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Pisces Divers is PADI 5 Star IDC dive centre which offers all levels of PADI dive training from beginner to instructor level, as well as diving equipment rental and sales, a servicing workshop for all major brands, and an airfill and nitrox service. There is a huge variety of dive sites within close range, from shallow shore entries with kelp forests to deeper wreck and reef dives. With Pisces Divers you get environmentally conscious and friendly practices, guided by professional Divemasters
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating
304 reviews
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Membership
 PADI 5* Dive Center, PADI 5* Instructor Development Center Affiliation
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Languages
English, Afrikaans
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Transfer
From recommended hotels: Surcharge
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Nitrox
Surcharge
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Diving types
Boat Diving, Shore Diving
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| Location | Pisces Divers diving center is situated 200m before the Simonstown Railway station on Main Road in Simonstown, South Africa |
| Instructors & Dive masters |
Mike Nortje: PADI Staff Instructor, Commercial Skipper
Carel van der Colff: PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, Tour Guide, Commercial Skipper Neil Taylor: PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, Commercial Skipper Alan Waddell: Service Technician, Nitrox Blender and PADI Divemaster Arina Wessels: Accountant and PADI Divemaster Jan de Bruyn: Sales, Service Technician, Nitrox Blender and PADI OWSI |
| Number of Dive Guides | 6 |
| Non-diving activities | Various tours and other activities in the area (examples: Simon’s Town, Boulder’s Beach and Penguins, Cape Point, shark cage diving, pelagic shark tours, etc) |
| Infrastructure | Classrooms, Coffee bar, Equipment shop, Parking, Personal lockers, Pool, Shower, Rinse-tanks, bathrooms with changing section, braai area, cafe, gas blending, full-rentals |
| PHYSICALlY DISABLED DIVERS | Please check with diving center before booking an activity (depends on disability) |
| Equipment Description | New Bauer Verticus Silent compressor delivers 600l/min, 10 x 50l banks for bulk air storage. Compressor is fitted with a Bauer P-61 filter system , second P-41 filter on filling panel, so all air-fills are double filtered and you receive only 100% pure and dry air. Air quality is regularly tested to ensure consistency
Partial pressure Nitrox filling station and top up Nitrox blends with double-filtered air. Oxycheq oxygen analysers are used to get your mix perfect. |
| Distance to nearest Deco Chamber | 10 km |
| Transport |
Pisces Divers owns and operates an 8.5m Superduck with two 115HP Suzuki four-stroke motors (SAMSA Category C boat: can operate commercially up to 14 nautical miles offshore). The boat is fully equipped with all the required safety gear, an emergency oxygen system, First Aid kit, VHF radio and chart plotter. Capable of carrying 14 people: 12 divers, a Divemaster and Skipper. As a DAN Diving Safety Partner, diving center is well prepared to deal with any emergency out at sea, d...Continue reading
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| Number of boats | 1 |
| Check-in time | Pisces Divers is open six days of the week, from 08.30 am to 17. 30 between Tuesday and Friday, weekend hours are 08.00 to 16.00 (including most public holidays) |
| Seasonality | January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December |
| REQUIRED INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS | Certification Card, Date of last dive, Logbook, Number of dives, |
| Accepted Payment Methods |
Card Methods: Mastercard, Visa Non-cards Methods: Cash, Other |
| Read before you go |
It's advised to come at least an hour before the launch time for the boat, guests are responsible for assuring that their diving will not impact their travel, i.e., that they have cleared their non-fly time before they fly again. Divers can bring towels, drinks, etc. There is cafe but towels are not provided. Certification cards are required, especially if divers are not PADI certified. Also, divers can bring their logbooks so that diving center can stamp their Cape Town divi...Continue reading |
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| Recommended hotels | On Request. | ||||
