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.
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
Be a Safer Diver
PADI Rescue Diver
Emergency First Response
PADI Emergency 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 CoursesDive 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.
FIND OUT MOREOur Trips
We have a few trips planned for 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 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.
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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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.
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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
PADI Rescue Diver Course May / June 2026
PADI Rescue Diver Course May / June 2026 “Challenging” and “rewarding” best describe the PADI Rescue Diver Course Learn how to turn yourself into the best buddy, increase your[…]
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Enriched Air Nitrox Course 16th May 2026
We will be running the Enriched Air Nitrox course on Saturday 16th May 2026 Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more[…]
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Peak Performance Buoyancy Course April 2026
Peak Performance Buoyancy Course April 2026 We will be running the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Diver course on Sunday 12th April. Mastering neutral buoyancy means controlling where you are in[…]
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