Absolutely Great!
Excellent diving! Excellent operations! I’ve been diving around the world, and this was one of the best dive operators I have worked with. The dive itself was great, too! Highly recommend!
Trip Advisor
Teaching people how to dive in Cape Town is something we cherish – it’s quite simply the reason Pisces Divers was started in the first place and it remains our main reason for existence. We like to stay in touch with our Cape Town clients and our clients elsewhere and have a weekly newsletter which will hopefully inspire you to keep diving and learning – and coming on dive holidays with us!
CHOOSE YOUR COURSE
DISCOVERY SCUBA DIVING
A quick and easy introduction into what it takes to explore the underwater world. Although this is not a scuba certification course, you'll learn all the steps it takes to be a PADI certified diver.
PADI KIDS BUBBLE MAKER EXPERIENCE
Whether it's a glass of milk, bubble gum or submerged beneath the surface - you can't help blowing bubbles! Start blowing bubblers our way and start out on the right fin, jump into the PADI Bubblemaker program today!
PADI OPEN WATER DIVER COURSE
If you’ve ever wanted to take SCUBA diving lessons and experience unparalleled adventure to see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.
PADI ReACTIVATE COURSE
Update your dive skills and knowledge with a quick scuba refresher from the PADI Open Water Diver Course before jumping back into the water.
PADI SEAL TEAM KIDS
Join the pack with a submerged day of fun. For the young scuba divers who is looking for action-packed fun in a pool by completing exciting AquaMissions.
EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE
Emergency First Response (EFR) is the fastest growing international CPR, Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) and First Aid training organization.
PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER
The PADI Advanced Open water course allows you to take your diving adventures deeper while providing you with new skills and knowledge to enhance your abilities as a diver.
PADI RESCUE DIVER COURSE
This course philosophy focuses on there is no single “right” way to perform a rescue, but rather there are many variables and resources that rescuers consider and draw upon, depending upon the scenario.
PADI MASTER SCUBA DIVER
Considered the “Black belt” of recreational scuba diving the Master Scuba Diver rating is the highest recreational level you can achieve without going Pro.
PADI COMPRESSOR OPERATOR SPECIALTY
This course gives a theoretical and practical knowledge and experience, where students will identify cylinders and fill in accordance with the safety guidelines.
PADI NIGHT DIVER SPECIALTY
Over three dives, you will learn the safe techniques to dive at night, from dive torches and back-up lights, to navigation and signalling underwater at night.
PADI DRY SUIT DIVER SPECIALITY
This dive course is designed to be an introduction to dry suit diving and to help the student diver develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary for dry suit diving.
PADI EMERGENCY OXYGEN PROVIDER
For recreational scuba divers, emergency oxygen is the primary first aid given to individuals suffering from a near drowning or decompression illness
PADI ENRICHED AIR SPECIALTY (NITROX)
This dive course is designed to qualify recreational divers to use enriched air (“nitrox”) for no stop recreational diving. The program addresses the use of enriched air with 22 percent to 40 percent oxygen, with emphasis on enriched air with 32 and 36 percent oxygen.
PADI DEEP DIVER SPECIALITY
The purpose of the PADI Deep Diver specialty course is to familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of diving between the depths of 18 metres to 40 metres.
PADI NAVIGATION SPECIALTY
Student divers will develop the techniques involved in navigating underwater within recreational limits and while avoiding disturbing delicate marine life. The best way to learn underwater navigation procedures and to apply them is by doing it.
PADI UNDERWATER NATURALIST SPECIALTY
If you're interested in aquatic life then the PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course is for you. This course is an introduction to the underwater aquatic environment and will help develop safe and responsible aquatic life interaction techniques.
PADI SEARCH & RECOVERY SPECIALTY
The Goal behind this course is to provide divers with skills and knowledge to safely and effectively search and recover items that have been lost or submerged.
PEAK PERFORMANCE BUOYANCY
The purpose of the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course is to assist all divers in polishing their buoyancy control beyond the Open Water Diver level.
PADI UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY
Designed to be an introduction to basic underwater photography and to help the student diver develop the skills, knowledge and practical techniques necessary..
PADI WRECK DIVER SPECIALTY
Familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and excitement of diving on our Cape Town wrecks.
PADI CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Developing the candidates from the very beginning to follow safe and role model dive practices grooming them for leadership levels of training.
PADI DIVEMASTER COURSE
Open doors you have only imagined. As a PADI Dive Master, you do things others only dream of. Whether you work in a local dive center, at a resort, or on a live aboard dive boat, the adventure of a lifetime is yours for the taking.
PADI OPEN WATER SCUBA INSTRUCTOR
During the IDC, you'll learn to use and adapt the PADI System of diver education to individual student needs. Comprehensive training, supported by a wide variety of PADI educational materials.
SARDINE RUN 2024
AN ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME
Scuba diving training in Cape Town can be daunting, exhilarating, exhausting, exciting and is usually a mixture of all the above. But it’s never boring! We make the following six promises to you to make sure you get the most out of your Cape Town dive course with Pisces Divers:
Our instructors all have considerable experience both in Cape Town and abroad and have a wealth of knowledge to share. Because our instructor/student ratios are 1:4 or less you will have plenty of personal attention and time to ask questions.
We have excellent school equipment for your safety and comfort during your course in Cape Town.
Sometimes students require more time to master skills or gain confidence while learning to dive. Or you might miss a scheduled dive or training session. No problem! Due to the modular nature of the training, we can arrange additional sessions or remedial training at very reasonable rates. Ask your instructor how this works.
We select interesting and varied Cape Town dive sites for all our PADI dive courses.
We are generous with our boat dives on all our PADI dive courses – PADI Openwater courses have two boat dives, PADI Advanced Openwater courses at least two as well.
Everything is included in the price tag and there are no hidden surprises. All PADI dive courses include the relevant PADI materials and registration fees. The only extra is your permit to scuba dive in a Marine Protected Area at R45 for a monthly permit or R95 for a year permit.
WHY CHOOSE US?
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REVIEWS
- Flagg M
Really well run operation. In an era of social distancing concerns, I really appreciated the effort of the owner, manager and majority of staff members to wear masks consistently... read more 
September 15, 2020
