A little About Sussex Diving & Leisure.
We are great believers that diving should be open to everyone whatever their ability or needs. To that end all our instructors are CRB checked and have experience in teaching children, in fact one of our instructors has extensive experience in the special needs sector and is currently studying for his Adaptive Sports Diver & Adaptive Techniques courses.
Our Moto is "Diving the way it should be…..FUN", we made the decision right at the start to put making diving fun ahead of everything else.
Too many of our competitors put their profits first and end up with a production line of students, this method of training produces vast numbers of divers in a short time, BUT have the students had the time to properly develop their skills and have they enjoyed the process because diving is about …. FUN.
We don't just want to produce confident divers we want to create divers that are passionate about the sport and want to continue diving and developing.
Meet our Team
Dave Hunneyball
PADI IDC Staff Instructor
Dave first qualified as a diver in 2000 and dived intermittently till 2010 when he did his Divmaster course in Spain. He then discovered a passion for helping & teaching other divers and decided to become a PADI Open Water Instructor, qualifying with Wittering Divers in 2011. Since then he has worked his way through the ranks to the respected position of PADI IDC Staff Instructor.
As part of PADI's ongoing quality assurance process they randomly asses the performance of their instructors, as a result of one of these assessments Dave was recently awarded this certificate for "Outstanding Customer Service and Professionalism.
Sarah Hunneyball
Company Secatery and admin officer
While the rest of us are teaching and diving ourselves silly, Sarah is in the office sorting all the paperwork and bookings that enable us to dive safely. You will also see her at dive sites undertaking our surface support role.
Tim North
PADI Divemaster (warm water).
Tim North is a very accomplished diver who in 2010 decided to take his interest in diving to a professional level. He now holds the coveted qualification of Divemaster as well as DSD Leader , Rescue Diver and EFR First Aider.
He does however much prefer warmer waters and supports us mainly on our dive trips.
Claire Barclay
PADI Divemaster.
Claire has been training with us since January 2019 and is quite frankly a natural educator. Her calm considered approach quickly puts students at ease, while her attentiveness assures student safety at all times. Once she has completed her instructor training she will become an asset to any dive operation.
Joel Cooper Dykes
Divemaster & Trainee Instructor
Joel is a ex Navy diver with several thousand logged dives all around the world. Having previously been a driving instructor he has a natural patience and flare for teaching. He has just gained his PADI Divemaster certification and is working towards his instructor exam in November. He currently runs our social media and can be seen posting all sorts of weird stuff about our operations.
Kristal Carke
PADI Jr. Divemaster Trainee
Kristal has been diving with us for a few years now and has been progressing towards the position of Jr Divemaster
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Address:-
51, Wellington Gardens,
Selsey,
West Sussex,
PO20 0RF.
Tel:-
Landline. 01243 202200
Mobile. 07534 911228
Email:-
info@sussexdiver.com
Proud sponsers of Dive Project Cornwall
Educating children to protect the environment through experience.
Covid-19 Information (Feb 2022).
Keeping you safe...
Our first consideration as always is your safety, in an effort to ensure this all our training will be undertaken in line with the industry best standards.
- Out training group sizes will be strictly limited to 4 students and two PADI professionals.
- All equipment will be washed, sterilised between uses and stored in a well ventilated area for at least 36hrs before re-use.
- If you are undertaking a course that takes more than one session your equipment will be issued to you at the start of the course and you will be asked to keep it and care for it between sessions, thus eliminating any chance of cross infection.
- Unfortunately numbers in our pool facility and at dive sites are strictly limited at this time to allow for social distancing therefore may not be possible to allow spectators.
- All students will be expected to observe social distancing, unless from the same cohort.
- Divers are asked NOT to clear masks by spitting, anti fog will be supplied free of charge at out sanitising station.
- All entry level courses booked after the 18th of April include a brand new diving mask and where required snorkel for you to keep again ensuring you are the only person using your equipment.
At Sussex Diving & Leisure we offer a full range of courses for Children and Adults alike, from total novice to professional level, including First Aid and Manual Handling training.
We specialise in Children's diving courses and have a monthly Diving club to engage young minds, we are also able to offer private courses for those who are insecure or just want some privacy.
Not sure if diving is for you? No problem we run informal taster sessions (Try Dives) most weekends at our private heated pool in Eartham, Nr Chichester and we will be happy to let you try diving without committing to a full course, If you do decide you like it and want to go further then, we will give you your money back when you purchase our premium option, if its not for you then all you have lost is the small fee and an hour of your time.
We offer staged payment terms on most of our courses, 1st payment when you register, 2nd payment just before your first pool session and the final payment when we go to the open water site.
At Sussex Diving & Leisure we offer a full range of PADI diving courses in West Sussex & Hampshire covering Selsey, Chichester, Bognor Regis, Petworth, Midhurst, Petersfield, Arundel, Littlehampton, Wittering, Bracklesham, Emsworth, Havant and Worthing area's.
