Dive courses with a difference!

Just Africa Scuba Career Development Program

Become an Internationally Recognised Dive Professional

A unique training program in Gordon's Bay, South Africa.

In partnership with Just Africa Life Skills

Dive Training with a Difference

We offer an experience, learning life skills, and self-discovery. We pay attention to the individual, providing added extras and ensuring confident, well-trained divers.

Where to start with Diving

I want to Dive, where do I start?

Are you new to diving or do you want to further your dive education?

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Becoming a Certified Diver

Step 01

Knowledge Development

The knowledge development portion of the course is designed so you can learn at your own pace and when it's convenient for you. Complete the academics online or at our PADI Dive Centre.

Step 02

Confined Water Dives

Develop and practice your scuba skills in a pool or water with pool-like conditions under direct instructor supervision. As you learn new skills, you’ll build the abilities and confidence needed for diving in open water, such as in a lake or the ocean.

Step 03

Open Water Dives

Get ready to experience everything you've learned with the freedom of open water. As soon as your open water training dives are approved by your instructor you will be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, enabling you to embark on unforgettable adventures.

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PADI Introductory Courses/ Experiences

Scuba

Kids

Introductory Scuba Experience for Kids 8-10 years old.

PADI Kids

Seal
Team

The PADI Seal Team is for young scuba divers who are looking for action-packed fun in a pool by completing exciting AquaMissions.

Scuba

Disco
ver

A quick and easy introduction into what it takes to explore the underwater world for children and adults, from 10 years old and up.

Refresher Course

ReAct
ivate

Update your dive skills and knowledge with a quick scuba refresher from the PADI Open Water Diver Course before jumping back into the water.

Diver

Open
Water

If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. To enrol in a PADI Open Water Diver course, you must be 10 years old or older.

Open Water

Adva
nced

This course can be taken after completing the Open Water Diver certification. You try out different specialities while gaining experience under the supervision of your PADI Instructor.

Diver

Res
cue

Learn to prevent and manage problems in the water, and become more confident in your skills as a diver. During the course, you learn to become a better buddy by practising problem-solving skills until they become second nature.

Diver

Mas
ter

The PADI Master Scuba Diver certification the highest rating achieved by recreational divers who have put the time and effort into improving themselves and their abilities in the water.

Diver

Wreck

Ships, aeroplanes and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life. Each wreck dive offers a chance for a new discovery.

Diver

Night

The thought of dipping below the surface at night seems mysterious, yet so alluring. Although you’ve been scuba diving at a site many times before, at night you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive light.

Underwater

Navi
gator

Be the scuba diver everyone wants to follow because you know where you are and where you’re going. The Underwater Navigator course fine-tunes your observation skills and teaches you to more accurately use your compass underwater.

Diver

Deep

Explore deeper dive sites with confidence at depths down to 40 meters. Learn to manage your gas supply, go over buddy contact procedures, and buoyancy control.

Enriched Air

Nit
rox

Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression time, especially on repetitive scuba dives. If staying down longer and getting back in the water sooner sounds appealing, then don’t hesitate to become an enriched air diver.

Peak Performance

Buoy
ancy

Excellent buoyancy control is what defines skilled scuba divers. The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course improves the buoyancy skills you learned as a new diver and elevates them to the next level.

Career Development Program

This program offers a young person the opportunity to develop their Scuba Diving career, doing various courses and gaining practical work experience.

WORK EXPERIENCE

You will gain valuable work experience doing a variety of jobs with the various internships.

LEARN SKILLS

You will learn work skills and life skills applicable to your career development and your personal development.

BUILD YOUR CAREER

Get various certifications to build your career and improve your employment options.

MENTORING

You will be learning and growing within a mentoring relationship.

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We are a family oorientated scuba centre and pride ourselves in our personalized courses. We offer the added bonus of life skills coaching with our courses, helping people overcome fears and reach amazing personal goals.

Sardine Run Dates - 22 May to 25 June 2022

Travel Local. Join us for this unforgettable trip to the Wild Coast and experience the Sardine Run up close.

The Sardine Run is an annual migration of sardines up the East Coast of South Africa from the Southern Cape to Kwa-Zulu Natal, where the fish spawn.
They follow a cooler than usual counter-current which passes close in-shore and there is an array of marine predators ready to meet them, from thousands of Cape Gannets, huge pods of Common Dolphins, several shark species, such as Dusky sharks and Copper sharks all the way up to the impressive Brydes Whales.

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PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center

Our PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center is located in Gordon's Bay, a lovely coastal town 40km from Cape Town CBD, we mainly explore the beautiful marine life of False Bay.

We focus on training confident and conservation-conscious divers and dive instructors. This is achieved through personal attention, incorporating life skills in our courses, and our persuasive love and respect for the ocean.

PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center

We have an on-site swimming pool and luxurious 4-star hotel accommodation at the Krystal Beach Hotel. Enjoy drinks & meals at the restaurant with beautiful views of the marina, ocean and mountains in Gordon's Bay.

Krystal Beach Hotel

Dive Shop

Visit our Dive Shop for all your Scuba Dive soft gear and hard gear needs as well as great dive accessories and beachwear. We stock Scubapro, Fourth Element, Cressi, Bright Weights, Reef, Saekodive, Ikelite, 3Square, Breazies, Ocean Tide, Salteez, and more.

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