Cape Town Diving

Whether you are an accomplished diver, or a novice wanting to discover the amazing underwater world of Cape Town, you are always welcome at Scuba Shack.

Our company is run by a bunch of young (...and old) fun loving people. We like it this way. Everyone that dives with us becomes part of our large extended family. We aren't joking! We do our best to keep the holiday spirit up and running all year round.

The staff are genuinely friendly and do their best to make people feel welcome and part of the team.

Diving with us comes with a welcoming atmosphere of jokes,  note-swapping on fave dive spots, and plenty of fond 'remember when' from the staff, locals and travellers abroad. There is always a party or braai ( barbeque for those who aren't local) planned. The days often end with drinks and a bite to eat somewhere.

Scuba Shack Dive Centre started running dive operations from 2 Padi dive shops on the 1st of February 2003! One on each side of the Cape peninsula. So, regardless of the dive conditions and where you staying in Cape Town, there is always a Scuba Shack dive shop close by.

Scuba Shack Kommetjie is situated between Kommetjie and Fishhoek. Scuba Shack Long Street is on lively Long Street in the centre of Cape Town and close to the Atlantic dive sites.

If you are planning a trip to Cape Town, contact us and we will gladly arrange your diving schedule, accommodation and transport. Dive packages are also available including accommodation. Special Rates apply for groups and dive schools.

The Shop, & Air Filling Station
A full range of services is available to divers.

Scuba Shack offers equipment rental with 5 mm two-piece wetsuits (there are some 7mm wetsuits as well). Equipment purchases can be made at our shops, where you can choose from brands like Scubapro, Aqua Lung, Tusa, Bright Weights, Seaquest, H20, Technisub and many more.

We take care of equipment servicing. Our Bauer K14 compressor fills cylinders with air and nitrox.

Courses
We believe that the start of your diving adventure should be good. That's why when you are doing a course with Scuba Shack we make sure you get the best ! We have one of the finest dive shops in South Africa waiting for you - specially designed to make courses as easy as possible. Classroom and swimming pool are just 30m apart making sure we don't waste time travelling between locations. We have also a very experienced team of Instructors available with thousands of dives behind them.

To ensure there's as little stress as possible for our students we have no time limits on our course !  That's how confident we are that we can teach you to dive

Our classroom seats 12 students and is equipped with full audio-visual aids and full range of PADI teaching materials.

Boat Dives and Shore Dives
We have a fully rigged 7.3 metre semi-rigid dive boat, which can comfortably accommodate 12 divers, 2 divemasters and the skipper. The boat is equipped with full safety gear, including oxygen. Our qualified skippers are medically trained and are also qualified PADI Divemasters.

Refreshments are served after every dive. Normally we go out on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday but in season we also launch on other days. For groups of 6 or more we can also launch on request.

Shore dives can be booked and dived 7 days a week - weather permitting. We take small groups of max 6 people on the different shore dives available and our knowledgeable Divemasters will introduce you to the wonders of Cape town diving.

Scuba Dive Permits
In 2007 we saw the introduction of the dive permits as part of the establishment of the Marine Reserve. The Marine Reserve runs roughly from Muizenberg in False Bay to Green point on the Atlantic site. That means the the whole of the Cape Peninsula is a protected zone. South Africa is way ahead of the rest of the world in declaring so much of its coastline a Marine Reserve.

For us as Scuba Divers this means that you will need a dive permit to dive. You can buy annual permits rom any local post office at R75 per year or you can buy a temporary dive permit from Scuba Shack for R45 and valid for 1 month. However from January 2009 the permit is included in the price if you dive with us ! Nice and easy nothing to worry about just dive with Scuba Shack !