Best Dive Sites
Alistro
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Italian freighter lies at 36m. stands upright, very well preserved
Alja wreck
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
Alja was a 43m long Netherlandish cargo that sank february 18th 1940. The boat is broken in two part; the poop is upside down. The wheel is still out of the sand, as well as the safety wheel.
An Houarbou
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Angers Wreck
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Sunk date: november 4th, 1918
Sizes:
- Length: 76m
- Width: 13m
Aritay
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Panamese Yacht, 28m, 150+t; intentionnaly sunk in 1984.
Good size Scorpionfish, Big Lobster, Nudibranches (Godiva)
Aroca tiquia (Caves)
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This is a classic dive of Basque country. Caves are from the east side of Aroca's shoal. Many different caves with interconnections. The wall has no special interest.
Arpillon Drop-off
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
B17 wreck
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The B17 American Bomber was used during WWII (1941+). It was also named the "Flying Fortress", cos of it's 13 machine guns!
In 1944, the B17 G "Baron" was in mission in Italy. Unfortunately, german fighters hit the Baron. Without any radio, the pilot Frank Chaplick, decide to fly to Calvi…
Banc de Chichavel
By boat - All divers
Banyuls Aquarium
From shore - All divers
This is a great place for children (first dive, snorkeling, etc.).
Barrage de Vieux Boucau
From shore - All divers
Very few divers. Diving is generally near the 'barage', before the high tide. The 'barage' allow to hold some local marine species.
Bec de l'Aigle
From shore - CMAS * / OW
Small wall with red corals and gorgonians.
Belhara Perdun
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Belhara is a classic dive of the area. The shoal is very large, so several dives can be done here.
Brannech
By boat - All divers
Nice wall full of fish shoals, sponges, gorgonians, etc. End the dive at the sandy dune and the sea-grass field. You may encounter some sepia and se-horses...
BYMS 22 wreck
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
The wreck is upside down.
Cabail Bernat
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Great canyons !
DO NOT ENTER THE FORBIDDEN AREA OF THE MARINE PARK
Cabouy
From shore - CMAS ** / AOW
Description at PlongeeSout
Cambo Banco
By boat - CMAS * / OW
A classic dive of the area.
Canadair Wreck
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
Sunk 3 septembre 1971 when trying to tank water for a drop on a forest fire. The 2 pilots survived.
The Wreck is in a good shape; engines are missing. Wreck penetration is possible.
Accident report: August 3 1971 : Canadair CL 215 F-ZBBG n?1025 W/O (P?lican 25), Sagone Gulf, Corsica, France.…
Canal d'Hossegor
From shore - All divers
It is a good site for the 1st dive of the year. Cool dives with great local marine life (including sea horses). Proximity to channel sides let young divers feeling more comfortable (first dive, dive training). People nearby are often curious seeing divers. This enforce attraction for subadiving.
Canons du Rhone
By boat & from shore -
Canons Santa Rosa 1860
By boat - All divers
16 canons from the Santa Rosa Spanish shipwreck that sunk in 1860
Cap Bear
By boat - All divers
Great site to see a lot of fish. Moray and octopus betwen 0 and 15 m in the talus scree coralligeneand all others arround coralligenous between 20 and 25m. Very big congers eel.
Cap Canadell
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Cap Castell
From shore - All divers
Cap Caveaux
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Cap CerbËre
By boat - All divers
Cap d'En Vau
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Very nice wall, with gorgonians and groupers.
Cap l'abeille
By boat - All divers
Great site with a lot of fishs near the surface (large shoal often seen). Do not look for them at 20m deep !
Cap La Vieille
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Cap NËgre
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Cape of MaÔre
By boat - All divers
If too much wind, this dive site can be a solution...
Capo Rosso
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Cazaux buoy n?16
By boat - All divers
Cazaux buoy n?19
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Training dive site.
Note that there is a twin-engine plane wreck 150m north from the buoy.
Cazaux buoy n?20
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Training dive site
The Flamment wreck is located 55m east from the buoy.
CerbËre " L'Èpave"
From shore - CMAS * / OW
CerbËre "Le port"
From shore - CMAS * / OW
CerbËre "MÙle"
From shore - All divers
Chatillon
By boat & from shore - CMAS *** / Rescue
Deep dive with a great wall (drop-off and a cave near 40m). Life is good near the surface for deco.
Just take care of the boat traffic, the Chatillon harbour is just nearby.
CimetiËre de Port-Vendres
By boat & from shore - All divers
Start the dive starts from the creek, to the SE along the coast between 10m and 25m.
There are many rocks, with white gorgonians. Also look for sea slugs...
Dalles de Bagaud
By boat - All divers
Diamant Noir
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
A Curiosity: It's an Off shore wreck.
you can still find the Motor at the rear of the wreck and the Hull is used by many interresting fishs as refuge.
The Wreck creator is Jacky Vigneron
Digue d'Artha
By boat & from shore - All divers
El Houalerez
By boat - All divers
Er Houalerez is a nice shoal. The top is just above the surface, and the max depth around 20-23 m deep (depending on the tide). There is a nice canyon starting at 12 m deep going down to 20 m deep.
A multi-level and very colourfull dive with algae forest, octopus, etc.
