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The Mio Palmo diving center is located in Cogolin, on the edge of the Gulf of Saint Tropez, in the extension of Port Grimaud. The Marines de Port Cogolin will enchant you with its yachting atmosphere. The diving center is located in front of the landing stage of the green boats, bound for Saint Tropez and Sainte Maxime. The team of instructors welcomes you from June 1st to September 30th, the ideal period for diving in the Mediterranean. You can leave your equipment in a Mio Palmo room for the duration of your stay. The Mio Palmo diving school offers an introduction to scuba diving, organized for adults and children from 8 years old. PADI training courses are offered from Discover Scuba Diver to OWSI instructor. Make a trip with 2 dives to optimize your holidays on the most beautiful sites of Saint-Tropez, with a return to the dock around 12:30. A good deal, a private outing is organized with 8 dives for 4 people and also includes the meal and drinks on board. Once a week, experienced divers explore the famous Rubis submarine wreck. Come aboard the Taormina, a RIB that can accommodate up to 20 divers. It is also ideal for snorkeling trips and quick access to dive sites. The richness and variety of the seabed, made up of drop-offs and seagrass beds, wrecks, shallows, and lighthouses, will surprise you with groupers, sars, bogues, and lobsters. You will find in the marines of Cogolin many restaurants and accommodations without really needing to take a car. Beaches, shops, and bars allow you to relax after diving. [+]

The diving school CIP Nice is located in the port of Nice, near the tramway terminal. You can park in the parking lot for the Corsica trip, 3 minutes away on foot. CIP Nice was founded in the late 1960s by a member of the Cousteau team. The CIP Nice is currently run by Richard Vial, PADI instructor and BES 2nd degree, and Christian Heitz, E4 trimix and rebreather instructor. This diving center CIP Nice welcomes children from 8 years old to introduce them to diving by training Bronze, Silver, and Gold Divers. CIP Nice offers PADI and FFESSM courses, from the first dive to the Level 4. I If you work, you can even benefit from adapted schedules for night and twilight dives! The CIP Nice also offers tek training (trimix and rebreather). Embark on the comfortable 14 m long steel boat of the CIP Nice, the René Madeleine, approved by the merchant navy. Although it can carry 38 divers, its open space on the bow allows you to gather after the dive for a friendly drink! Aqualung rental equipment is available since the CIP Nice is a partner center and also rents underwater scooters. The imposing inflation station with two compressors of 50 and 60 m3/hour allows several trips per day from the CIP Nice boat to the dive sites, in high season. A good mood is the order of the day at the CIP and the safety standards are strictly respected. The proximity of the hyperbaric chamber of the Pasteur Hospital, at about 10 minutes of travel, is also a guarantee of safety for the divers. [+]

Diamond Diving is located in Golfe Juan, between Juan Les Pins and Cannes. You can get there either by the A8 freeway, or from Nice airport (30 mn drive), or from Golfe Juan/Vallauris train station (1-minute walk). This center is a PADI 5*IDC resort that is open every day of the week, from April to mid-November. During winter, trips are organized on demand especially for groups of 10 to 16 divers. During the season, count on two daily trips, in the morning at 8:45 am with a return at 11:30 am. In the afternoon, we meet at 1:45 pm and return at 5 pm. After the dive, you can take advantage of the hot showers and toilets in the port. Reserve your place on one of the two 16-person RIBs. Day trips are organized in small groups in the bay of Golfe Juan and around the Lerins Islands. [+]

The diving centre Atoll plongée located 31 Traverse Prat in Marseille's 8th arrondissement has become Massilia Plongée! The dormitories have been replaced by very pretty, comfortable, and stylish rooms for two, four, and six people. Groups of up to 15 people can also be accommodated. Whether you're a diver or not, Massilia Green House is open all year round, just a stone's throw from the Port of Pointe Rouge. You can eat on-site at lunchtime, in the large dining room, or outside under the trees. Experienced divers have access to comfortable changing rooms with showers, an equipment drying room, an equipment store, and a nitrox and trimix inflation room. You can also store your diving equipment on-site. At 8.30 am, you will be equipped on-site and then transferred by minibus to the car park near the INPP. At 9 am you'll board Massilia Plongée's large semi-rigid boat for a trip to Marseille's most beautiful dive sites. The Massilia Plongée school specializes in scuba diving and IANTD technical outings and training. Independent divers, self-guided groups, and tek and rebreather divers can all find something to suit them here at Massilia Plongée, with their own equipment and breathing block, at very reasonable prices. The Massilia Plongée club is an ideal place for experienced divers who want to specialize in technical diving too (re)discover Marseille's seabed with serenity and pleasure. Here, wrecks, caves, and drop-offs attract divers from all over Europe! Try the Normoxic Trimix in a light configuration using your own recreational equipment. Or stay underwater for longer with more gas, in "heavy configuration". [+]

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. [+]