Scuba diving France

The Ketos diving center is located in the port of Sainte Maxime, just off the Quai Léon Condroyer. The Ketos diving school offers FFESSM, PADI, and ANMP training courses from the first dive to level 3. The team of qualified instructors will also take you on explorations and snorkeling. Come aboard the Ketos 2, a comfortable and fast 18m boat that can accommodate up to 25 people, including crew. There is no need to carry tanks as all the diving equipment and the inflation station are already on board. This boat is very easy to access as it is located in the first line of the port, close to two car parks less than 50 m away. Advanced divers, enjoy the 7.50m semi-rigid Pelayo, with a maximum capacity of 18 divers, which allows quick access to more remote diving areas and easy exploration of shallows, whatever the wind direction. When you go with Ketos Plongée, you can visit some of the best dive sites in Sainte Maxime such as the Sèche à huile, the Sardinaux, the Cathédrale, and the Saint-Pierre drop off. Also explore the most popular wrecks in Sainte Maxime and Saint Tropez such as the Tell, the Rubis, the Relax, and the Poursuivante. Ketos Dive Centre is a place to share knowledge and raise awareness of the marine world for future generations. It welcomes enthusiasts and novices alike, curious to discover the marine world and concerned about protecting this fragile and exceptional environment. [+]

The Archipel Plongée diving center is located in the fishing port of La Madrague, in the south of Marseille, at the entrance of the Calanques National Park. Archipel Plongée is entirely designed for the comfort of divers, in winter as well as in summer. Divers can change in the large, heated, and secure men and women's changing rooms. The access to the loading dock, right in front of the center, makes it easy to load your diving gear. Between two dives, Archipel Plongée's restaurant, open at lunchtime, serves family-style cuisine on the terrace, facing the small Port de la Madrague. The equipment is renewed every season. The air and nitrox inflation station can inflate up to 40 blocks per dive. Equipped with a cabin to protect from the wind in winter, the Archipel Plongée boat, the Monte Cristo, can take 30 divers. Archipel Plongée's RIB completes the fleet and allows experienced divers or groups to dive separately. Free parking is available near the center. The Archipel Plongée diving center is located near the most beautiful dive sites of Marseille, with drop-offs, caves, airplanes and shipwrecks. During the summer, Archipel Plongée offers diving trips with barbecue or brunch, at night or at dawn, or to observe the sunfish, mola-mola. Archipel Plongée offers FFESSM and SSI training courses with baptism, children's diving, up to divemaster level. The diver receives a theory booklet to prepare the written exercises or he prepares himself in e-learning. Archipel Plongée provides unsinkable and self-bailing kayaks, stable and comfortable, are available. Each kayak can accommodate up to two adults and two children to explore the coast. The courses are adapted to the physical condition of each person. [+]

Explorasub Dive Centre is located in Cargèse, Corsica, halfway between the gulfs of Ajaccio to the south and Porto to the north. Discover the jagged red and ochre granite volcanic coastline with the mountain plunging into the sea. The 30 dive sites are spread between three rocky points topped by 17th-century Genoese towers. Nearby, 5 beautiful sandy beaches invite you to relax. Ideal for walks in a preserved nature, in the middle of creeks and maquis. The Explorasub club, with its shaded terrace, is located at the marina, next to the U Rasaghju restaurant, popular for its Corsican song evenings. Free parking is available nearby. The access to the premises, the sanitary facilities, the embarkation quay, and the boat is adapted to people with reduced mobility, with a freshwater fountain available. Rental equipment is disinfected after use and equipment are available for sale on-site. Possibility to change in a changing room, to store your belongings in a dedicated bin, to take a hot shower on your return. No handling of cylinders, which are already on the platform, stored in rows. The Explorasub center offers SSI and FFESSM training courses, from Level 1 to Level 3. Specializing in children's diving, Explorasub is also the ideal place for a first dive. Equipped with 2 bottle racks, ladders, and 2 seats for handicapped people, the semi-rigid boat Charles IV, with a capacity of 24 divers, allows you to reach the most remote sites in 5 to 25 minutes to discover the Mediterranean fauna. [+]

The diving center Cap Plongée is located on the port of Coudoulière, in Six-Fours-Les-Plages. Cap Plongée offers you ANMP and FFESSM training courses, from baptism to level 3. You will board the boat La Mouette, 50 m from Cap Plongée's premises. You have never breathed on a regulator? Take a first dive! Experienced divers, you wish to deepen your skills to explore further? Cap Plongée accompanies you in obtaining your diving levels. On-site, a changing room is at your disposal to equip yourself. The debriefing of the dive is done outside or in the store, around a coffee. After the dive, you are sure to share your experiences. Take the time to choose your equipment with the advice of the Cap Plongée manager. Whether you are an amateur or an experienced diver, the twenty or so dive sites such as Le Sec de Guénaud and Basses Moulinières, offered by the Cap Plongée diving school are rich in fauna and flora and will leave you with beautiful memories of the Embiez islands, an archipelago classified as a Natura 2000 zone. Bruno, passionate about photography and marine biology, will direct you to the species you are looking for: sars, wrasses, red mullets, scorpionfish, rockfish, groupers, moray eels, cuttlefish, octopus, and shellfish. Discover also several kinds of gorgonians, anemones, corals, sponges as well as large fields of Posidonia, the green lung of the Mediterranean. Group outings are possible upon reservation, with nearby camping-type accommodations with excellent value for money. [+]

Bormes Plongée is based in Bormes Les Mimosas, in the south-east of France, on the port of La Favière near a large free car park. The marina of Bormes Les Mimosas is located opposite the Hyères Islands and the Port-Cros National Park. Direct and quick access to the best Var dive sites in the Mediterranean sea. Many wreck sites spreading out from Porquerolles to Saint-Tropez for spectacular dives but also for their historical interest. They are artificial reefs, a real heaven for marine life. Profusion of life and colors on these sites. The most famous wrecks in the area ? The Donator, the Togo and the Rubis. Their reputation go beyond French borders. Divers come from all over Europe to visit them. The Port-Cros National Park, the first marine national park in Europe, was created in December 1963. It covers 700 ha of terrestrial area and 1300 ha at sea, including the islets of Bagaud, Rascas and Gabinière. A true microcosm with a large number of terrestrial and marine species, characteristic of the western Mediterranean sea. A wide variety of underwater topography with rocks, dry, long rocky ridges and drop-offs tumbling down to 60 m with steep descents like ski slopes or pierced walls like Gruyère cheese, mass housing for Lobsters. A beautiful playground is offered to divers of all levels. Sit down at the terrace of a little restaurant, in the pretty medieval village of Bormes Les Mimosas. [+]