CS Diving Center
Marina de Leixôes, 4450-718 Leça da Palmeira, Portugal, Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos, PRT
About the Center
CS Diving Center, located in Leça da Palmeira, Portugal, is a dive center and school with deep roots in the sea and a passion for diving. They offer a wide range of courses certified by PADI, SSI, CMAS/FFESSM, and TDI, covering everything from beginner levels to advanced specialties. Among the courses available are Enriched Air Nitrox, Instructor Development Course, Freediving, and Baptême de plongée.
The center's facilities include lockers, a swimming pool for training, and equipment rental. CS Diving Center also provides air fills with nitrox and organizes night dives, offering divers the opportunity to explore the underwater world in various conditions. The center is dedicated to providing safe and exciting diving experiences.
With an experienced and qualified team, including instructors certified by multiple agencies and holding nautical licenses, CS Diving Center is equipped to guide both beginners and experienced divers. Their commitment is reflected in their offerings of domestic and international dive trips, as well as special promotions for their clients.
Available Courses
13 cursosFreediving
CS Diving Center's freediving programme starts here — an introduction to the concepts and techniques used in recreational freediving, conducted in confined water with an SSI dive professional. Casimiro Sampaio holds an…
SSI Try Scuba e SSI Try Scuba Diving
This is the entry point for anyone curious about breathing underwater without committing to a full certification course. At CS Diving Center, the Try Scuba programme can be done in confined water or open water — the…
SSI Basic Diver
The Basic Diver programme sits between Try Scuba and the full Open Water Diver certification. At CS Diving Center, this means time in both confined and open water environments — getting comfortable with the kit before…
SSI Scuba Diver
The Scuba Diver certification is the practical choice for people who want a real qualification but can't commit to the full Open Water Diver programme in one go. You come out certified to dive in open water under the…
SSI Open Water Diver
The Open Water Diver is the full entry-level certification — recognised worldwide, delivered here under the SSI system by instructors certified to AIT and OWSI level. CS Diving Center has been running this programme…
SSI Dive Guide
The Divemaster certification is the most widely recognised professional level in recreational diving, and CS Diving Center runs the full SSI track to get there. From Dive Guide level, the progression includes completing…
SSI Gas Blender
The SSI XR Gas Blender course is the technical side of the centre's extended range offering — teaching the skills and theory required to safely mix nitrox and helium-based trimix gases. It's a non-diving programme,…
SSI Basic Freediving
The Basic Freediving course takes participants to safe, independent freediving in pool or confined water environments to a maximum depth of 5 metres. It covers the knowledge and techniques needed to freedive safely with…
SSI Mergulho Profundo
This is the specialty built for what CS Diving Center does most. The site list runs to six wrecks across different depths and conditions — the U-1277 at 30 m, the Navio do Norte at 33 m, the Draga da Madalena at 18–21 m,…
SSI Ar Enriquecido Nitrox
CS Diving Center has had its own filling station since 2011, and the Nitrox specialty teaches you to use it properly. The course covers planning and executing dives with enriched air mixes up to 40% oxygen — extending…
SSI Fato Seco
The north Atlantic coast off Porto is not tropical diving. Water temperatures make a drysuit a practical piece of kit for year-round diving here, and CS Diving Center offers the SSI Dry Suit specialty to train you in…
SSI Sidemount Recreativo
Sidemount diving is noted by CS Diving Center as standard practice for wreck and cavern diving, and this specialty introduces recreational divers to the configuration. The SSI Recreational Sidemount Diving course covers…
SSI Classified Diver
The SSI Classified Diver programme is specifically designed for people with reduced or limited mobility. CS Diving Center is equipped to run this course through Mário Vasconcelos, who holds a DDI (Disabled Divers…
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The U-1277 — a German U-Boat from the Second World War resting at 30 metres off Angeiras. The periscope, torpedo tubes and bow rudder are still visible, and the wreck is colonised by conger eels, octopus, lobster and dense schools of whiting.
Yes. Instructor Mário Vasconcelos holds a DDI (Disabled Divers International) certification, and the centre offers the SSI Classified Diver programme, which is specifically designed for people with reduced or limited mobility.
The team holds credentials across SSI, PADI, CMAS, TDI and DAN. Most courses are delivered under the SSI system from introductory level through to professional certifications.
Both. The centre runs Try Scuba, Basic Diver and Open Water Diver programmes for those starting out. Sites like Pelo Negro (8–21 m) and Draga da Madalena (18–21 m) are suitable for training and recreational dives at shallower depths.
Yes. The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox specialty covers planning and diving with nitrox mixes up to 40% oxygen, and the centre has its own filling station operational since 2011.
Yes — the centre organises trips north to south across Portugal and to international destinations. The current schedule is posted on their Facebook page rather than a fixed calendar on the website.
CS Diving Center runs Dive Guide, Divemaster and SSI Assistant Instructor programmes. The Divemaster path includes the SSI Science of Diving specialty as a progression step from Dive Guide.
Marina de Leixôes, 4450-718 Leça da Palmeira, Portugal, Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos, PRT