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Common dentex

Swim, Snorkel, Dive, See, Meet, Watch the Common dentex

The Denti can be recognized by its silvery body with blue reflections on the back, its massive head, and its almost straight forehead. It looks formidable with its two pointed white canines in front of its lower jaw. It lives in rocks, on wrecks or in the middle of Posidonia fields, up to fifty meters deep. At night, you can observe it as it sleeps, resting on the bottom.

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Dentex dentex
Macro
Denti, Dentu, Common dentex

Food

The adult feeds on cephalopods, crustaceans and the juveniles on smaller fish, crustaceans and sea worms.

Breeding

The reproduction period of the Denti is related to the water temperature. The eggs and then the larvae are pelagic and leave according to the currents. Then the larvae fall to the bottom to begin their adult life.


Dive centers

 

Tavolara Diving&Resort
Sardinia  - Porto San Paolo
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Tavolara Diving&Resort is located on the northeast coast of Sardinia, in Porto San Paolo, near the Marine Protected Area of Tavolara and Punta Coda Cavallo. Open early in the morning and late in the evening, the team welcomes you, often in your own language, on premises of 250 square meters including the reception with free Wi-Fi, a multimedia training room, an inflation room, the equipment storage room, the area for rinsing, drying and storing clients' equipment, a changing room with hot water showers and toilets. You can fill your tank with air, nitrox, trimix, or 02 for recreational or technical dives. A booster for pure oxygen refill and two analyzers are available. A workbench allows the maintenance of the equipment. These services are accessible to all divers, so you feel at home at Tavolara Diving&Resort! The instructors and guides are very attentive to the expectations of the divers here. Board one of the three 8 to 12-m long boats, with a total capacity of 36 divers. The Manta and Dali vessels even have toilets, showers, and kitchenettes. Dive with Tavolara Diving&Resort in some of the best dive sites in Sardinia, dry wrecks, and shoals, with transparent water, great biodiversity, and different ecosystems for a unique experience. The Tavolara Diving&Resort training center offers PSS, SDI, TDI, PADI, and CMAS courses, from the first dive to the rebreather with training to become a professional. Specialties such as underwater photography and cave diving are taught. Tavolara Diving&Resort also facilitates the stay of its divers with room reservations and transfers to Olbia airport. [+]

  • Welcome groups
  • Protected Marine Park
  • Friendly atmosphere
From 55,00 €

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European Diving School Hyères
France  - La Capte/Hyères
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The European Diving School is located in the Kon Tiki campsite, at the edge of the sandy beach of Pampelonne, near St-Tropez. European Diving School is open from the beginning of May until the end of September. However, groups are also welcome after this period. Alex, the owner of European Diving School is a diving instructor. He will welcome you in your own language in German, English, French, and Spanish as the atmosphere here is very cosmopolitan with divers from all over Europe. European Diving School is the reference center for Germans on the Mediterranean coast. The European Diving School offers a wide range of PADI and CMAS courses, both recreational and tek, for all levels of divers, from beginners with first dives, to the most experienced, with specialties such as Wreck Diving, Wreck Diving. The European Diving School environment is adapted to Tek divers, associations, and families. Trimix is available upon reservation and Nitrox 32 is free. The cylinder valves have a double-DIN or INT outlet. Discover with European Diving School, the best dive sites of St-Tropez like the Grande queyrolle, the Sardinaux, the Arche, the Rabiou. as well as very popular wreck diving spots, dating from the first and second world war, such as the submarine Rubis, the destroyer Poursuivante, Espingnole as well as cargo ships such as the Togo, the Prophète and the Tell Take part with European Diving School in day trips with lunch in the Port-Cros harbor, organized in the Port-Cros National Park. Dive at La Gabinière among barracudas and big groupers. [+]

  • Accomodations and diving
  • Free Nitrox
  • Protected Marine Park
From 29,00 €

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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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Areamare Diving center
Sardinia  - Cannigione
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Areamare Dive Centre is located in Cannigione, North Sardinia, 30 minutes from Olbia Airport. There is a car park next to Areamare and close to the boat. Open all year round, from 11 am to 1 pm and from 5 pm to 8 pm, the Areamare premises have a classroom, a changing room, showers and WC. It is also possible to store your diving equipment. Rental equipment is available. Wetsuits and booties are regularly disinfected with a biodegradable product. Nitrox diving up to 40% is possible on request. Whether you come in a group of 10 to 20 people, as a family or as a couple, you will be given a personal welcome. The concept of Areamare is to make you feel at home here. The Areamare training centre offers PADI and SSI courses from beginner to advanced level. Don't hesitate to take your first dive in the marine park of La Maddalena. There are great packages including the Full Day, by reservation only, offered by the owner of Areamare. Take a morning Discover Scuba Diving trip with 2 dives and a leisurely afternoon hike in the mountains to discover the local culture. Everything is included, transport, guide, lunch, diving equipment and... good humour! From the boarding pontoon at the harbour, board the Ocean Ways boat, approved for a maximum of 15 people, which is convenient for launching and raising divers. There are no steps or staircases, making it easy to get on board. [+]

  • Diving around Islands
  • Protected Marine Park
  • Easy to access
From 95,00 €

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La Rague Plongée
France  - Mandelieu la Napoule
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La Rague Plongée is installed in the port of La Rague, on the road to Théoule, at the exit of Mandelieu la Napoule, after a hairpin bend. It is possible to dive all year round, morning and afternoon, but it is necessary to book its sea trip from December to March. The premises are on your left before arriving on the quay. A large car park offers the possibility to come in to drop off your equipment at the center and to leave it free of charge after 30 minutes. On the spot, you will find the technical room with the compressors, the buffer cylinders, the maintenance workshop for the maintenance and repair of the equipment, and the shop. About fifty complete pieces of equipment are available for rent, which also allows the reception of groups. You embark on the boat D'Artagnan equipped with toilet and deck shower, which is very pleasant in winter with a taut protecting from the sea spray. Here, safety is important to the skippers, Franco and Brigitte, because someone stays on surface surveillance when the divers are underwater. The 12 experienced divers boarding the Aramis arrive at the sites even faster. Beginners and children have launched from the shore thanks to a gangway system, which is very reassuring for the first time. You have a beautiful playground with sites stretching between Cap du Dramont and Cap d'Antibes. After a 20-minute boat trip, you reach the Cap Roux Nature Reserve with a school of about a hundred barracudas and groupers. After a 30 mn boat ride, you reach the Lérins islands and after a 50 mn trip, you immerse yourself in the bay of Golfe Juan. La Rague Plongée is also well placed to go to the Péniches d'Anthéor. [+]

  • Diverse Diving Area
  • Different diving area
  • Functional boat
From 10,00 €

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Where to see, swim, and dive with Common dentex ?

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Balearic Islands - Ibiza
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France - Var
France - Alpes Maritimes
France - Bouches du Rhone
France - Languedoc Roussillon
France - Corse
Italy - Marettimo
Italy - Naples
Malta - Malte
Sardinia - Cannigione
Sardinia - Loiri Porto San Paolo
Sardinia - Palau
Sicily - Marettimo
Sicily - Ustica
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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