Tony sometimes uses the swimming pool at one of the dive shops in the northern suburbs, Scuba Centre (Shop 1 Tyger Quays, Tyger Waterfront) to do the confined water skills for the Open Water course.
Here are directions to get there:
Coming from Cape Town south:
- Get onto the N1 northbound from Cape Town.
- Take the Willie van Schoor/Tyger Valley exit number 23 off the N1.
- Tturn left into Willie van Schoor road.
- Take the first left into Mispel road.
- At the T junction, turn right into Carl Cronje drive.
- Turn left into the Tyger Waterfront. The water-filled quarry should be on your right.
- Go through the first traffic circle inside the Tyger Waterfront.
- Scuba Centre is on your right – there is parking in front of the shop.
- Look for the divemobile parked outside (Tony’s big black van with scuba diving written all over it)
Coming from the Northern Suburbs:
- Get onto Carl Cronje drive heading south towards the N1.
- Pass Willowbridge Shopping centre and Tyger Falls.
- Before you get to the N1, turn right into the Tyger Waterfront. The water-filled quarry should be on your right.
- Go to item 7 above and continue from there.
This is what the entrance to Tyger Waterfront looks like:
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