Elisabethville Wreck
By boat - Kamikazes/Trimix
The Elisabethville was built in 1910 at Glasgow, by Stephens & Son Ltd. She was a 127m long and 16m wide steamer boat.
This Belgium vessel sunk septembre 6th, 1917 at 15h. She was torpedoed by the German U-Boat UC71.
This is a very deep wreck for deep dive experienced divers (trimix).
Emergence de Port-Miou
By boat - All divers
Except if you stay outside, this is a cave dive for certified divers only!
Deepest expeditions (Approx 1.500m long):
-147m, reached by M. Douchet in 1993
-172m, reached by J. Meynie in 2005
Escampobariou
By boat & from shore - CMAS ** / AOW
Nice little cave and wall. No way to dive there if strong east wind.
EspÈron des salins
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Etang de Thau - Le ponton
From shore - All divers
An extraordinary marine life; including sea horses, sea slugs etc.
Fetlar
By boat - All divers
Ficoa en cala
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This is a smaller shoal than Aroca.
Font del truffe
From shore - CMAS ** / AOW
Font el Truffe is on of my favourite cave dive. Once the very small entrace passed, the river goes thru a narrow and tortuous way. Coulours are very nice.
More information on Plongeesout.com:
http://www.plongeesout.com/sites/roussilon-pyrenees/lot/font%20du%20truffe.htm
Fosse de Conflans
From shore - All divers
Fosse de Villeneuve
From shore - All divers
FouillÈ Nord
By boat - All divers
Very nice wall. Encounter with barracudas and groupers as well as morrays.
Fremur
By boat - CMAS * / OW
GabiniËre - East wall
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
This is a great wall full of gorgonians. You will probably see barracuda shoals, and a lot of huge groupers.
Goul de la Tannerie
From shore - Kamikazes/Trimix
Goul du Pont
From shore - Kamikazes/Trimix
Grand Piquey
From shore - All divers
This is a great dive site for sea horses observation. The sea grass field is only 4/6m deep. So take care of boats, mainly during summer season...
Gulf Entrance Drift Dive
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
Hilda
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Hinrich
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Hortense
By boat & from shore - All divers
Hortense was closed for 2 or 3 years, the site has been re-opened in 2005, and then re-closed! This was a classic dive site of Arcachon bay, where many diving clubs meet for the week-end.
Ile de la Truie
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Ile rousse (Tombant est)
By boat & from shore - All divers
There is a small cave at the bottom of the east wall. Have a look to the roof, there are som red corals... but do not touch tem, it's strictlt forbidden.
Iles Sanguinaires
By boat - All divers
JCC
By boat & from shore - CMAS *** / Rescue
A small rock beautiful and (almost) totally unknown.
This pretty little rock hides many surprises. In addition to swimming numerous teeth on the top, it houses a large number of lobster hunting between gorgonians and anthias.
From time to time, we may have discovered a plasir John Dory, well…
Joannis Carras
By boat - CMAS * / OW
WW1 wreck. Nice wheel.
John G Mc Cullough
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
The John G Mc Cullough sunk may 18th, 1918 (torpeadoed by the U-74 german submarine). There is a transatlantic cable that cross the wreck in the middle.
Vessel size:
- length: 82 m
- width: 12 m
Junker 88 II
By boat - All divers
Kerners
By boat & from shore - All divers
L'Aiglon
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
This is a two levels dock fish boat.
L'Alice-Robert
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
The Alice-Robert was a 88m long French Banana cargo build in Danemark in 1934. It was torpedoed the 2nd june, 1944 by the British submarine Ultor.
The wreck is broken in two parts. The rear part is 200m from the front part of the wreck. The lowest point is the mast, 32m deep.
L'Amoco Cadiz
By boat - All divers
Supertanker from Liberia. Sunk march 16th, 1978.
Length: 330m ! (about 1080 Ft.)
It's actualy the bigest Werck you can dive in the world. (the Oriskany is 200 Ft. smaller)
L'Anjou
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
This is a 1st world war wreck. The wreck does not have a large interest, but fauna is realy abundant (Congers eels, lobsters, etc.).
L'Arche du Dramont
By boat - CMAS * / OW
L'Arche du Lion de Mer
By boat - All divers
The small arch is located at 8m deep. Then goint to the east some boulders down to 18m deep. The begining of the dive offers some great yellow colors.
South side is much more deeper, and there is a lot to see on the three beautifull walls.
L'Ariane
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
IMPORTANT: an authorization from the french navy is required as this wreck is sunk in the middle of a military area. Some local dive clubs have it during the summer period, only some weekends.
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This french submarine L'Ariane(S-640) sunk two…
L'Arras
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
French war vessel (Aviso). Built in 1917, sunk in 1947. Length: 72m. Best is to dive 45 minutes before low or high tide.
L'Arroyo
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The Arroyo was sunk August 18, 1953 by the GERS. Broken in two parts, she is 60m x 10m and is full of red gorgonians.
L'AstrÈe
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
The AstrÈe is a big french cargo, sunk 1st may, 1944 by an English submarine (Untiring).
L'Eildon
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Steam vessel built in Glasgow, 1904. Sunk in 1915. Length: 79m.
L'Elektra
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Small Greek cargo. Sunk march 18, 1963.
