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FINNI FINNBJÖRNSSON - Master Instructor and PADI Public Safety Instructor

Finni Finnbjornsson

Owner and head instructor of SCUBA ICELAND is one of the most experienced instructors and diver in Iceland.  Finnbjorn is a PADI Master Instructor and the first PADI Public Safety Instructor in Scandinavia, qualified to teach 12 specialties.

Finnbjorn did his training at Ocean Divers in Key Largo, Florida. He is a full time diving instructor and guide.  He has been a diving instructor in Iceland since the year 1998 along with working as a police officer until the year 2006.  Finnbjorn also worked as an instructor at Florida West Scuba School in Venice, Florida and at GCMI-South, Associated Marine Institute in Florida when he lived there from 1996 – 1998.


Speciality qualifications
  • Dry Suit Diver
  • Underwater Naturalist
  • Enriched Air Diver (NITROX) 21% -40%
  • Wreck Diver
  • Search and Recovery Diver
  • Boat Diver
  • Underwater Navigator
  • Night Diver
  • Deep Diver
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy Diver
  • Diving Propulsion Vehicle
  • Ice Diver
  • Digital Underwater Photographer
  • Underwater Videographer
  • Emergency Oxygen Provider
  • EFR Instructor
  • Full Face Mask
Other teaching qualifications
  • Red Cross of Iceland - First Aid instructor - Lifeguard Instructor Trainer
  • American Red Cross - First Aid and Safety Instructor. 
  • American Red Cross - Water Safety Instructor
  • American Red Cross - Lifeguard Instructor Trainer