160 South Street, Lancing, West Sussex. BN15 8AU.
+44 (0) 1903 767224
info@oceanviewdiving.co.uk
Opening times: 9am to 5pm 7 days a week

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These are our opening hours over the Christmas period.

Learn to Scuba Dive with Ocean View

We are a PADI 5 Star Centre only 20 minutes from Brighton.

Ocean View Diving Services offer PADI Diving courses throughout the year. With a team of PADI trained staff, we can offer courses from beginner up to professional qualifications.

We have our own heated pool and classroom onsite, we can therefore offer your initial course all under one roof. 

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Discover Scuba Diving

Book a Discover Scuba Diving session to see what it feels like to breathe underwater.

The taster session provides a fantastic experience, and also provides a solid basis for all PADI training and education.

PADI Discover Scuba Diving

Our Courses

We run course from beginner up to Divemaster. We offer a large selection of the PADI Specialty courses, and the Rescue and First Aid courses. There’s something for everyone.

Learn to Scuba Dive

PADI Open Water Diver
PADI Open Water Referral Diver
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

PADI Discover Scuba Diving sessionPADI Open Water DiverPADI Open Water referralPADI Advanced Open Water Diver

Be a Safer Diver

PADI Rescue Diver
Emergency First Response
PADI Emergency O2 Provider

PADI Rescue DiverFirst Aid – Emergency First ResponseEmergency O2 Provider

PADI Specialty Courses

We have lots of Specialty courses available through out the year, too many to list here. Follow the link to see the course we offer

PADI Specialty Courses

Dive Equipment Servicing and Repairs

Ocean View Diving Services offers first-class servicing, maintenance and repair.
All Dive Equipment servicing is carried out on-site in our service centre in Lancing, where every stage of servicing is carried out by experienced, qualified technicians and quality guaranteed 100%.

Dive Equipment Servicing

All Dive Equipment servicing is carried out on-site in our service centre in Lancing. We service all major brands of equipment. Onsite servicing is carried out for Regulators, BCDs, Dive Computers, Drysuit repairs, and other items.

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Cylinder Testing

We can test all types of high pressure cylinders both for surface use and underwater use.
Cylinder Testing carried out via our sister company, Southern Cylinder Services, Fareham, I.D.E.S.T accredited centre No. 2B

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Drysuit Repairs

Whether you need new cuffs or a new neck seal, or a valve service, we can help out with all of your Drysuit needs.
We can make repairs to both Diving Drysuits or a Surface Drysuit, give us a call, we are here to help.

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Our Trips

We have a few trips planned for next year

Red Sea 2026

Red Sea Liveaboard

Join us on an amazing Red Sea Liveaboard, Northern Wrecks and Reef itinerary. Saturday 11th to Saturday 18th July. 

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Philippines 2026

Philippines Liveaboard

The Philippines is a place of natural wonders and is rich in biodiversity.
This fantastic 10 day liveaboard takes you to some amazing dive sites.

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Lundy 2026

Lundy Island Weekend

We are booked to go and play with the Seals off of Lundy Island for a weekend in September 2026.

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Red Sea 2026

Swanage Weekend

With plenty of wreck, scenic or shore dives to do, the area around Swanage is fantastic for both new and seasoned divers.

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We also teach other courses

A selection of our non-scuba courses

It’s not just scuba diving we teach, we have some other water based and first aid courses for people who are not divers.

COURSE SCHEDULE
Equipment Specialist January 2026
OCEAN VIEW DIVING SERVICES

Your one-stop shop for all of
your scuba diving needs

A little bit about us here at Ocean View: The dive centre originally opened on this site in 1994. It has seen a lot of changes over the years. Diving has evolved over the years as well, it is a fantastic sport enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world.

Diving opens up the underwater world, a place like no other. There are amazing sights to behold under the waves, be it dolphins, clown fish, sharks, turtles, whale sharks, wrecks or reefs, whatever it is that takes your fancy, there is something for everyone.

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Course dates, and latest news

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