Flying gurnard
Swim, Snorkel, Dive, See, Meet, Watch the Flying gurnard
The Flying Gurnard has big cartoon fish eyes with a massive, bony head and long spines. It has beautiful pectoral fins that fan out like blue-rimmed wings and legs like those of a frog.
These fish live on the sandy bottom up to 45 m. The Flying Gurnard swims awkwardly over very short distances because it is too heavy due to the bony plates that make up its body.
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Dactylopterus volitans
Macro
Grondin Volant, Poule de mer, Rouget volant, Flying gurnard
Food
The Flying gurnard feeds on crustaceans, crabs, in particular, bivalves, worms, and sometimes small fish.
Breeding
The Flying Gurnard lives on the continental shelf and approaches the coast during the summer to breed.
There are two distinct sexes in this species, male and female.
Dive centers
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Diving Portlligat Cadaques
Spain
- Cadaqués
 
The Diving Portlligat Cadaques training centre offers PADI and SSI courses for all levels of divers, from beginners with the Scuba Diver to advanced divers with the Advanced Scuba Diver. The courses, adapted to each one, take place according to the schedules wished and of your availabilities. Theory and practice are taught on-site. The Carpe Diem Cadaqués, a complex of comfortable and equipped flats for 2, 4 and 6 people, includes a swimming pool in which the diving centre is located, and allows you to organise and practise your diving exercises before going out to sea.
The Diving Portlligat Cadaques diving club offers introductory diving courses for children and adults. Nitrox training allows you to safely spend more time underwater, especially on successive dives. Three daily departures are scheduled to 3 different sites in the natural park of Cap de Creus. A quad bike is provided to transport your equipment to the port. Divers are transported by vehicle to the embarkation point.
Experienced divers board one of the 3 semi-rigid boats of 7,5 m length, in which you discover the best diving spots of Cadaques in the Natural Park of Cap de Creus. On your request, Diving Portlligat Cadaques organises night dives, sometimes with the possibility of going out in a boat for 2 people. Don't hesitate to discover the Mediterranean flora and fauna by snorkelling and snorkelling. [+]
- Protected Marine Park
- Accomodations and diving
- Youth diving
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Nautilus Centre de Plongée
Sardinia
- Palau
 
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
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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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All Blue Diving
Spain
- Cambrils

All Blue Diving is located in Cambrils, close to Tarragona. Diving at All Blue Diving is ideal for divers and their families, who will also enjoy the historical remains of Tarragona, the PortAventura theme park and all the water sports activities in the area. Open every day from April to November and by appointment the rest of the year, All Blue Diving welcomes you in the mornings from 10am to 1pm and in the evenings from 5pm to 7pm. With a small shop under a covered passageway, you'll find a reception desk, a small indoor lounge, equipment sales and more.
A minibus takes you to and from the dive sites on the shore, the calas. On request, divers can be picked up from the hotels. You can choose to take courses at All Blue Diving, from beginner to Open Water Diver and Divemaster levels. If you're already a certified diver, you can explore the crystal-clear coves of Cala Calafat, Cala Llobeta and Cala Sant Jordi from the shore, or take the boat out to explore the deeper sites. Don't miss night diving from the beach at Cala Vidre with All Blue Diving. Follow the wreck trail at Tarragona's Pârque Subacuático with All Blue Diving. Here, the atmosphere is friendly, the instructors motivated and environmental protection taken very seriously.
All Blue Diving is part of Nautic Park, which groups together several diving centres in L'Ametlla De Mar in Tarragona. You can also organise your diving holiday with Nautic Parc to obtain an accommodation and diving package, and why not book some water sports activities too...
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- Shore diving
- Nautical activities
- Near Downtown area
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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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