Learn to dive

All courses
  • Two new divers laughing at the water's edge

    Try Scuba

    No experience needed. First breaths in a heated indoor pool in Fourways.

  • Open water diver swimming over a reef

    Get Certified

    Open Water Diver, qualified to 18 metres with a buddy.

  • Diver checking a gauge in blue water

    Advanced & Rescue

    Deep, navigation and the skills to handle a problem.

  • Diver head-on with an underwater camera housing and twin strobes

    Dive Specialities

    Nitrox, wreck, night and twenty more ways to dive.

  • Technical diver at the surface in twin cylinders with a stage bottle

    Technical Diving

    Staged decompression and twin cylinders, from Tec 40 up.

  • Two PADI professionals with a data card, one in a Master Scuba Diver Trainer shirt

    Go Pro

    Divemaster and Instructor training at a 5‑Star Dive Centre.

  • Diver towing an unresponsive diver at the surface during a rescue exercise

    Safety & Refreshers

    First aid, emergency oxygen, and the way back after a break.

Pay over time

Flexible payment plans are available for PADI certification, so the cost can be spread rather than paid upfront.

Gear included

All necessary scuba equipment is included for the course. Bring your own costume; the rest, BCD, regulator, fins, mask, is provided.

Dates that suit you

Course scheduling is arranged around your work and personal commitments, with pool and dive times booked to suit you.

One address to learn and kit out

Glenvista, Johannesburg

  • Learn

    Four students per instructor, Discover Scuba to Instructor, and confined water in a heated indoor pool in Fourways.

  • Kit out

    Scubapro, Apeks, Aqualung, Garmin, Shearwater and more. Genuine stock with full manufacturer warranty, fitted in store.

  • Service & fills

    Regulator and BCD services, cylinder tests, dive computer battery changes, and air or nitrox fills.

  • Travel

    Local and international trips planned around the divers going, matched to what you're certified for.

Visit the shop

Shop by Style

  • Scuba diver in full kit giving a shaka underwater

    Scuba Store

    Masks, fins, BCDs, regulators and dive computers.

  • Freediver in long fins descending head first beside a reef wall

    Freediving Store

    Low-volume masks, long fins, suits and spearfishing kit.

  • Parent and child snorkelling together over a coral reef

    Snorkelling Store

    Masks, snorkels, fins and sets for the surface.

  • Swimmer in cap and goggles swimming freestyle in a pool lane

    Swim Store

    Goggles, caps, swimsuits and open water wetsuits.

  • Two sidemount divers on a shot line beneath a boat in clear water

    Technical Store

    Backplates, wings, sidemount, reels and stage kit.

  • Crew on a yacht heeling under sail through spray

    Marine Store

    Lifejackets, signals, boat care, rope and sailing bags.

  • Stand-up paddleboarder on calm water in front of mountains

    Watersports Store

    Buoyancy aids, rescue kit, paddles, kayaks and paddleboards.

Garmin
Cressi
Shearwater
SeaLife
Fourth Element
XDEEP
Apeks
OrcaTorch
Aqualung
Intova
Scubapro
HEAD
Suunto
Poseidon
Aquasphere
SEAC
TUSA
Faber
Big Blue
Bright Weights
Mares
Tovatec
Sea&Sea
Spurt
Aropec
Olympus

Build your kit

All builders
  • Snorkeller in clear shallows wearing a mask and snorkel, fins in hand

    Soft Gear Builder

    Mask, snorkel, fins and suit, for scuba, snorkelling or freediving.

  • Diver in a full black wetsuit stepping off a dive boat into clear blue water

    Wetsuit Builder

    Style, thickness and zips, in a standard size or made to measure.

  • Diver checking a wrist dive computer underwater

    Computer Builder

    A computer, then the transmitter or strap that fits it.

  • Diver at the surface in a full BCD and regulator rig

    Hard Gear Builder

    Regulator first, then octopus, BCD, gauge and computer.