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Latest News and Offers: Congratulations to all our new Master Scuba DiversDive boat schedule now available on the Whats On pageNew! Introduction to Twin Set pool sessions £35 Nitrox available at the dive shopNow taking bookings for all holidaysBeach Clean Sunday 20 June - All welcome!Typhoon mask and snorkel set £39Apeks Quantum Dive Computer...£179TUSA fins £59.95

Diary Dates

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Sat 4 Sept, Meet at 10.30
Sun 5 Sept, Meet at 11.30
Sat 11 Sept, Meet at 10.00
Sun 12 Sept, Meet at 10.30
Every Tues and Thurs. Try Dives £20
Mon 6 Sept Enriched Air Spec
Tues 7 Sept Divers meeting
Sat 18 Sept Beach Clean
Mon 18 Oct EFR First Aid
Tues 9 Nov Enriched Air Spec
Dive Weekends / Courses
4 / 5 Sept Rescue diver
11 / 12 Sept Stoney Cove
25 /26 Sept Stoney Cove
2 to 5 Oct Porthkerris
9 / 10 Oct Stoney Cove
30 / 31 Oct Stoney Cove
13 / 14 Nov Stoney Cove
27 / 28 Nov Stoney Cove
11 / 12 Dec Stoney Cove
19 to 26 Sept 2010 Sharm el Sheikh, Red Sea
2 - 5 Oct 2010 Porthkerris and Plymouth
May 2011 Red Sea liveaboard
1 - 3 July 2011 Farne Islands
Sept 2011 Malta
Oct 2011 Borneo
 

Welcome to Christal Seas Scuba dive school and dive shop and scuba4me online shop

 
More than just a dive shop.....Christal Seas Scuba is Norwich and Norfolk's most established scuba diving centre and offers:
  • All PADI scuba diving courses from beginner to Instructor
  • Norfolk's most experienced Instructors
  • Great value dive equipment in our extensive shop
  • Club boat for UK dive trips
  • Over 10 years experience
  • Technical diving courses and equipment
  • On-line shopping
  • In-house Instructor training
  • Snorkelling equipment including masks and fins
  
 
Christal Seas Scuba has been training divers in Norwich for over 10 years and is owned and managed by Chris Wake, Norfolk's only PADI Course Director - the highest level a PADI professional can achieve.  See the About Us page to find out more about about Christal Seas Scuba and Meet the Team of friendly professional Instructors.  See the Courses page for more information about the full range of PADI scuba diving courses that we run, from beginner to in-house Instructor training.  New for 2010 we have a brand new dive boat for dive trips off the Norfolk Coast and around the UK.  We also have an active dive club with over 100 members and a busy programme of diving and other activities.  See the Whats On and the Dive Club pages for more information about upcoming events and dive trips. 

Latest News 

Special offer on courses
Sign up for your next course within one month of completing a course with us and you'll receive 10% discount off that course or a free Peak Performance Buoyancy Speciality course.
Pop in or ask your Instructor for details.  See the Whats on page for a list of what other dive weekends and Courses you could do.
Beach clean and shore dive - Sat 18 Sept
We're doing a beach clean on Weybourne beach followed by a shore dive on the wreck of the Rosalie on Saturday 18 September.  Everyone welcome but please let us know what equiment you need if you are diving and do call to check it's going ahead depending on the weather.  See the Whats On page for times.
 
 
Rebreather try dive night - Wed 1 September
Poseidon are bringing their new rebreathers for us to try in the pool on Wednesday 1 September.  It is £30 per person which includes all equipment.  There are just 8 spaces available so please call to book your space.
Sharm el Sheikh - September 2010
There are still spaces left on the dive trip to Sharm in September which is always a great trip and is only a couple of months away so if you are interested please call now to book your place.  Emperor are offering 2 for 1 nitrox fills if we get more than 20 people and a 20 euro voucher towards extra trips out there such as the Thistlegorm.  See the Holidays page for more details.
Southern Red Sea Liveaboard - June 2010
The group had a great time diving the amazing reefs of the Southern Red Sea and saw dolphins, sharks, turtles and loads of beautiful reef fish.  All from the gorgeous Grand Sea Serpent.  Thanks to all her crew for a great week, and roll on next year!  See the trip photos on the Galleries page.
 
North Norfolk Coast dives
We have a full schedule of boat and shore dives planned off the Norfolk coast over the next few months. Boat dives are from our brand new Humber rib and shore dives are from Weybourne or Sheringham off the North Norfolk coast.  See the Whats On page for details of times and locations and call the shop now to book your place.
 
Congratuations to our new Instructors
Many congratulations to Denise, John and Pete who all qualified as Open Water Scuba Instructors at the Gildenburgh I.E. on 30 May.  Well done guys and we look forward to seeing you teaching soon.  Also, well done to Stuart who qualified as IDC Staff Instructor and helped with the IDC. 
Cocos Island trip success
We had a great trip to Coco Island, off Costa Rica, in June, diving spectacular sites alongside Hammerheads, Galapagos sharks, hundreds of whitetip reef sharks and a 4.5 metre tiger shark!  See the Galleries page for the photos for the trip.
Boat Launch
The CSS dive boat had its first Norfolk outing on 1st May, and it went great!  We launched from Sea Palling at 10.30am on Saturday and dived the Corchester wreck. See the Galleries page for more photos and the Whats On page for details of the next trips.
Divers Meeting
The next dive meeting is on Tuesday 8 June, 7pm at The Falcon pub on Cromer Road.  This is a great opportunity to get together with fellow divers and chat about upcoming dives and activities.  All welcome!
 