Nice wheel to take in picture.
L'Emile-Allard 1945
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
L'Enfer de Dante
Golfe Juan - Intermediate
An iconic dive site of the Cote d'Azur, pinnacles rising to fifteen metres below the surface and then dropping vertically down to 60 metres plus. Literally quite stunning topography, rocks carpeted in beautiful Purple Gorgonians. Named after Dante's Inferno as this dive site just goes…
L'Hanan
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The Hanan was a Dutch fishboat that was sunk july 28th, 1944. Size: 30m x 6m x 2.50m
Marine life: Conger eels, poutings...
L'ImpÈrial de terre
By boat - All divers
L'ImpÈrial du large
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
This is one of the most beautifull dive of Marseille. The wall is incredible, full of gorgonians.
L'ImpÈrial du milieu
By boat - All divers
L'Okawongo
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
German steam vessel. Sunk may 28th, 1913.
L'Óle d'Ouessant
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
Small wooden ferry boat, lying on a sandy floor.
La Balise des Magnons
By boat - CMAS * / OW
La Basse Reinette
By boat - All divers
Groupers
La calanque du Pouar
By boat - All divers
Two dives in the creak:
- South East side (0 - 15m)
- North West side (6 - 35m)
La calanques des contrebandiers
By boat - All divers
La Cale
From shore - All divers
La cassidaigne
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The Cassidaigne is very exposed to the Mistral wind. Dive here only with low wind!
La CathÈdrale
By boat - All divers
La digue de Socoa
From shore - All divers
La DrÙme
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
The DrÙme was a vessel carying many kind of things. It sunk on a mine, january 23, 1918. It is broken into two parts.
Vessel size:
- Length: 69m
- Width: 10m
La Fourmigue Nord
By boat - All divers
La Grosse Minouche
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
La grotte arc en ciel
By boat - All divers
Very nice dive, for all level divers.
La grotte MystÈrieuse
By boat - All divers
Very nice cave.
La grotte ‡ Perez
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Very nice dive. The cave is just below the platform.
Recommended to dive twice (cave + wall) this area.
La Merveilleuse
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Large groupers, gorgonians...
La Meuse
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
Two other wrecks near by: La Perle and Le Castel-Meur.
Warship vessel type: French Aviso. Sunk probably october 1954 (training target for Jean Bart vesel).
Size:
- Length: 78m
- Width: ~10m
La Mona
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The Mona was a tug build in 1949. She was intentionally sunk in 1987. The wheel is very famous. Photographers will not miss it!
Length: 15m
Width: 5m
La Moulade
By boat - CMAS * / OW
La pierre de BrianÁon
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
La pierre de Cassis
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
Great dive
La pierre qui tramolle
By boat - All divers
La pierre ‡ Joseph
By boat - All divers
La pierre ‡ Maya
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
Very nice dive. The shoal named Maya's rock is made of two parts, with wonderfull gorgonians. The wall is also great.
Large groupers, and sometime moon-fishes... Don't miss it!
La Pierre ‡ Syca
By boat & from shore - CMAS ** / AOW
A large loaf sugar out of the classical sites.
With a south facing cliff, covered with sea fans and coral, often sheltering lobsters and beautiful north face down in ?boullis and hiding in its most central of several groupers good size, not too scared to meet divers.
Profile diving "corkscrew"…
La piscine des MËdes
By boat - All divers
La pointe de Caramasagne
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
La Puissante
By boat - All divers
Sunk date: Near July, 1964 (it was a target for a submarine).
Wreck size:
- Length: 45,5 m
- Width: 8,5 m
La RamËre
By boat - All divers
La Roche aux MÈrous
By boat & from shore - CMAS ** / AOW
Great diving, deep and rich.
At the top of the rock, large gorgonians harbor few butterflies urchins pencils. The different faces of the rock are just as imposing and steep. In their vulnerabilities lie lobsters observing the spectacle of anthias.
At the foot of the rock, you can reach two…
La Roche aux Serpents
By boat & from shore - CMAS ** / AOW
Une petite patate discr?te sur le chemin des Suisses.
Apr?s une belle descente dans le bleu, vous arriverez sur cette petite roche ? l'?cart des sentiers battus. Avec un sommet tr?s riche en gorgones et en anthias et une bordure sud abritant de belles langoustes et quelques brins de corail, cette…
La Roche Bleue
From shore - CMAS *** / Rescue
Old flooded stone quarry full of carps and playfull sturgeons.
La Roche Fini Nord
By boat - All divers
La Roche Fini Sud
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
La Roche-Velaine
By boat - All divers
La Seiche d'Alon
By boat - CMAS * / OW
La Tantine
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
Flat vessel with a lot of conger eels.
Vessel size:
- length: 20m
- width: 6m
- height: 3m (caterpillar)
La ThÈiËre
By boat & from shore - Kamikazes/Trimix
Check out this great fall full of lobsters.
Can not remember about this magnificent dive site off Cape Dramont.
A very large plate and cut along a fall of more than 20m, which is rich in lobsters, sponges and small caves hiding benches full of shrimp.
A beautiful dive to make several times…
La VandrÈe
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
2 wrecks down to the drop off. The Forest Castle sunk in 1905 and an unknown one.Very nice dive.
