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Anthia Diving Center, based in Sesimbra, 30 km south of Lisbon, offers exploration and snorkeling in the Arrábida Natural Park. Instructors continue to search assiduously for new dive sites, although some 30 locations are already listed from Sesimbra. Here you will experience the incredible biodiversity of fauna and flora. SSI courses are offered, from Open Water Diver to Divemaster, as well as technical diving GUE. Concerned about your safety, Anthia meets your needs, whatever your level, recreational or technical. The meeting at the center takes place one hour before each sea departure. Concerned about ecology and preserving the ocean, Anthia undertakes with its divers cleaning operations of the beaches and the seabed with a Mission Deep Blue certificate. You also have the possibility to rent the boat for 2, 3 or 4 hours with a light meal onboard, in order to enjoy the sea all year round on the following themes: Dolphin Wildlife, Heart of Sesimbra, Arrábida Marine Nature, Mysterious Cabo Espichel, Monuments Route, Cascais Views. During the sailings, you can see dolphins, terns, and peregrine falcons. Anthia Adventure also offers kayak trips and team building for companies. [+]

The Subvision diving centre is located at the Quai Saint Pierre, in the Old Port of Golfe-Juan, in the bay between Cannes and Antibes. Subvision is open all year round. Take advantage of the large car park located behind the centre. Nearby, there is also a wide range of accommodation at all rates. Stay on a sailing boat during the weekend in the harbour, in an apartment hotel or in hotels, with a walking distance of 4 to 20 minutes. Here you will benefit from the services expected of a professional club with a very professional, friendly and experienced staff, comfortable logistics, modern and efficient equipment and permanent surface security during the dives. The Subvision diving school offers you diving courses approved by the SSI, CMAS, FSGT and FFESSM organisations, from beginner to instructor level. You will embark on one of the two Subvision boats, including the 15m trawler "Souvenez-Vous", a heritage-listed vessel with a capacity of 38 divers. This very special boat can be seen in the 1975 film "La course à l'échalote de Claude Zidi". There, you have space to change onboard, have a snack, chat with the other divers, enjoy the navigation when the sea is nice. The luxury is to recharge the blocks on board thanks to the compressor installed on the Subvision boat. There is no more handling of heavy equipment. This also allows you to spend the day in the Lerins Islands with two dives and lunch on site. Enjoy a nice night dive and then meet up around a barbecue organised on board. A fast semi-rigid boat also allows 10 divers with their equipment to access most of the dive sites in the Bay of Golfe-Juan, the Lérins Islands and the coastline between Cannes and Nice, in less than 15 minutes of navigation. [+]

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! [+]

The Cassis Calanques diving school is located 20 meters from the port of Cassis, not far from Marseille, in the heart of the Calanques National Park. Cassis Calanques Plongée is open every day from mid-March to the end of December. The meeting point is at 8:30 am after coffee and at 2:00 pm after the siesta. In July and August, three outings per day are scheduled at 8:00 am, 10:00 am, and 2:30 pm. The baptisms take place only in the afternoon. Every Thursday in summer, Cassis Calanques Plongée organizes twilight dives at 7 pm for autonomous divers who have level 2, at least. Have a nice time with a picnic and an aperitif in front of a beautiful sunset! The Cassis Calanques Plongée diving center welcomes individuals and groups from 6 to 28 people and offers ANMP, FFESSM, FSGT, SDI, and TDI training. Tek diving is possible with trimix and nitrox, the inflation station allowing all types of breathing gas mixtures. You will embark on the Best-Ouan, a trawler with a capacity of 28 divers with a small cockpit and a huge front deck. Take advantage of the trips to admire the creeks. The diving sites extend from Marseille to La Ciotat, in front of the Calanques and the Cap Canaille. A small road leads to the village of Cassis, winding through Provence, between vineyards and pine trees, and you discover in the distance, at the bend in the road, the sparkling blue of the Mediterranean Sea! [+]

Bormes Plongée is based in Bormes Les Mimosas, in the south-east of France, on the port of La Favière near a large free car park. The marina of Bormes Les Mimosas is located opposite the Hyères Islands and the Port-Cros National Park. Direct and quick access to the best Var dive sites in the Mediterranean sea. Many wreck sites spreading out from Porquerolles to Saint-Tropez for spectacular dives but also for their historical interest. They are artificial reefs, a real heaven for marine life. Profusion of life and colors on these sites. The most famous wrecks in the area ? The Donator, the Togo and the Rubis. Their reputation go beyond French borders. Divers come from all over Europe to visit them. The Port-Cros National Park, the first marine national park in Europe, was created in December 1963. It covers 700 ha of terrestrial area and 1300 ha at sea, including the islets of Bagaud, Rascas and Gabinière. A true microcosm with a large number of terrestrial and marine species, characteristic of the western Mediterranean sea. A wide variety of underwater topography with rocks, dry, long rocky ridges and drop-offs tumbling down to 60 m with steep descents like ski slopes or pierced walls like Gruyère cheese, mass housing for Lobsters. A beautiful playground is offered to divers of all levels. Sit down at the terrace of a little restaurant, in the pretty medieval village of Bormes Les Mimosas. [+]