Small European locust lobster
Swimming, Snorkeling and Diving to See and Watch the Small European locust lobster
The Small locust lobster is a crustacean with a maximum size of 16 cm. It has a reddish-brown shell with white spines and blue rings on its legs. It is found in caves and on rocky overhangs at depths of around 50 m. It is a fearful animal that hides between the rocks at the first sign of a threat.
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Scyllarus arctus
Macro
Cigale de mer, Small European locust lobster, Lesser slipper lobster
Food
This Small European locust lobster is very active at night. It feeds on small mollusks and sea worms.
Breeding
The Small locust lobster breeds from February to April and then from July to September. The female carries the eggs which are attached to her underside. The larvae are pelagic and drift with the current in the same way that plankton does. They then fall to the seafloor and their adult life begins.
Dive centers
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Alpha Beluga Plongée
France
- Port Frejus

Alpha Beluga Diving is located in the Var, in the port of Fréjus. Pascal and Sandrine welcome you from April to November at the Quai Cléopatre, at the level of the gangway, on their boat the SEIZH ENEZ. Alpha Beluga Diving's trawler, 15 m long and with a capacity of 30 divers, already has all the equipment on board. Two other RIBs are also available for groups. The Alpha Beluga Diving school has state-qualified instructors who are also sophrologists and Shiatsu practitioners.
These sports coaches from Alpha Beluga Diving, who are also passionate about marine biology, offer FFESSM and SSI training courses aimed at children, beginners as well as the more experienced who wish to specialize. Preparations for entrance exams and training for supervisors such as BPJEPS, DEJEPS, MF1 take place at Alpha Beluga Diving in the form of courses. Alpha Beluga Diving is also a place where people dive to stay healthy and to regain well-being. Diving is then associated with proven techniques to manage stress, especially post-trauma, triggered after an accident, an illness, a divorce, a burn-out, a panic, or overwork.
The methods used are derived from the BATHYSMED® protocols, tested under medical supervision, and ZEN'IT. This is why the Human Resources departments of some companies call on Pascal and Sandrine's services to deal with the Psycho-Social Risks of their employees and organize team-building sessions with them. Whether you are an autonomous diver or a supervised diver, explore the underwater world around the Ile d'Or, the Lion de Mer, and the Lion de Terre. And if you are thinking of organizing a special event such as a birthday or wedding, you should know that a barbecue is on board!
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- No equipment carrying
- Functional boat
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Europlongée
France
- Saint-Raphael

The Europlongée diving center is located in Boulouris, not far from Saint-Raphaël, in the south of France. Open all year round, Europlongée is ideally located, both on the Arène beach and in the Toukan harbor, commonly known as the port of Boulouris. Opening directly onto the beach and the harbor, Europlongée has over 100m2 of premises where individual divers and groups of up to 75 people can be accommodated. At the Europlongée diving school, you can do the whole range of FFESSM training courses, from the first dive to level 4 Initiator. You can also explore the underwater world by snorkeling.
On-site, you have two showers, rinsing tanks for suits and jackets, a disinfection tank for masks and regulators and three racks for drying equipment. Inside, you will find a reception desk, the maintenance workshop, the kitchen, WC and cloakroom, the equipment storage room with 55 complete sets of equipment. The inflation station is suitable for the inflation of about 100 cylinders.
You can store your diving bags on shelves. Wi-fi internet access is available. The Europlongée diving center offers the use of nitrox, from basic to advanced levels. The tekkies have 11 ponys bottles in 26/200 equipped with 26/200 regulators for decompression. Embark on one of the two catamarans, the Dauphin des Iles and the Barakuda, with 39 and 40 places each, or on the semi-rigid with 18 places to explore the most beautiful dive sites of Fréjus and Saint Raphaël, including the sites of Agay and Anthéor. [+]
- Functional boat
- Spacious premises
- Nautical activities
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Aquadomia
France
- Marseille

The Aquadomia diving center is located in Marseille, with departures from the Pointe Rouge harbor.
Aquadomia is specialized in diving training, which you can choose in accelerated and/or customized. It offers the whole range of FFESSM, SSI, PADI training courses, from the beginner level with the baptism to the professional level, with the instructor.
The Aquadomia diving center offers level 1 diving courses, a level 2 training course, the passage of level 4, a nitrox specialty, and even trimix diving!
Good plan: the manager of Aquadomia, Vincent Defossez, offers you to start online, on your computer, by studying the theory integrated into your diving training. Free of charge, from your home, dive into your lessons before starting the practical exercises in the water in Marseille. Your diving course becomes a child's play whether you are a beginner or an experienced diver.
Meet at 8:10 am at Aquadomia for your first day of practical training, to settle the administrative points. Around 9:00 am, you will cast off from the boat for your first underwater experiences. After 15 to 40 minutes of navigation, you will arrive at the dive site chosen according to your level, the weather, and the practical exercises to be done. The return to the Aquadomia dive center takes place around 12:00.
Return times are never guaranteed: these are the hazards and charms of sailing and diving! After booking, it is also possible to spend the whole day at sea, in the Calanques National Park. Every winter, Vincent Defossez judiciously proposes you join him in Martinique to spend your training sessions in all tranquillity, in a warm sea and under the sun! [+]
- Friendly atmosphere
- PADI Training
- Easy to access
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Aqua Evasion
France
- Gignac La Nerthe
 
The diving center Aqua Evasion is located in Gignac la Nerthe. Run by Xavier and Laure Trubert, Aqua Evasion is open 7 days a week, including holidays, by appointment, from 8 am to 10 pm. The Aqua Evasion diving center is composed of a store, a high-performance inflation station for filling cylinders with quality air, a workshop for equipment maintenance, leakage tests as well as a test bench for regulators adjustments.
The Aqua Evasion dive center offers training courses in a large classroom especially equipped for first aid. The boarding on the Aqua Evasion boat takes place at the port of Carry-le-Rouet, at the P. Malleville quay. The transfers of the divers and the equipment, of a duration of 16 minutes (distance 11 km) from Gignac to the port of Carry, are carried out with the vehicles of the center Aqua Evasion, respectively of 5 and 7 places.
At the Aqua Evasion diving center, the 20-seater Lomac boat is ideal for families and groups, with or without the instructor on board. Aqua Evasion offers a wide range of diving sites around the harbor of Marseille with rocky bottoms, beautiful drop-offs, the Planier, the Frioul, the Elvine, and the numerous wrecks Chaouen, Dalton, Messerschmitt. The snorkeling trips take place in the creeks. The Quicksilver boat, belonging to Aqua Evasion, and moored at the Vayssière quay, is used to pass the boat license. [+]
- Accomodations
- Functional boat
- Boat rental
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European Diving School Saint-Tropez
France
- Ramatuelle
  
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
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