La vierge de Bendor
By boat - All divers
The virgin statue was placed by the foundator of the Bendor diving club, named CIP (Centre International de PlongÈe) at its creation.
La Villa Algerienne
From shore - All divers
The site is located between the coast and the oyster's parks. There are several sea grass fields with some sea hosrses.
La Vitrine
By boat & from shore - CMAS ** / AOW
This rock has a profile "butterfly" with "arms" and deeper "center" consisting of many wildlife.
It houses, alternating with its neighbor to La Pierre Syca, many groupers and it is not unusual to see teeth fly bench anthias.
Deeper, lobsters hide among gorgonian polyps wide open on this dive…
Lac de Laffrey
From shore - All divers
Lake Borgne
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Lake of Piau-Engaly
From shore - All divers
This lake is frozen from December till March and is a great site for ice-diving. The water is very clean and the visibility is particularly amazing.
Landenouse
From shore - CMAS ** / AOW
It is a 370+ m long cave. See description at PlongeeSout
Laplace
By boat - All divers
Lausel
By boat - All divers
Le Barbier
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Le Bateau en Ciment
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
This wreck probably sunk at the end of 1940. It is a 50m long wreck broken into 3 parts. Mostly covered by sand now.
Le Bugalet
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Le Cap Plane
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Nice arches.
Le Chaouen
By boat - All divers
The Chaouen was a Morroco cargo carying citrus fruits. Due to a human fault, the Chaouen sunk fubruary 22, 1971 at 2:30 pm.
Vessel size:
- Length: 90 m
- Width: 13 m
Le Chariot
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
This wreck is a barge that was used to build a pipe from the coast (the warf). It sunk with the crane, so you can see caterpillars and a lot of pipes. There are a lot of conger eels and fish shoals.
Le cimentier
By boat - All divers
This is a funny wreck, in shallow water. The first wreck dive for newbees !
Le Colombian
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
Old mixed (sail/steam) English vessel. Sunk in 1865 while its first travel between Liverpool and Panama. Length: 76m. Great deep dive !
Le Cote Bleu
By boat & from shore - All divers
Very common destination for local divers. The exact name of this wreck is "Cote bleu" and not "Cotre Bleu" as it is often named.
This fisherman boat was sunk june 22nd, 1976. It a classic dive of Arcachon bay.
Le couloir des gorgones
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
Splendid gorgonian wall, but deep dive ! Take care.
Le Cruz Secundo
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
The Cruz is a trawler, and there still are some nets, so take care ! If you are lucky, you will see some big moon fishes...
Le Dalton
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The wreck: Le Dalton is an English cargo. It was built in Stockolm in 1877. Le Dalton was carying lead ingots when it sunk february 19, 1928.
Vessel size:
- Length: 70m
- Width: 20m
Le Donator
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
The Donator is one of the most famous wreck of the French riviera. This is a 78 m long Cargo that sunk november 10th, 1945.
Maximum depth is around 51 m, at the drag. Most of the dive is located around 40 m deep. You need two or three dives to really get all the best of the Donator.
The…
Le Fer ‡ Cheval
By boat & from shore - CMAS ** / AOW
A pretty deep close to the Port. Vast and majestic.
Taking its name from its shape, this dive offers, after a beautiful descent from the blue, the spectacle of a half-circle of rock crashed gorgons of that fly quelsques liches.
Further down, a succession of rocky peaks hosting many lobsters and…
Le Ferrando
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
FOR SAFETY REASONS, THIS WRECK IS FORBIDDEN ! THERE ARE SOME EXPLOSIVES NEAR THE WRECK.
Le Frigolin
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
60m long auxiliary Kringsmarine fishboat based at Saint Jean de Luz. It was sunk in 1943.
This is one of the accessible wrecks of the area, many others are deeper than 80-100m, so really hard to dive in !
The drag is 61m deep, main of the dive is around 55-58m. Most of time, you dive the rear…
Le Grand Tombant
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Very nice wall, It 's a kind of hill which ends with a Wall (At the top 17m At the end about 40m)
Their is interesting big fischs in the deep but
Very nice wall, It?s a kind of hill which ends with a Wall (At the top 17m At the end about 40m)
Their is interesting big fiches in the deep but…
Le Grec
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
This Panamean cargo is 53 m long. Built in 1912, the Sagona sunk december 3, 1945. One year and half after the world war 2 mines in this area were still dangerous.
The wreck is in two parts. The better place is the poop.
Le Haricot
By boat & from shore - CMAS *** / Rescue
A large flat rock, deep enough to feel good without much penalizing in decompression.
This dive, rare and relatively deep, offers a large area on the magnificent spectacle of the great fans draped in red anthias.
With a lot of faults, it is also home to many lobsters, raised between soil and…
Le Jardin
By boat & from shore - Kamikazes/Trimix
This site will not let you indifferent as it is full of life. This immense plateau fulled with gorgonians drop on its south side from 55m to 75m, followed by a second break of up to 250m.
This means that only the upper part of this dive will welcome you to submit large lobsters and shrimp benches…
Le Jean-Pierre
By boat - All divers
The Jean-Pierre wreck is an old trawler, sunk in 1969. It is linked by a chain to two other wrecks, the RenÈ-HervÈ and the Perle.
