADI MSDT · 2,400 dives
Karim Nassar
Technical & Deep
Twelve years across the Mediterranean and Red Sea. Runs the deep, wreck, and nitrox programs with a calm, methodical style.
Tech · Wreck · Nitrox · 3,000 dives
Maya Al-Saleh
Freediving & Marine
Freediving instructor and marine naturalist. Believes the best divers are the ones who protect what they explore.
Freediving · Marine naturalist · 1,600 dives
The ecosystem
A project of Ocean Crest Collective.
Investing beyond horizons. SDA is part of a wider coastal ecosystem.
www.occ-sy.net · info@occ-sy.net · +963 985 555 237 · Antakia St, Lawyers' Building, Latakia
Meet the collective