First dive at the Gabinière in Port Cros

Your dive First experience Hyeres Islands

Discover the incredible sensations of scuba diving during a first dive in Port-Cros. You will be accompanied by an instructor who will guide you through this fabulous underwater world.

Initiate yourself to diving in the sublime setting of Port Cros National Park. You have an appointment to embark at 2pm at the Port de la Favière in Toulon. Your instructor will explain you everything about the equipment, the course of the dive and the safety rules, before boarding to Port-Cros. Enjoy the beautiful view of Hyères and the Golden Islands on board the boat! Once you arrive on the spot, take the time to familiarize yourself with the elements before taking the big leap to meet the fish in their natural environment. The dive lasts about 20 minutes. You'll be back at the center by 5:00.

Gabinière island

This small island located at the North East of Port-Cros is a wonderful diving destination. Between walls, schist rocks, rich and diversified marine fauna and flora, this place will please divers thanks to its variety ! La Gabinière is well-known for shoals of groupers, morays, congers and redfises. There are also pomfrets, mullets, wolffishes and barracudas which live in the area. As for the flora, the rocks are wovered by yellow anemones, red gorgonians, sea sponges and lots of nudibranches.

Bagaud island

Often known under the name "Les Dalles de Bagaud" or "La Pointe du Beau", it is a spot that lends itself particularly to try dive and level 1 divers because sheltered from the wind and the current. The dives are among rocky ridges and large flat rocks, hence the name. Discover "The Eye of Bagaud", a rock pierced with a quite impressive big round hole. On the edges are located white and red gorgonians. In the posidonia, fishes are hiding: young groupers, crows, ashen crenilabres, sars and drums.