Le Junker 88
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
German bomber wreck. Very nice cos not broken.
Size: 14x20m
Note: There is another Junker 88 in Marseille, 15m deep.
Le Ker Bihan
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
Ker-Bihan is not as nice as the two other wrecks in the area: The Dr?me and the Miquelon.
It was an old fish boat, transformed into minehunter. It sunk on a mine january 23, 1918, only few days after the Dr?me.
Vessel size:
- Length: 35
- Width: 10m
Le Keradog
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The wreck is scaterled on a rocky slope, upside down.
Le Kleber
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
Le Lagoubran
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
Deep wreck, take care to the nets !
The Lagoubran was sunk by a mine, march 6, 1919. It is a 28m paddle wheels vessel.
Le LatÈcotËre 298
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
The LatÈcotËre 298 is a seaplane, only 5 or 6m long, completely broken. Only the two wings (15m long) are fine. Sunk probably in 1941 or 1942.
Le Liban
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The Liban was a steamer from the Fraissinet company. It sunk june 7, 1903 (hooked on by the Insulaire boat). 90 people died.
The liban is broken into many parts, covering a large area of 100m by 20m.
Vessel size
- Length: 91m
- Width: 9m
After visiting the wreck, go east to the archs for…
Le Lion Sur Mer
By boat - All divers
Le Louis David
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Belgium steam vessel. Sunk august 3rd, 1879.
The wreck is very broken, only the engine looks something. Take care of the current. Dive at low tide (45min to 1h before).
Le Marcel
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Flat broken wreck, only congers are interesting...
Le Messerschmitt 109
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
The Messerschmitt 109 sunk in 1944. This plane wreck is upside down, laying on a sandy floor at 45m deep.
Plane sizes:
- Long: 9 m
- Width: 10 m
Le Michel C
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
This wreck is only 100m far from the Ville de Grasse. This is a small broken wreck (39m long). Only one dive is enough to see the whole wreck. Best part is the prow, 39m deep. Poop is all broken, only engines are still recognizible.
Le Mimbeau
By boat - All divers
There are a lot of fishes and tiny species to see here. The main problem is the current. If you miss the tide, you will probably enjoy the drift dive... except if you have to go back to the boat !
Le Miquelon
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
The Miquelon is a cargo, it sunk october 5, 1917.
Vessel size:
- Length: 49m
- Widt: 7.5m
Bottom is made of mud, visibility is often reduced.
Le Naseau
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Big and interesting fishes in the deep.
Take care the spot is at the entrance of the Ile-Rousse harbour.
You may have current.
Le Natal
By boat - Kamikazes/Trimix
"Le Natal" was a liner (130m long) that sunk on 30 aug 1917 due to a collision into another liner "Le Malgache". At that very moment she was sailing under the cover of darkness (and without any light) to avoid been targeted by German U-Boots.
This is an EXTREME Trimix dive, far away from the…
Le Peter Sif
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
Danish carco built in 1978. Sunk in 1979.
Le phare de La Croix
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Smal wall and boulders on the NW side.
Le Point Zero
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This wreck was found by mistake by Charles and Laurent during a night dive from Saint Yves.
Le ponton-grue
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
This is a brge with cabin and caterpilar and no engine. The wreck is upside down.
Le ProtÈe
By boat - Kamikazes/Trimix
French Submarine "U-471" (92.30m long), launched in 1930. On June 25th, 1940 it reaches Alexandria, and was captured by the british Navy. In 1943 it is used by the allies, being based in Algiers (Algeria). On December 18th, 1943 it departed from Algiers, with a crew of 74 men, bound for Marseille.…
Le PythÈas
From shore - All divers
Dive from the end of the dig, near the right pipe. Dive to the south following the coastline. The PythÈas wreck is located at 11m deep.
This old broken wreck sunk in octobre 1897. There is not much to see there but a lot nearby.
Le Relax
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
27m Boat, sunk on purpose during the 80s
Le Ressel
From shore - CMAS ** / AOW
The Ressel is a very large underwater river. The entrance is 6m deep in the C?l? river. Water is often very clear, and you can make good pictures.
See details of this underwater river at Plongeesout.com: http://www.plongeesout.com/sites/roussilon-pyrenees/lot/ressel.htm
Le Robuste
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Le Rubis
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
This submarine was a mine-layer, launched in 1931 for the Franch Navy. Length: 66m.
After the war, it was sunk on purpose by the Navy in 1958, to serve as a sonar target.
This is one of the most beautiful dives from the French Riviera. Ideal for a Nitrox 30 mix. When diving with air, do not…
Le Saint Dominique
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
The Saint Dominique sunk june 16, 1897. It's a very nice wreck.
Vessel size:
- Length: 70m
- Width: 10m
Le Saint-Lucien
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The Saint-Lucien is a 80m French cargo, it was torpedoed in 1944 by the British submarine Unruly.
Take care of the numerous nets on the wreck !
Le Sarracen
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
English steam vessel, 115m long. Sunk december 26th, 1917 (mine bomb).
Le Saumur
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
The Saumur is a 108m cargo, build in Scotland in 1920. The deck and mast are well conservated. It was torpedoed 21st may, 1944 by the British submarine Upstart.
