Josh LaBell
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Does any one know of a training pool near downtown Toronto. The colsest I have found are either etobicoke or richmond hill.
thanks for any suggestions.
thanks for any suggestions.
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Michael_Lambert
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Unless you join a club who rents out a local pool thats your options. Even then they are run by clubs so joining it to contiune to use the pools would be required.
Other than that i believe Scuba2000 has there pool you can use by appointment.
Other than that i believe Scuba2000 has there pool you can use by appointment.
There isn't really much right down town. As Michael has pointed out, you need to belong to a club or you can use the pool at Scuba2000.
If you are a student at the University of Toronto you are a member of Hart House. For an extra $52.80 a year you can join the Hart House Underwater Club. Membership is from May to April. If you are not a student at U of T, you'll have to get a Hart House membership ($170/year) plus the HHUC membership.
Most pool facilities don't allow scuba diving training for various reasons: (a) students dropping weights damage the pool, (b) dirt gets dragged in with scuba equipment, (c) don't know anything about scuba and fear the legal implications. The few pools that will allow scuba training do so with the understanding that the business conducting the training (dive shop) will be accountable for damage to the pool, clean up costs and legal implications.
So, basically, you'd have to find a club or dive shop that uses a pool and join them. Sadly, the only dive shop in the downtown area was Tam Dive. They went out of business around 2004 and HHUC bought up all their equipment.
If you do find a place downtown, please post it here. I've been looking on and off for the past 3 years.
P.S. Aquarius Scuba on Dundas (west of Keele) is probably closest store, Scuba2000 (highway 7 & 404) would be next and AquaSub (Bayview north of highway 7) would be third closest. I prefer Happy Divers Den (Mississauga), AquaSub and Aquarius, in that order.
If you are a student at the University of Toronto you are a member of Hart House. For an extra $52.80 a year you can join the Hart House Underwater Club. Membership is from May to April. If you are not a student at U of T, you'll have to get a Hart House membership ($170/year) plus the HHUC membership.
Most pool facilities don't allow scuba diving training for various reasons: (a) students dropping weights damage the pool, (b) dirt gets dragged in with scuba equipment, (c) don't know anything about scuba and fear the legal implications. The few pools that will allow scuba training do so with the understanding that the business conducting the training (dive shop) will be accountable for damage to the pool, clean up costs and legal implications.
So, basically, you'd have to find a club or dive shop that uses a pool and join them. Sadly, the only dive shop in the downtown area was Tam Dive. They went out of business around 2004 and HHUC bought up all their equipment.
If you do find a place downtown, please post it here. I've been looking on and off for the past 3 years.
P.S. Aquarius Scuba on Dundas (west of Keele) is probably closest store, Scuba2000 (highway 7 & 404) would be next and AquaSub (Bayview north of highway 7) would be third closest. I prefer Happy Divers Den (Mississauga), AquaSub and Aquarius, in that order.
NorthernPike
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Not really downtown but it is an alternative to some of the locations I mentioned. The website is a little flakey. The links fail to work but only sometimes and I couldn't find the cost of membership on the application.
Etobicoke Underwater Club Etobicoke Underwater Club Inc. | Enjoying the sport of SCUBA diving safely since 1956. uses the Albion pool at Kipling and Albion, every Thursday night. There are a few shops downtown that I don't hear much about, one at Bloor and Christie (I can't remember their name, though). Your best bet is probably joining a club, there are a lot of advantages to doing so. You can always find a dive buddy, and we often have very good prices on charters...
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