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The H20 Saint Maxime diving center is located at the beginning of the Léon Condroyer quay, at the entrance of a mini shopping mall, 60 m from the harbor master's office, on the Môle, in the port of Sainte Maxime. Divers meet at the center at 9 am and 2.30 pm every day from 1 April to 30 November. The rest of the year, groups are welcome from December 1st to March 30th by appointment. Individual divers are welcome on Saturdays and Sundays. Franck welcomes you in his shop with the biggest diving brands and equipment to buy or rent. Less than 50 m from the premises, you can board one of the two diving and snorkeling boats, La Piguette and Le Cyclone, with a shower on board, for a trip of about 2h30. The H20 Sainte Maxime diving school offers training courses with FFESSM, ANPM, PADI, and SSI certifications, which are given by qualified instructors. You have access to the best diving sites of Saint-Tropez and Cavalaire on one side, and to the diving spots of Issambres on the other. You have a beautiful playground with the most beautiful wrecks in the Mediterranean, including the Aritay at 30 m, the Relax at 35 m, and the Rubis at 45 m. About forty very varied diving sites, adapted to all levels, are spread out in this area. Ask for photos and videos of your dives, as a souvenir of those good times. Don't forget your USB stick! Non-divers can walk around the center of Sainte Maxime. A special rate is granted to them if they go by boat with fins, masks, and snorkels. The H2O Sainte Maxime club is also ideal for stays without a vehicle, by staying at the Hotel des Palmiers, located 100 m away, or the Univac holiday center, which is very suitable for groups. [+]

The Brusc Plongée diving center is located 30 meters from its boats, in the port of Le Brusc, near Six-Fours-les-Plages. There is a paying parking lot, 20 meters away from the Brusc Plongée diving center. You can leave your equipment in front of Brusc Plongée, then park further away. On the spot, you have a 50 m² store with a reception area, rental equipment, changing rooms, and space to store your equipment, as well as an area for selling equipment and accessories. The inflation of the blocks takes place on the spot, with 2 compressors. You will embark on Brusc Plongée aluminum catamaran, the Matata, 10.50 m long, sailing at 8 knots and carrying 34 divers. The launch is done by a straight jump from the back platform with a return dive using the 2 parrot ladders. Also coming aboard the Rubis, a semi-rigid boat with a capacity of 10 divers. It is ideal to go to small creeks or to drop experienced divers on dry land falling between 20 and 40 meters deep. It also allows you to reach remote dive sites such as the 2 Brothers, the Arroyo, and P38 Wrecks. The Brusc Plongée Diving Center also offers discovery diving courses for children. You have at your disposal the whole range of SSI and FFESSM diving courses from the baptism to level 4, and from Try Scuba to Divemaster. Scuba diving is for everyone. Whether you are an autonomous diver or whether you are supervised by a guide, you will discover the seabed off the island of Les Embiez, 20 minutes away by boat. Brusc Plongée offers you the ideal conditions to observe the fauna and flora of the Mediterranean Sea and to refine your knowledge of marine biology! [+]

The EuroDivers centre is located in the grounds of the Cala Joncols hotel in the bay of the same name, within the Cap Creus natural park. Open every week from April 1st to September 30th, the centre welcomes divers during the weekends out of season. Groups are welcomed in Roses for both accommodation and boarding the 20-seater boat. The charming Cala Joncols hotel, set amidst a bouquet of olive trees, is ideal for couples and families and offers a popular restaurant serving tasty Mediterranean cuisine. A small swimming pool at the foot of the hotel provides fun for children. Kayak and stand up paddle departures are available from the large beach in front of the hotel. The Eurodivers centre, integrated into the hotel, offers diving departures from the beach for children's training, baptisms and PADI beginner training exercises. The more experienced divers embark on the boat with a capacity of about twenty people where PADI Open Water Diver and Advanced Open Water Diver courses are held. Specialities such as night diving, object finding and orientation are offered to divers wishing to improve their skills. About fifteen diving spots are accessible from EuroDivers Cala Joncols. Schools of sea breams, sars and saupes are found in the middle of the posidonia. Beautiful scree drop-offs shelter lobsters and crabs. The walls of the crevices are covered with red coral even at shallow depths. Ask for packages including overnight stays and dives. [+]

Blue Diving is a small friendly structure located in Banyuls-sur-Mer, in the south of France. Board the boat in Banyuls-sur-Mer to go and discover the underwater wealth of the Cerbere-Banyuls Reserve and the Cap Creus Nature Reserve in Spain. You can also explore the dive sites along the Côte Vermeille and their wrecks. The sites are accessible to all levels, from beginner and advanced divers, coming individually or in groups. The offered service is personalized and takes into consideration everyone’s needs and desires, with the objective of diving safely. Blue Diving is also a diving school in Paris. You are trained during the whole year in the diving pit of Charenton le Pont, in Paris. Then you come and validate your training in natural environment. You can discover the pleasure of Scuba diving when on holiday in Banyuls and continue in Paris the rest of the year ! [+]

Sub Tortue Diving is located in the bay of Saint Cyprien, 10 mn from the Cerbicales Islands Nature Reserve, south-east of Corsica. The place is ideal for snorkeling, discover Scuba diving, for levels 1 and 2 training, FFESSM and ANMP, or for PADI Open Water Diver and Nitrox training. Special diving program for children according to their age, physical and psychic abilities. Coached by certified instructors. They welcome confirmed divers with 10 sites accessible from level 2. Group diving is also possible because SubTortue puts the infrastructure, the boats and the great knowledge of the most beautiful sites in the region at the disposal of the group leader. Group rates available from 10 divers. Packages including 7 nights’ accommodation to share, half or full board and 10 dives. Snorkeling allows you to discover the fauna and flora of the Mediterranean without a lot of equipment and enjoy being in the water and have the feeling of freedom of movement. The 2 semi-rigid boats, the 8.50 m Zepelin and the 6,20 m Vanguard, are quickly on dive sites. The majority of the dives takes place in the Cerbicales Islands Nature Reserve with a great diversity of fauna, from Flabelines to Groupers, with pelagic fish such as Dentis and Amberjack. Fauna and flora mainly fixed. Very rich and colorful subjects, ideal for macro photographers. A must-see is the wreck of the Pecorella cement boat, 45 m long, in the Gulf of Porto-Vecchio. In the Lavezzi Nature Reserve, dive to the Sec of the Pellu, a dry rock nicknamed Mérouville, known for the thirty Groupers living there. Octopuses, Spiders, large Cicadas, Moray Eels [+]