Seasearch Observer Course and Beach Clean
We are hosting a Seasearch Observer course on 19 and 20th June.  This is a great course which trains you in identifying and recording the marine life you see on dives around the UK coast.  Saturday is theory at the dive shop and Sunday is shore dives off Sheringham to put it into practice. Please use the Booking forms and just amend the date to 19/20th June and note you're with CSS.  We're also running a beach clean at Sheringham to coincide with the dives  -all welcome!
 
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Sport Relief Mile Sunday 21 March
We did it!  A team from CSS dived a mile in full scuba equipment on Sunday 21 March in aid of Sport Relief.  We have already raised over £450 and are still collecting donations. See the Galleries page for pictures from the event.  Sponsor forms in the shop or give via the official Sport Relief donations page.  Thank you!
 
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Divers meeting - Friday 5 March
The next dive meeting is on Friday 5 March, 7pm at The Falcon pub on Cromer Road.  This is a great opportunity to get together with fellow divers and chat about upcoming dives and activitires.  All welcome!
 
Seasearch Presentation - Friday 19 February
The local Seasearch co-ordinators are giving a presentation about the project and showing a selection of their amazing photographs of marine life off the Norfolk coast at the shop on Friday 19 Feb.  Free to all, but please call to book your place.
 
Seasearch Logo
New Seal Team starting 21 February
The PADI Seal Team is the pool-based dive course for children aged 8 upwards.  It includes 5 AquaMissions which cover a number of dive skills while leaving plenty of time for fun!  For more information see Seal Team details.  There is a new course starting on Sunday 21 Feb - please call to book.

PADI Seal Team Kids Logo

New for 2010 - CSS Technical diving
We are now offering a variety of technical diving courses.  This starts with an introduction to Twin Sets in the pool for just £35 for those who want to find out more through to a Twin Set qualification and PADIs Tec Rec courses, qualifying you to dive to 50 metres.  Next Twin Set pool night Wed 10 Feb.
See the Courses page for more information.
Christmas Dinner success
Thank you to everyone for making the CSS Christmas Dinner a great success. Everyone had a great night and we raised over £450 for The Sharks Trust and Sea Shepherd.  Congratulations to those who received special awards and thank you to everyone for making 2009 such a great year.
 
See the Galleries page for more pictures from the night.
 
 
 
 
Congratulations to our new Instructors
Huge congratulations to David Holmes, Tom Morgan, Mariusz Wisniewski and Andrew Gillespie who all qualified as Open Water Scuba Instructors at the Gildenburgh I.E. on the 15th November.  Well done guys and we look forward to seeing you teaching soon.  Also, well done to Marcus who qualified as IDC Staff Instructor and helped with the IDC. 
 
Divers Survey
We are pleased to announce that the winners of the divers survey, asking what we can do to improve our service to you, are Tom Morgan, Mel Chilvers and Vanessa Bogstrop.  They suggested a number of ideas including regular beach clean-ups, a Members forum for keeping in touch, passing on tips and equipment reviews etc and ideas for the display boards in the shop.  Thank you for your comments and we're looking into implementing them soon.  For their efforts they have each won a £20 voucher to spend on equipment or courses from the shop. Congratulations and thank you.
 
Dive meeting
We're having a dive meeting on Friday 23 October, 6.45pm at The Falcon.  These are a great opportunity to get to know other divers in Norwich and Norfolk.  Everyone welcome - see the Whats On page for more details.
 
Stoney Cove success
Many congratulations to Jenny who had a particularly successful weekend at Stoney Cove on 12 September.  Not only did she qualify as Divemaster but she also won a trip for two on a Red Sea liveaboard courtesy of Blue OTwo who were sponsoring a underwater treasure hunt there.   
Well done Jenny!!
 
 
North Norfolk Coast Dives
We've done some great dives on the wreck of the Rosalie at Weybourne during August - a long walk along the beach but well worth it!  It is so much fun to go scuba diving on your doorstep in Norfolk. 
We saw lots of crabs, lobsters, plumose anenemones, bib etc. See the Whats On page for details of the next few trips and the Galleries page for the pics from the last few dives. 
 

Farne Islands Dive Trip Review

The Christal Seas Scuba Farnes trip was good fun again this year, with lots of seals as well as lots of other life.  We're booked in for August next year and spaces are already filling up -so please let us know if you are interested. 

  

South Coast Dive Trip Review

The South Coast dive trip in June was a huge success with calm seas and sunshine all the way. We all had a great time and dived some amazing sites and wrecks from Porthkerris to Brighton. See the Holidays page for more details.
 
 

Shark Trust donation

Thank you to everyone who has donated to The Sharks Trust through our coffee jar and the raffle at the Christmas dinner. We have raised over £300 this year for the Sharks Trust and are still going strong. The Sharks Trust does really valuable work campaigning to put an end to shark finning. The money has been sent off and is helping to support their work.


Latest Photo Galleries

Stoney Cove - December 2009
 
Stoney Cove - October 2009
 
 
Sharm el Sheikh - Sept 2009
 
 
Stoney Cove - September 2009
 
 
Weybourne Beach -  August 2009
 
Stoney Cove - 25 & 26 July 2009
 
Stoney 04/07/09     Rescue Diver 18/07/09
 
 

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