Le Sec de l'Ile d'Or
By boat & from shore - All divers
A succession of rocky peaks and loaves of sugar more than 150 m apart and covering depths from 1m to 36m. Unable to go in one dive, this wonderful site full of discoveries. Groupers hidden in small caves, and conger eels in holes, benches immense sars and anthias and lobsters between the branches of…
Le Sec des Suisses
By boat & from shore - CMAS ** / AOW
A beautiful diving accessible to everyone and close to the Port.
Although the rock is completely submerged, it is easily accessible because a ring was cemented on the top to ensure total anchor.
Because of its scope, two dives are needed to make it completely around.
Very rich in pelagic on its…
Le sec du Jarron
By boat -
Le sec ‡ Miguel
By boat - All divers
Le Taboga
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Panamean steam vessel of 80m long. Sunk in 1955.
Le Togo
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
One of the most beautiful wrecks of the French rivivera. This cargo ship (76m long) sunk on a mine during WWI (12 May 1918), its front part lies upright at a depth of 45-55m. It is a difficult but rewarding dive (max. 15 minutes bottom time if you dive with air, and approx. 20 min for…
Le tombant de Niolon
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Le tombant de Villefranche
By boat - All divers
Le tombant des Americains
By boat - Kamikazes/Trimix
N:43?41'06.6"
E: 07?18'01.8"
WGS84
Refer to map SHOM no 7200 S.
1. TRIMIX divers: This is one of the deepest dives from Nice, one especially recommended for experienced Trimix divers, as this wall really starts at 50m until approximately 110m!
!! PLAN YOUR DIVE !!
2. AIR divers: will…
Le tunnel et les failles
By boat - All divers
Great dive. Tunnel entrence is 9m deep.
Take care of the swell...
Le Vengeur
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Nice drop off with lobsters.
Le vieux port
From shore - All divers
This site is situated near the beach so it's very shallow and easy for beginners. It's also interesting because you can dive there regardless of tide.
You can find there all the fixed fauna of Basque Coast, cuttlefishes.
One seahorse use to live there but I'm not sure he's still living
very…
Le Ville de Grasse
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
Vapor boat with interesting paddle wheels, the only interesting part of the wreck...
Le Ville de Rochefort
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The Ville de Rochefort was sunk in 1933, hit by a british vessel. This cargo is 90m long. Two large anchors at the bow, a spare wheel on the front deck.
Les aiguilles
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The top of the shoal is only 6m, so you can see it from the surface. Les aiguilles is a set of three main shoals, linking together as a Cathedral. Abundant sea life, and great walls full of gorgonians.
Les Basses MouliniËre
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Barracudas, groupers
Les blockhaus
By boat & from shore - CMAS * / OW
Most dived are 3 big blockhaus from World War 2 named the net, the conger and the passage (distance from one to another is between 30 to 50m). They slept from the beach into the chennal.
Take care if you enter into some of them ! There are som big conger eels and some time european lobsters.
Les deux digues
From shore - All divers
This is a quiet place to dive. The two dams limit the curent and you can observe at high tide fishes entering into the bay.
Maximum depth was previously 14m. Channel sweep operation has put a lot of sand in the area, so now, there are only few meters depth at low tide... We need to wait the bay…
Les esclaves (Tombant sud)
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This is a classic dive. The shoal is so large that you can make 10 different dives at Les esclaves.
Les farillons
By boat - All divers
This is a great dive. Beautifull archs and wonderfull walls full of gorgonians. Usually fish shoals around arches.
Les Fromages
By boat - All divers
Les gorets
By boat - All divers
Thi is the most famous dive site of the Gulf. Best is to dive at high tide. There are a lot of life and a great wall with orange gorgonians.
Les jardins de Sausset
From shore - All divers
Les MËdes
By boat - All divers
It's a common dive spot for beginers and photographers. A common dive spot when the mistral wind blows (from the West).
Les Moines
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Les moyades
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Very nic wall on the south part of the shoal.
Les moyadons
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Take care of the curent. My be strong, even with a calm sea.
Les PÈniches d'AnthÈor
By boat & from shore - CMAS ** / AOW
Two former French river barge, cast in 1945 by a sinking ally.
A classic dive in the region, these barges, the John Suzon and Saint Antoine, cast by a French submarine, replete Conference and morays.
Apart from the purely historical interest, we can observe the huge schools of sars and the…
Les pierres tombÈes
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Les portes de bassin
By boat - All divers
Les Rosiers
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Les tignes
By boat & from shore - All divers
Les Tignes is a famous Banyuls dive. Usually, large shoals are seen in the area. Large groupers are mostly between the rocks and the coast.
Les yeux de chat
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Very nice shoal, including gorgonians, lobsters and reef fishes.
Lion de Terre
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
2 big rocks at 36m deep with a lot of lobsters, and beautifull gorgons.
Lockheed P38
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
The double-tail plane wreck is upside down, laying on a sandy floor. Thr right engine is still under the wing, the left one is broken.
LST 282
By boat & from shore - All divers
The LST 282 (Landing Ship Tank) was sunk August 15th 1944 by a German fighter. It stays in shallow water so take care of the swell!
