Scuba diving France

The EPIR diving center is located in the fishing port of Ile Rousse, in the Balagne region of northern Corsica. Open from March to November, EPIR has a parking lot near its premises, to unload your equipment. On-site, state-qualified instructors who are also PADI instructors will welcome you and guide you in your choice of training. The EPIR diving school offers FFESSM and PADI training courses from the first dive to level 4, dive guide. The EPIR training center also organizes 2 weeks in a hyperbaric environment for professionals, in Scuba Class 1B or Class 2B, with a package of accommodation, catering, and courses. EPIR promotes PADI E-Learning to validate the theoretical part of the preparation for a diving level. With this method, you do your theoretical courses at home and then you do your dives at Ile Rousse during your vacations. This is a way to enjoy your stay without the theory courses on site. Embark on the EPIR boat to go to the most beautiful dive sites of Calvi when the weather conditions allow you to go west, as well as to the dive spots of Ile Rousse, nearby. EPIR can offer you diving packages for couples, families, and groups. For non-divers, the beach of Ile Rousse is located at 100 meters from the premises. Boat, sailboat and speedboat rentals, windsurfing, and jet ski rentals are available. Otherwise, take a nice walk to the market of Ile Rousse accessible in 10 minutes by foot. [+]

The Haliotis Diving Centre is located on the Port de Portivy, in Saint-Pierre Quiberon, on the west coast of the Quiberon peninsula. The activity of Haliotis Plongée runs from April 1st to October 30th, with 2 dives per day, at 9 am and 2 pm. The premises are 50 m from the boat, at the top of the slipway. You embark on the semi-rigid boat, 7m 20 long and accommodating 12 divers. Gérard Nature, the owner of Haliotis Plongée, offers French ANMP training courses from the first dive to level 2. Ask for a quote for level 3 and 4, exams that are best-prepared off-season. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced diver, we offer courses to discover the environment and rehabilitation dives. You will be delighted to discover the dive sites of the Quiberon peninsula during the exploration dives organized to discover the local fauna and flora. Snorkelers and non-divers alike will enjoy the sea walks along the Côte Sauvage. At the Haliotis Diving School, 7mm thick 2-piece wetsuits are available for hire. The inflating of the blocks is done on the spot [+]

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. [+]

Mio Palmo is located in the watersports center in the Port of Hyères, with a free 500-space car park just a few meters away. Restaurants, accommodation, beaches, shops, and bars are all within easy reach. The shop offers diving equipment to buy. The dive center is equipped with a modern inflating station with a high-performance compressor for the rapid filling of the tanks. The material is stored on the premises, and there are changing rooms and facilities to equip you. The boats are moored in front of the dive center, a short distance away. The Amorgos, a fast and comfortable aluminum boat, has a capacity of 20 divers. It is ideal for day trips around the Port Cros National Park or for a trip to a remote site with two dives. The Taormina is a semi-rigid boat that can accommodate up to 20 divers. It is ideal for snorkeling trips and quick access to dive sites. First dives and introductions to scuba diving are done with a private instructor, for about 20 minutes, to a depth of six meters. They take place every afternoon. PADI courses are given from Open Water to Instructor level. Explorations are carried out on very popular rocky sites, magnificent drop-offs and wrecks such as the Mustang, the Greek and the Donator, from Hyères, around Cap Nègre and Cap Benat, near the Giens peninsula. The Natural Park of Port Cros, preserving the underwater world of the Golden Islands, remains a must for snorkeling, diving, and freediving. [+]

The Saint Malo Plongée Émeraude diving centre is located in Saint Malo, in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany. The premises, accessible to people with reduced mobility, are open from February to mid-December. The Club House area is a place to meet for coffee or tea. Two classrooms are equipped with video projectors and whiteboards. The 8m deep diving pool is heated and used for exercises. Men's and women's changing rooms are equipped with hot showers. A rinsing tank and storage cages for drying equipment are available. Nitrox, pure oxygen and helium are available. A truck transports the equipment to the boats. The Saint-Malo Plongée Émeraude training centre, which is also approved for professionals, organises FFESSM courses either in block courses or à la carte, whether for beginners with level 1 baptisms or for the more experienced, with levels 2, 3 and 4. From the age of 8, alone, with family, friends or in a group, everyone has their own air or nitrox diving programme. Meet at the centre for 45 minutes before walking to the boats at the Naye slipway. Your equipment is transported by truck. Embark on one of the boats, either the MacLow catamaran of 12 metres, which can accommodate 30 divers, or the semi-rigid Margatte or the 11-metre speedboat, Cassiopée. The best spots in the Channel are accessible to you with conger eels, lobsters, scallops, spiders, sea bass and pollack. Visit the German wrecks of the Second World War such as the Walter Darré and the Hinrich Hey, the M4600, the RO 21 cargo ship, the V213. The wrecks of turn of the century steamers such as the Hilda, Skeldon and Fetlar are still recognisable. The most beautiful wreck in Saint-Malo? It is the meteorological frigate of the French Navy. [+]