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Gilt-head seabream

Swim, Snorkel, Dive, See, Meet, Watch the Gilt-head seabream

The Royal Sea Bream has an oval silver-grey body with a golden band on the forehead and cheeks, earning it the nickname "Golden-browed Beauty". It reaches a size of 50 cm long and weighs 2 kg. It lives alone or in small groups, at shallow depths, in Posidonia meadows and sandy bottoms up to a hundred meters deep. It has been turned into a farmed fish.

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Sparus aurata
Macro
Daurade, Dorade royale, Gilt-head seabream

Food

The Gilt-head seabream is a carnivorous fish and from time to time, a herbivorous one. It can crush the shells of its prey. It, therefore, feeds on mussels, oysters, shrimps, small crabs, sea urchins, and fish.

Breeding

The gilt-head seabream is first a male and becomes a female around the age of three and a length of 40 cm. It can live for eleven years. It reproduces externally.


Dive centers

 

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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Plongée Bleue Banyuls
France  - Banyuls-sur-Mer
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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 ! [+]

  • Near Downtown area
  • Friendly atmosphere
  • Protected Marine Park
From 35,00 €

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Nautilus Centre de Plongée
Sardinia  - Palau
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The Nautilus Diving Center is located in the center of the village Palau, at the northern tip of the island of Sardinia, in Italy with easy access, on foot, and by car. Expect attentive service at this 5-star PADI center, the first in Palau, established in 1994. French-speaking, experienced and passionate instructors supervise you in small groups. The comfortable and fast boats make it possible to reach the 40 dive sites of the two marine parks of the Maddalena and Lavezzi Islands with journeys of between five minutes and one hour. Embark on board the Selamat Jalan boat, 11 m long, custom-built for diving, equipped with double motorization, a beautiful launching platform, an ascent ladder, and of benches with the fixing of the bottles. The 6.5m long, rigid-hulled RIB Sambal is used for training. The staff rigging and de-rigging the diving equipment on departure and arrival, and changes your tank between the two successive dives, to make your diving vacation in Palau even more relaxing! Dive here with nitrox! Take a PADI Nitrox specialty course at the Nautilus Diving Center and you get free, in-situ Nitrox refilling for life. The air in the compressors is tested regularly. Don't have any hardware? Regularly maintained and replaced rental equipment is offered with 12L, 15L, and 10L blocks with INT and DIN outputs. The Nautilus Diving Center training center offers PADI recreational and technical diving courses, from beginner to professional level. Children have lessons from 8 years old. Accommodation for divers is available nearby: simple bungalows by the sea in a campsite, villas with sea view, apartments, comfortable room in RB&B or in a hotel. [+]

  • Diving around Islands
  • Youth diving
  • Free Nitrox
From 80,00 €

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Massilia Plongée
France  - Marseille
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The diving centre Atoll plongée located 31 Traverse Prat in Marseille's 8th arrondissement has become Massilia Plongée! The dormitories have been replaced by very pretty, comfortable, and stylish rooms for two, four, and six people. Groups of up to 15 people can also be accommodated. Whether you're a diver or not, Massilia Green House is open all year round, just a stone's throw from the Port of Pointe Rouge. You can eat on-site at lunchtime, in the large dining room, or outside under the trees. Experienced divers have access to comfortable changing rooms with showers, an equipment drying room, an equipment store, and a nitrox and trimix inflation room. You can also store your diving equipment on-site. At 8.30 am, you will be equipped on-site and then transferred by minibus to the car park near the INPP. At 9 am you'll board Massilia Plongée's large semi-rigid boat for a trip to Marseille's most beautiful dive sites. The Massilia Plongée school specializes in scuba diving and IANTD technical outings and training. Independent divers, self-guided groups, and tek and rebreather divers can all find something to suit them here at Massilia Plongée, with their own equipment and breathing block, at very reasonable prices. The Massilia Plongée club is an ideal place for experienced divers who want to specialize in technical diving too (re)discover Marseille's seabed with serenity and pleasure. Here, wrecks, caves, and drop-offs attract divers from all over Europe! Try the Normoxic Trimix in a light configuration using your own recreational equipment. Or stay underwater for longer with more gas, in "heavy configuration". [+]

  • fast boat
  • Welcome groups
  • Tek Center
From 26,00 €

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La Sirena
Spain  - L'Estartit
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La Sirena is located in the L'Estartit Seaside Resort, on the Costa Brava Mediterranean coast, in Catalonia, Spain. Open from April to November. Diving with them, you’ll explore the sub-basins of the Medes Islands, declared Reserve and National Park since 1990. Very popular among European divers. On location, possibility of FFESSM training and snorkeling. Swimming from the boats, after the dives, during the summer months. You’ll find plenty of ingenious facilities at La Sirena which has a great and long experience in welcoming divers. Lockable equipment storage boxes provided by the Center. No more tedious rinsing with a now automated hot air dryer so that your suit is nice and ready for your next dive. Their very comfortable boats are equipped with lifts to help the divers board without breaking their backs going up a ladder. The must is the hot shower on the Sirena 2 ! In partnership with the warm, family and very welcoming Flamingo Hotel, located in the Natural Park of Montgri, 300 m from the beach. Kite surfing, climbing, golf, cycling and hiking. Also possible to rent Alga flats next to the hotel, opposite the pool. Air conditioning and heating in the dining room. Free Wifi and satellite TV. Car park available at an extra charge. [+]

  • Welcome groups
  • Between 10 and 20 dive sites
  • Near beach
From 38,00 €

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Where to see, swim, and dive with Gilt-head seabream ?

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France - Languedoc Roussillon
France - Corse
France - Var
Italy - Marettimo
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