M4600
By boat - All divers
Dive site is forbidden since 24/10/88
MaÔre's coral cave
By boat - All divers
Don't miss this dive. A must.
MÈrouville
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Big schools of barracudas !!! Groupers which are very tame and come really close.
Nantua - Plage de Port
From shore - CMAS * / OW
Some fishes in the first meters, then a barge right to the entrance wall at 27 m. There is also an old motobike at 20 m. Viz is poor, cos of the muddy floor.
Novi Wreck
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
A small sailboat sunk near Marseille harbour. Nice afternoon dive for Nitrox divers.
Oeil de la Doue
From shore - CMAS ** / AOW
See PlongeeSout for details
Ouest Four
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Viz was 10m+ which is excellent for the area.
Ours des Sabias
By boat - All divers
A large small wall running south to north between the two rocks. A sandy area on the southwest side.
The north rock is better than the south one, including more marine life.
Ours des Vieilles
By boat - All divers
Two large rocks. Bottom made of boulders full of corynactis anemons.
P 38 Lightning
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
This plane is all broken. There are only part of wings. This is the same kind of plane than Saint Exupery's.
These parts should have been moved by trawler...
P-47 Thunderbolt
By boat & from shore - CMAS ** / AOW
A wonderfull Wreck very.
The engine is missing and the machin guns are missing.
The name of the pilot is still unknow.
Great
Paris SS Wreck
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
British passenger ship (1770 tons) built in 1913. 92m long. Lost after an air raid 03/06/1940.
Piste de ski
By boat - All divers
Plage des Meuniers
From shore - CMAS *** / Rescue
The interest of this site is to dive the crack (from 30m to 60m). There is very few interests of diving before 30m deep.
Plateforme CIP Bendor
From shore - All divers
main dive site of CIP Bendor for dive training
Pointe de la croix
By boat - All divers
This dive site is similar to the near dive site named Pointe de Montr?mian, a long line of rocks, only few meters high, with lot of sea grass around.
Dive site is exposed to east wind, and some time, current can be strong. A buoy has been placed for boat by the National Park.
Interesting species…
Pointe de la galËre
By boat - All divers
This is a great place to dive. Bottom of both sides of the rock are different. East side bottom is sand, and west side bottom is covered by sea grass.
It's a good idea to get a torch because there are lot of fishes and tiny crustaceans inside the rock.
Pointe de MontrÈmian
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Pointe du vaisseau
From shore - All divers
This is a similar dive to the East wall of the GabiniËre, but less current. Boat can be moored to the National Park buoy.
Species: Groupers, morrays, scorpionfishes, etc.
Ponton Bigue
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
The Ponton Bigue was a catamaran made for transatlantic cable repair. Vessel size is 38 m x 18 m.
Port au Roc
From shore - All divers
This is not the greatest dive in Brittany. Yet, is it a very easy one that can be done at naytime of the year as the area is well protected (very rare around here !). This a macro photography dive site. Do not expect to see anything bigger than your hand.
Port Du Niel
From shore - All divers
Port-Maguide
From shore - All divers
Pou Meyssen
From shore - CMAS ** / AOW
Description available at PlongeeSout
Pte de la Revellata
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
RÈsurgence de Font Estramar
From shore - Kamikazes/Trimix
Riou's coral cave
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
Very nice cave (entrence at 35m deep).
Wall down to 45m deep.
Ro21
By boat - All divers
Saint FÈrÈol
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Saint Sauveur
From shore - CMAS ** / AOW
You need to tell the SDIS that you dive here. Some access restricted. More info at PlongeeSout
Saint Yves
By boat & from shore - All divers
Saint Yves is the main dive site for all diving clubs of Bordeaux. This is a great place for dive training and orientation. You can reach several wrecks, the easyest is named 'Cote bleu'.
With a dive site map, and a good orientation sense, you can try to reach other wrecks... The Marie Noelle…
Sauerland
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The Sauerland wreck is a classic dive of the area. For those who knows what this means, the Sauerland is a German sperrbrecher boat of 7085 Tons.
Scandola
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
Sec de Merlo
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
Very nice dive in the deep blue.
Sec du gendarme
By boat - All divers
Sec du Langoustier
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Boulders and wall.
Sec du sarragnier
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Beautiful wall of gorgonians and small caves with morays.
Semaphore Drop-Off
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Vrey nice wall. take car of boats when surfacing!
Senino
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
Skeldon
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Diving is forbidden since 16/09/96
Sperrbrecher 134
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
This ship were built in July 1909 in Bremen and was used as merchand ship untill the war begann in 1939. His role was to escort the U.boat and the ship at the entrance of the Lorient harbor. It was sunk by a british air-raid August 8th, 1944.
SS Leopoldville Wreck
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
On Christmas Eve 1944 the SS Leopoldville left Southampton carrying over 2000 American troops from the 66th Infantry Division, known as the Black Panthers, to support the Battle of the Bulge. Just 5 miles from the safety of Cherbourg she was struck by a torpedo fired from U-486 commanded by…
St Georges (Montvalent)
From shore - CMAS ** / AOW
Cave diving for advanced divers!
A 700+m cave.
More at PlongeeSout
Tarantini submarine
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
During the Battle of the Atlantic, Italian submarine "Capitano Tarantini" (Liuzzi class) returning from North Atlantic patrol is torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine "HMS Thunderbolt" (Triton class) on december the 15th, 1940 in the Bay of Biscay.
