Humpback whale

The Lagon Maoré diving centre is located in the south of Grande-Terre, Mayotte, 45 km from Mamoudzou and on the beach of N'Gouja, inside the small resort Jardin Maoré. A beautiful tropical garden houses 18 bungalows and a restaurant, bordering the beach. Rental of Aqualung equipment and 2 rebreathers is available here. Nitrox 32% is offered to divers who are already Nitrox certified. The training centre Le Lagon Maoré offers PADI TDI SDI SSI FFESSM and ANMP/CEDIP courses from beginners to advanced divers. Qualified instructors, passionate, supervise groups of 4 divers. You embark either on a 9.6 m aluminium barge, approved for 19 divers or on a 10 m aluminium barge for 21 divers. Their powerful motorisation allows them to get to the sites quickly, with safe launches. Regular trips are made to the wreck of the Joachim, a 16-meter long sailing boat, which lies on a 20-meter seabed opposite the hotel. You will enjoy a house reef with a gently sloping seagrass bed, colonised by turtles. In the morning, the drift dives are dedicated to certified divers, along the outer walls of the reef, up to 40 meters deep. The current is checked as soon as the boat arrives at the best spots in Mayotte, by the instructors. Expect good visibility with lots of life: barracudas, rays, groupers, small reef sharks. In the afternoon, you reach the south of the Mayotte Lagoon, after a 5 to 10-minute boat ride. Explore by diving and snorkelling wonderful coral gardens teeming with multicoloured fish and turtles. The coral reefs go down from the surface to 25 meters. Sometimes you will see dolphins on the way to the boat. Ask for night dives to see the small fauna of the Seychelles that you rarely see during the day with shrimps, crabs, pencil urchins and Spanish dancers. [+]

The TopDive dive center, attached to the Nemoz center, is located at the Intercontinental Resort & SPA of Moorea, northwest of Moorea, in Tiahura. A new annex has also opened on the white sand beach of the Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort & SPA, between Cook Bay and Opunohu. The infrastructure has been refurbished with large comfortable spaces, a private pontoon, a compressor room, a workshop, sanitary facilities with showers. From there, you can access the best dive sites of Moorea. The TopDive training center offers FFESSM, SSI, and PADI courses with first dive, Scuba Diver Open Water Diver, and Advanced Open Water. Dive with Nitrox for free if you already have the certification! Of course, many diving specialties are offered here including shark watching. Moorea is the perfect place for diving, snorkeling, and freediving. Twelve separate passes in the barrier reef lead out of the lagoon into the open sea. You'll never get tired of diving in the warm, clear water, where every coral block is surrounded by a school of sergeant majors and anthias. Take part in night dives, for the atmosphere of peace and quiet that reigns there, but also to observe a different fauna from that of the day. Going to the diving spots in Moorea allows you to swim with many lemon sharks. For experienced divers, there is also an underwater garden with beautiful Montipora coral roses. When sailing to the outer reef, the scenery in Cook and Opunohu bays is sumptuous. Seen from the open sea, Moorea is a green garden with the smell of humus, tropical trees, lush vegetation, beautiful peaceful rivers, waterfalls, pandanus-roofed houses. Transfers from your accommodation to the Top Dive center are free of charge. Use the Top Dive Pass to dive into each island where the brand is represented. [+]

The Gecko Bleu diving school is located in the port of St Gilles, Reunion Island. It is a small structure-based along the west coast of the island. Appointments for sea departures take place at 8.30 am and 11 am in the port of St Gilles, at the Jet Ski premises, next to the restaurant La Voile Blanche. Nearby, many dive sites are accessible to all levels of divers. The Gecko Bleu training school offers first dives and PADI and ANMP courses ranging from Scuba Diver to Master Scuba Diver. Several species of dolphins, as well as humpback whales, live in this area from July to October. Greg, the owner, is passionate about the sea and willingly shares his experience in diving and swimming with cetaceans. He offers snorkeling trips of 3 hours duration, supervised by professionals. These snorkeling trips are organized for 5 to 10 participants and children are accepted from 8 years old. Greg also has a handisport license to welcome disabled people. He also educates divers, snorkelers and snorkelers about the environment by training eco-divers in partnership with Reefcheck. You have the possibility to make personalized dives with night and sunrise dives. [+]

The Ti'bulles diving centre is located in Grand-bourg, on the island of Marie-Galante, in Guadeloupe, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. One side of Marie Galante has swells and currents, and the other side allows for easier launching. The Caribbean fauna and flora varies from shrimp, spider crabs and Caribbean coins to rays, barracudas, platax, agoutis, and turtles. You can even hear the whales singing underwater during the whale-watching season. This Ti'bles training centre offers first dives. Embark on this unique adventure full of new sensations, accompanied by a French state-qualified instructor. Did you like this experience? Take an ANMP certification, from level 1 to level 3 or an SSI diploma, Scuba diver or an exciting diving speciality. Marie Galante's ten or so dive spots, accessible to beginners to the most experienced, allow for both quiet and deep drift dives, in compliance with regulations and safety. Explore even a small wreck in the middle of a multitude of reef fish. At Ti'Bulles, you benefit from a simple service, with a different way of diving, whether as a V.I.P., with family or friends. Marie-Galante, the island of a hundred mills, is an authentic and charming island, which also invites you to relax, far from mass tourism. [+]

The Haliotis diving center is located in the Colombo Hotel, on Santa Maria Island, Azores. The infrastructure can accommodate 60 people, with changing rooms, hot water showers with towels, two classrooms for courses from beginner to advanced level, a technical room with 50 pieces of equipment at the disposal of customers, a store selling branded equipment. There is even a place for divers to relax before and after their dives, to chat and have a drink. The Haliotis diving school offers PADI training courses from the Bubblemaker for children to the Discover Scuba Diver course. And of course, Haliotis Santa Maria also prepares you for many PADI specialties including the AWARE Shark Conservation Specialty Course. Embark on one of the two RIB boats, Mobula or Rhincodon, which will quickly take you to the best dive sites in the Azores including Formigas and Dollabarat. However, Haliotis Santa Maria also has a large playground for its divers with 55 dive spots consisting of caves, canyons, drop-offs and reefs. Even close to the coast, you will have beautiful encounters with oceanic species such as manta rays, quite common in some places. Sometimes you can even see them from the surface as they swim by at a depth of 50 meters. The Mobula tarapacana has a nice triangular body shape with a wingspan up to 3.5 meters wide, with a spineless tail. And it has become the mascot animal of Haliotis in Santa Maria! [+]