CS Diving Center
Marina de Leixôes, 4450-718 Leça da Palmeira, Portugal, Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos, PRT
Informazioni sul Centro
CS Diving Center, situato a Leça da Palmeira, Portogallo, è un centro e scuola subacquea con profonde radici nel mare e una passione per le immersioni. Offrono una vasta gamma di corsi certificati PADI, SSI, CMAS/FFESSM e TDI, coprendo tutto, dai livelli principianti alle specializzazioni avanzate. Tra i corsi disponibili ci sono Enriched Air Nitrox, Instructor Development Course, Freediving e Battesimo del subacqueo.
Le strutture del centro includono armadietti, una piscina per l'addestramento e il noleggio attrezzatura. CS Diving Center fornisce anche ricariche d'aria con nitrox e organizza immersioni notturne, offrendo ai subacquei l'opportunità di esplorare il mondo sottomarino in varie condizioni. Il centro è dedicato a fornire esperienze subacquee sicure ed emozionanti.
Con un team esperto e qualificato, inclusi istruttori certificati da più agenzie e in possesso di patenti nautiche, CS Diving Center è attrezzato per guidare sia i principianti che i subacquei esperti. Il loro impegno si riflette nelle offerte di viaggi subacquei nazionali e internazionali, oltre a promozioni speciali per i loro clienti.
Corsi Disponibili
13 cursosFreediving
Curso de apnea para aprender técnicas de inmersión en apnea y respiración, explorando el mar sin equipo de buceo.
SSI Try Scuba e SSI Try Scuba Diving
Il programma SSI Try Scuba o Try Scuba Diving è la tua introduzione al mondo subacqueo. Questo programma di livello base ti offre l'opportunità di provare il mondo subacqueo, sia in acque confinate che in acque libere, senza dover impegnarti in un programma di certificazione più esteso.
SSI Open Water Diver
Il programma Basic Diver ti offre l'opportunità di sperimentare il mondo sottomarino, in un ambiente di acque confinate e acque libere, senza impegnarti in un programma di certificazione più lungo.
SSI Scuba Diver
Questo programma è per studenti che non hanno tempo per completare il programma Open Water Diver e fornisce la formazione e l'esperienza necessarie per immergersi in sicurezza in acque libere sotto la supervisione di un professionista subacqueo.
SSI Open Water Diver
Questo programma di certificazione riconosciuto a livello mondiale è il modo migliore per iniziare la tua avventura di una vita come subacqueo certificato.
SSI Guida Subacquea
Questo programma ti fornisce le competenze e le conoscenze necessarie per guidare in sicurezza gruppi di subacquei certificati, rappresentando il primo passo verso una carriera professionale nel diving, senza la necessità di seguire un corso istruttore.
SSI Nitrox Blender
Questo programma insegna le abilità e i concetti necessari per miscelare in sicurezza nitrox e miscele trimix a base di elio per immersioni con miscele gassose.
SSI Apnea di base
Questo programma ti fornisce le conoscenze necessarie per fare apnea in sicurezza con un compagno di immersione in piscina / acque confinate fino a una profondità di 5 metri.
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