Technical data:
- Dimensions: Length 76.1 m…
Taravo island
By boat - All divers
This is a great place for children dive and first dive experience. Calm and clear water, abundant sea life. Also good for snorkeling and night dives.
Tete de Maure
By boat & from shore - All divers
Big granitic cliff, canyon, gorgona...many fish.
The Angelo Patagonian
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
The Angelo Patagonian was built in 1910 in England (Short Brothers Ltd, Sunderland). It was a 124m vessel, and was sunk by the UC-72 (german U-Boat submarine) july 11th, 1917.
The Batavia Wreck
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This 109m long Italian liner sunk November 23, 1877. Its a very broken wreck.
The Cairnstrath wreck
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
This 85m long greman steamer was torpeadoed august 4th, 1917.
The Californian wreck
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
This 126 m long american steamer cargo was build in 1900 by the Union Iron Works, San Francisco. It sunk in june 1918.
This is a very long wreck, and you will need probably several dives to explore the entire wreck.
The Christian Yann wreck
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The Foudroyant Wreck
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
French Destroyer sunk during an air rade the 1st June 1940.
Wreck size: 107,20m x 10,10m x 4,20m
The France Wreck
By boat - CMAS * / OW
La France was a 165m long French cruiser and sunk august 26th, 1922 around 1 am after hurting a reef in La Teignouse strait.
The France Wreck
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
This 47m long paddle wheel boat was lauched May 13, 1909. She sank March 13, 1971. This is a very nice wreck.
Water temp: between 4?C and 7?C !!
The Gapeau Wreck
By boat - Kamikazes/Trimix
The wreck is approximately 25m long. The deepest part of the wreck is 71m (wheel ); the deck at 66m deep. This is a nice wreck, but very deep!
The Georges AndrÈ wreck
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The Golf 56 wreck
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The Laos Wreck
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The Laos was 135m long French steamer. It sunk february 8th 1907, broken into two parts. The wreck is broken but the pow still remains nice.
The Laos wreck
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The Laos was built in Dunkerque in 1903. This 135m long steamer liner sunk february 9th, 1907 in the Four plateau.
The best part of this wreck is the stern, and the two boilers in the poop.
The Mami Madi wreck
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Approx 15m long wreck. Bad condition.
The Marie-NoÎlle wreck
By boat & from shore - CMAS ** / AOW
This wreck is located 150m north from the Saint Yves entrance. It is possible to reach the wreck from shore: Approx 15m following the rocks, then north-west when you are into the channel.
The Perle wreck
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Approx 15m long. Bad condition.
The RenÈ HervÈ wreck
By boat - CMAS * / OW
15m long wreck in bad condition
The Rose-Virginie wreck
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
This old fishboat was sunk in 1989. It is a 15 x 4 meters wreck.
The Sachsenwald wreck
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
This is a deep dive, for experienced diver only!
This steamer Kriegsmarine vessel was sunk in august 1944. Take care! There is a 88mm canon at the bow, and several bombs on the floor...
The Sequana wreck
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
The Sequana was built in Belfast in 1898.
This cargo left Dakar to Bordeaux with 665 pax. It was torpedoed june 8th 1917 at 2:00 AM by the UC-72 german U-Boat submarine. 207 people died.
Vessel size:
- Length: 132 m
- Width: 16 m
- Displacement: 12.000 tons
Tiboulen du Frioul
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Timac
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Forbidden dive site since 22/12/92
TÍte de la vache
By boat - All divers
Small drop-off for low level divers. Sealife is interesting for first-dives in the lake.
Trifels SS Wreck
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
German cargo (6180 tons) built in 1921, 137 m long. Torpedoed 08/09/1941.
Trou Madame
From shore - CMAS ** / AOW
Length and depth of siphons :
Siphon n?1 - 95m / -5m
Siphon n?2 - 265m / -5m
Siphon n?3 - 10m / -2m
Siphon n?4 - 350m / -10m
Siphon n?5 - 8m / -2m
Siphon n?6 - 200m / -14m
Siphon n?7 - 1300m / -16m
Siphon n?8 - 210m
Complete dive site description from PlongeeSout
U 171 wreck
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
Sunk at 13:00 on 9 Oct, 1942 in the Bay of Biscay near Lorient, France, by a British mines. 22 dead and 30 survivors.
This is a very good wreck dive.
Since 1999 it is forbiden to dive inside the wreck Folowing the demand of the german submarines friendship which want to make a memorial from…
U 263
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
U 976
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
The U 976 was a 67 m long German submarine (type VIIC). It sunk march 25th, 1944.
Veyron's caves
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Take care of the curent. It may be strong in the area.
Dive site contains many caves, some are large enough to be visited.
Vickers Viking Wreck
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Well conserved wreck all the structures are intact
War Balloon
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
93m English cargo sunk in 1918
Yusenquashia Maru
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This is a old broken wreck. The best is to dive before summer cos the seaweeds grows and it's difficult to see the wreck.
The wheel is on the south side, not far from the rocks nearby. The prow is completely destroy, just near the cliff.
Take care !!! There are some detonnator on the wreck.