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Anglerfish

Swimming, Snorkeling and Diving to See and Observe the Anglerfish

The anglerfish has a huge head and a big mouth! It dwells on loose grounds in the depths as well as in seagrass, on rocky seabeds and along the coastline.

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Lophius piscatorius
Macro
Baudroie blanche, Baudroie commune, Lotte, Lotte blanche, Diable de mer, Anglerfish, Monkfish, Lophius piscatorius

Food

The angler fish is a carnivorous fish and an ambush hunter. It lays on the sea beds or hides in the seagrass. Then it uses the first ray of its dorsal fin as a fishing rod to lure its prey. When it closes its mouth, it becomes invisible and mimics the seaweed. When a fish comes within range, it opens its mouth and swallows it. It feeds on fish and crustaceans

Breeding

It reaches sexual maturity around 7 and a length of about 70 cm. Females lay eggs at the end of winter. The eggs cohere in a long ribbon. Hatching takes place at the end of May and the beginning of June. They migrate with the current and have a planktonic phase. When they reach adulthood, they return to the seabed.


Dive centers

 

Plougasnou Plongée
France  - Plougasnou
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The Plougasnou diving center is located on the Diben fishing port, in Plougasnou, in Finistère. Open all year round, you will benefit from comfortable facilities with, on the one hand, a reception desk, a classroom and changing rooms and, on the other hand, an equipment room and a dryer. The diving equipment available for hire includes 7 mm thick wetsuits for men, women, and children. The Plougasnou Diving School offers PADI courses from beginner level with the Discover Scuba Diver to instructor level with several IDCs per year. You will board the Plougasnou Plongée boats, La Bretonne and Le Toukenn, located 20 m from the premises. One is a 12m boat with a covered sundeck, a forecastle, and a comfortable saloon and the other is an aluminum boat, approved for 10 divers. The mixture of fresh and saltwater in the Bay of Morlaix allows for the proliferation of specific underwater fauna and flora. Dives take place around numerous islets, the Château du Taureau and La Pointe de Primel. Go around the islands to observe the grey seals! During the 40-minute navigation, a briefing is given on local legends and seal behavior. The observation mission includes counting and identifying the seals through photos. Bring warm clothes for the late afternoon. Families can enjoy a variety of snorkeling trips to discover the area in a different way. No swimming ability is required. The duration of the tours varies from 30 minutes to 2 hours, depending on your physical condition. You swim in a wetsuit, with mask, snorkel, and swim boards over a beautiful granite plateau. [+]

  • Welcome groups
  • PADI IDC*****
  • Nautical activities
From 40,00 €

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Easy Dive Cannes
France  - Cannes
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The Easy Dive Cannes diving center is strategically located near the Palm Beach, in Cannes. Easy Dive Cannes is open all year round. However, in winter, the trips take place on weekends and by appointment during the week. Otherwise, there are trips by reservation every day, from May 1st to October 31st, with boat departures at 9 am and 2 pm. The Easy Dive Cannes diving school is approved as a PADI 5 Star IDC so you have the possibility to do PADI training from the baptism to the instructor level. Courses on the FFESSM program are also given. You will benefit from comfortable premises of 120m2 with a technical room, a sales area, a workshop for the revision of equipment, an air-conditioned classroom equipped with video and overhead projector. And of course, we meet after the dive, in the relaxation area with coffee and drinks! Easy Dive Cannes is located 150 meters from the Port du Mouré Rouge where you board the semi-rigid Sapristi. You unload your diving equipment there. The tanks are transported by the Easy Dive diving school, by car. From there, you will reach the best diving sites of Golfe-Juan, Juan-les-Pins, and Antibes but also the diving spots of Cannes, with the islands of Lérins. [+]

  • PADI IDC*****
  • Located close to the dive sites
  • Near Downtown area
From 35,00 €

