CS Diving Center
Marina de Leixôes, 4450-718 Leça da Palmeira, Portugal, Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos, PRT
À Propos du Centre
CS Diving Center, situé à Leça da Palmeira, Portugal, est un centre de plongée et une école profondément ancrés dans la mer et passionnés par la plongée. Ils proposent une large gamme de cours certifiés PADI, SSI, CMAS/FFESSM et TDI, couvrant tous les niveaux, des débutants aux spécialités avancées. Parmi les cours disponibles figurent l'Air Enrichi Nitrox, le cours de développement d'instructeur, la plongée en apnée et le baptême de plongée.
Les installations du centre comprennent des casiers, une piscine pour l'entraînement et la location de matériel. CS Diving Center assure également des remplissages d'air avec nitrox et organise des plongées de nuit, offrant aux plongeurs l'opportunité d'explorer le monde sous-marin dans diverses conditions. Le centre s'engage à offrir des expériences de plongée sûres et passionnantes.
Avec une équipe expérimentée et qualifiée, comprenant des instructeurs certifiés par plusieurs agences et titulaires de licences nautiques, CS Diving Center est équipé pour guider les débutants comme les plongeurs expérimentés. Leur engagement se reflète dans leurs offres de voyages de plongée nationaux et internationaux, ainsi que dans des promotions spéciales pour leurs clients.
Cours Disponibles
13 cursosFreediving
Curso de apnea para aprender técnicas de inmersión en apnea y respiración, explorando el mar sin equipo de buceo.
SSI Try Scuba et SSI Try Scuba Diving
Le programme SSI Try Scuba ou Try Scuba Diving est votre introduction au monde sous-marin. Ce programme d'initiation vous donne l'opportunité de découvrir le monde sous-marin, que ce soit en eaux confinées ou en eaux libres, sans avoir à vous engager dans un programme de certification plus long.
SSI Plongeur de base
Le programme Basic Diver vous offre l'opportunité d'expérimenter le monde sous-marin, dans un environnement d'eaux confinées et d'eaux libres – sans vous engager dans un programme de certification plus long.
SSI Plongeur scaphandre
Ce programme s'adresse aux étudiants qui n'ont pas le temps de suivre le programme Open Water Diver et vous offre la formation et l'expérience nécessaires pour plonger en toute sécurité en eaux libres sous la supervision d'un professionnel de la plongée.
SSI Plongeur Open Water
Ce programme de certification reconnu mondialement est la meilleure façon de commencer votre aventure d'une vie en tant que plongeur certifié.
SSI Guide de Plongée
Ce programme vous donne les compétences et les connaissances nécessaires pour diriger en toute sécurité des groupes de plongeurs certifiés, constituant la première étape vers une carrière professionnelle en plongée, sans obligation de suivre un cours d'instructeur.
SSI Mélangeur de gaz
Ce programme enseigne les compétences et les concepts nécessaires pour mélanger en toute sécurité du nitrox et des mélanges trimix à base d'hélium pour la plongée au mélange gazeux.
SSI Freediving de base
Ce programme vous donne les connaissances nécessaires pour pratiquer la plongée libre en toute sécurité avec un binôme dans des environnements de piscine / eaux confinées jusqu'à une profondeur de 5 mètres.
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, the Batelão at 27 m, the Brenha at 27 m, and the Jacob Maersk at 12–15 m. Each has different structure, access points and marine life. The SSI Wreck Diving specialty teaches safe navigation above and around wreck structures, wreck dive planning, and the protocols that keep you out of trouble when the temptation is to push deeper inside. None of these sites require penetration, but understanding wreck environments makes the dives significantly more rewarding. The centre has been diving these sites since 2011 and the instructors know each wreck's layout, entry conditions and the windows when visibility and current cooperate.
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 no-decompression limits and reducing required surface intervals compared to air diving. On the north coast, where multiple dives per day across wreck sites at 27–33 metres is normal, nitrox has practical value rather than just being a resume item. The centre offers both SSI Enriched Air Nitrox 32% and 40% certification upon completion. Casimiro Sampaio holds a TDI Nitrox Instructor rating in addition to his SSI credentials, giving this course depth on the technical side.
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 using one safely. The course covers the specific buoyancy management required when diving dry, emergency procedures unique to drysuit diving, and equipment maintenance. Training starts in confined water before moving to open water dives. For divers planning to dive the local wrecks regularly — particularly the U-1277 at 30 metres, where bottom time and thermal comfort matter — this specialty pays back quickly.
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 the setup, movement advantages and buoyancy differences compared to backmount. For the kind of wreck diving the centre specialises in — sites with structure to navigate around rather than penetrate — sidemount offers real benefits in trim and manoeuvrability. The qualification opens the door to that style of diving in a managed, progressive way.
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 International) Instructor certification — a credential that goes beyond the standard SSI qualification and reflects specialist training in adapted diving. The programme provides the skills and training needed for participants to dive with a qualified buddy, adapted to their specific abilities and environmental conditions. It's a genuine service rather than a nominal offering — the DDI certification means the instructor has trained specifically for this context. For anyone with mobility limitations looking to dive on the north Portuguese coast, CS Diving Center is one of the few centres on this stretch of coastline with the credentials to deliver this properly.
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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