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Christal Seas Scuba is owned and run by Chris and Polly Wake. We have many years diving and teaching experience all over the world, and are now based in the UK operating the dive school in Norwich, Norfolk. We have a very friendly team of expert professional Instructors and Divemasters working with us and here are some of us that you will meet while diving with Christal Seas Scuba.


Chris and Polly Chris is a PADI Master Instructor with over 6,000 logged dives and has trained hundreds of divers over the last 10 years. Polly is a PADI Instructor with nearly 1,000 logged dives and over 5 years teaching experience. Together they travelled the world working in dive centres in exotic locations such as Bermuda, The Seychelles and the Caribbean before returning to Norwich and setting up Christal Seas Scuba. Chris always wears sunglasses, loves underwater photography and has the ability to fix any piece of dive equipment ever made. Polly is chief organiser, always wears a smile and loves teaching.	Marcus Marcus is a PADI Instructor who has discovered his true purpose in life! Marcus is very friendly, experienced and can put anyone at ease in the water. A self-confessed Red Sea addict, but equally at home in Stoney Cove in January !

Rob PADI Instructor who has taught around the world before returning to Norfolk. Super-fit and enjoys extreme frisbee and sailing across the Atlantic.	Alex and Colin PADI Divemasters who provide invaluable support on dive weekends. Alex is the first one to unpack the dive equipment and then attaches most of it to himself before jumping in. Colin is very calm and always there when you need him.

David B PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer who learnt to dive in the 1970's and has only just come up for air!	David H PADI Assistant Instructor with a passion for wreck diving and funky wetsuits.

Tom PADI Divemaster, willing and able to try anything. Always there to lend a hand.	Steve PADI and BSAC Instructor who has taught around the world and is an expert on Wreck diving around the UK.

Susan PADI Instructor who dives with a huge twinset that is almost bigger than she is. Loves technical diving and all kind of wrecks.	Liz (on the left!) PADI Instructor with great experience diving the wrecks around the UK. Very friendly and happy to help everyone out.

Wayne PADI IDC Staff Instructor who has done over 1,000 dives around the world. Very experienced and loves teaching.	Jenny Divemaster Trainee. Has multi-coloured dive kit so you can spot her from the other side of the Cove. Loves diving and also works in the shop.

Richard

Divemaster Trainee. Always smiling, and his legs are so long he can stand on the deck of the Stanegarth and break the surface!

Glenn

Divemaster Trainee. Loves diving off the Norfolk coast and is usually the first in and the last out of the water.


Stuart. Divemaster Trainee. Friendly, dependable and a great diver - what more could you ask for?!	Kicker Usually found lying in the sunniest space in the shop. Very friendly, loves cuddles and jumping in lakes. Hasn't quite got the hang of doing surface cover yet!