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European Diving School Saint-Tropez
France  - Ramatuelle
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A Escola Europeia de Mergulho está localizada no acampamento Kon Tiki, na praia arenosa de Pampelonne, perto de St-Tropez. A Escola Europeia de Mergulho está aberta desde o início de Maio até ao final de Setembro. No entanto, os grupos também são bem-vindos após este período. Alex, o proprietário da Escola Europeia de Mergulho, é também instrutor de mergulho. Recebe-o na sua língua materna, em alemão, inglês, francês ou espanhol. A atmosfera é cosmopolita à medida que mergulhadores de toda a Europa se encontram neste centro. Alex é o único alemão na costa que tem um diploma de mergulho estatal francês e é, portanto, o centro de referência alemão na costa. A Escola Europeia de Mergulho oferece uma vasta gama de cursos PADI e CMAS, para todos os níveis de mergulhadores, desde os principiantes até aos mais experientes, tanto recreativos como tek. O parque de campismo Kon Tiki é muito adequado para mergulhadores Tek, clubes, associações e famílias. Trimix está disponível mediante reserva e Nitrox 32 é gratuito na Escola Europeia de Mergulho. As válvulas cilíndricas têm uma saída dupla DIN ou INT. A partir do centro de mergulho da Escola Europeia de Mergulho, é possível explorar os mais belos naufrágios no Mediterrâneo, incluindo relíquias populares da Primeira e Segunda Guerra Mundial, tais como o submarino Rubis, o contratorpedeiro Poursuivante, o minesweeper Espingnole, bem como navios de carga como o Togo, o Profeta e o Tell. Visite também o Grande Queyrolle, o Sardinaux, o Arche, o Rabiou. Irá também explorar os locais mais belos do Parque Nacional de Port-Cros. [+]

  • Free Nitrox
  • Stay without a car
  • Accomodations and diving
From 29,00 €

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CAP Trébeurden
France  - Trébeurden

The Cap Trébeurden diving school is located in Trébeurden, on the Pink Granite Coast, in the Côtes d'Armor. Cap Trébeurden is a national federal base approved by the FFESSM, whose aim is to develop and promote knowledge of the underwater world. Open all year round, except for Christmas and New Year, you are welcome from October to May, Monday to Friday, from 9am to 12pm and from 2pm to 6pm. This period is reserved for the training of professional divers. From June to September, Cap Trébeurden is open from 8am to 7pm. During July and August, it's continuous day! The Cap Trébeurden training school offers FFESSM courses for recreational diving with baptisms, Discovery packs and levels from 1 to 4. Extended weekends such as Ascension and Pentecost are reserved for groups. The CAP diving club also provides training for professional divers class A and B, which takes place at the Pôle Phoenix in Pleumeur-Bodou with classrooms, equipment maintenance, workshop, welding box, dryer, initiation pool and hyperbaric chamber. Concerning the outings in the natural environment, whatever the weather, the Kerdaniou quarry in Bégard, 40 metres deep, is used for these professional training courses certified in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Labour. For recreational diving, go to the main building in Trébeurden which includes a reception office, classrooms and an underwater biology laboratory. A club-house, the campsite with mobile homes, a drying room and a sanitary block complete this beautiful infrastructure. In the marina of Trébeurden, Cap Trebeurdin has a room with diving equipment, an inflation station, changing rooms, toilets and showers. Embark on one of the two RIBs, Axot and Gwen Braz or on the school barge, Chimède, or on the new aluminium boat with a capacity of 30 divers. [+]

  • FFESSM Training
  • Accomodations and diving
  • Spacious premises
From 30,20 €

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SubTortue Diving
France  - Lecci
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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 [+]

  • fast boat
  • Youth diving
  • Protected Marine Park
From 45,00 €

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Where to see, swim, and dive with Anglerfish ?

France - Atlantic OceanFrance - Bandol, Sanary,-sur-Mer, Six-Four-les-Plages,ToulonFrance - Cannes, Mandelieu-le-Napoule, Théoule-sur-MerFrance - Carry-le-RouetFrance - Cavalaire-sur-MerFrance - Cerbère and BanyulsFrance - CorsicaFrance - Fréjus and Saint-RaphaëlFrance - Hyères, Bormes-les-Mimosas, La Londe-les-Maures and Le LavandouFrance - La Ciotat, Saint Cyr-les-Lecques France - MarseilleFrance - Saint-TropezFrance - The English channelMalta - Malta, Gozo and CominoNorway, with orcas - SegvikSpain - Cadaques, Costa BravaSpain - Cala Joncols, Costa BravaSpain - Cala Montjoi, Costa BravaSpain - Costa BravaSpain - L’Escala, Costa BravaSpain - L'Estartit, Costa BravaSpain - Palamos, Costa Brava

Best season :

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France - Atlantique
France - Var
France - Alpes Maritimes
France - Bouches du Rhone
France - Languedoc Roussillon
France - Corse
France - Manche
Malta - Malte
Norway, with orcas - Seglvik
Spain - Cadaqués
Spain - Cala Joncols
Spain - Cala Monjoi
Spain - Roses
Spain - El Puerto de la Selva
Spain - L’Escala
Spain - L'Estartit
Spain - Palamos
Spain - Tarragone
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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