As the only 5 Star PADI Dive Centre in the Eastern Cape, Pro Dive offers the widest range of products and services in Port Elizabeth. Over the years, they have become one of South Africa's most popular diver training facilities, offering beginner to instructor courses and trainings as well as the best PE´s diving areas guidance. Their activities are spread across the coastline from Knysna and Plettenberg Bay to PE.
Pro Dive in Plettenberg Bay is ideally located at the Beacon Isle Hotel, located on the edge of the Indian Ocean with excellent facilities for Scuba Diving. Pro Dive is offering shore dives right from the Hotel's exclusive beach, boat dives to some spectacular sites and effortless scuba introductions and training on site.
Located in Main Road, Walmer, and offers a dynamic facility including a showroom that has a comprehensive range of diving equipment for all your diving needs, travel office, lecture room, pool , & service centre. There is also a wide selection of training materials, books, videos, clothing and accessories. The shop staff will be able to provide you with information on Pro Dive´s scuba diving courses and diving safaris.
Their charters, airfills & equipment hire is ideally situated also at Hobie Beach opposite the new Emfuleni Casino & Hotel Complex. They are in close proximity to all the dive sites and offer hot showers and changing facilities on site.
They offer a variety of charters to the most popular dive sites both inside and outside the Bays. There are also numerous shore entries that can be done in close proximity to the centre. At Pro Dive they offer equipment rental and airfills on site. Here we put just a few samples of what spots you can visit.
The Wreck of the Paquita was a 460 ton German ship that ran ashore in 1903. She lies in the mouth of the Knysna Lagoon making for an unusual dive. The anchors are still visible and the iron plates are alive with soft corals & teaming with fishlife including white steenbras, black tail and large mussel cracker are sometime seen. Due to location of the wreck it is important to plan the dive at the correct time taking the tides into consideration. High tide usually has the best diving conditions.
Stunning marine reserve characterized by caves, drop-offs, walls and gullies overgrown by soft corals, sponges and fans. A multitude of fish inhabit the waters, together with Jackass Penguins which feed vigorously on them. St. Croix is surrounded by two smaller islands, spectacularly beautiful which makes the trip to the area worthwhile. The island itself is home to the jackass penguin and many other bird species. One of the neighbouring islands is the Brenton Island, situated 800m from St. Croix. It is made up of gullies, caves, drop offs and walls, overgrown by soft corals, sponges and fans and sightings of Ragged Tooth sharks are common. The boat trip to the islands is often interrupted by sightings of whales and dolphins.
The Brenton Wreck appears to be a fishing trawler of some kind and is lying upright embedded in fine sand. Below the stern the prop is sticking out, with one of the blades over a meter in lenth. If you slowly descend on to the broken up deck, you will find huge schools of juvenile cob and other fish, the reason why this is a popular fishing site. Due to its depth and location it is advised that this dive is not done without a torch.
Contacts: Pro Dive South Africa, Mobile +27836568485 Office +27415811144 For more information go to: www.prodive.co.za
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