Angélus Plongée will guide you on its dive sites around Belle-Île-en-Mer.
Departures are made from Le Palais harbour and, weather and tide conditions permitting, from Sauzon harbour.
A rocky shoal away from Le Palais harbour, where the depth ranges from 10 to 18 metres :
a real Japanese garden, where jewel anemones, dead men’s fingers, & gorgonians bloom in colourful patterns.
Guest stars : the conger eel, the lobster, the spotted dogfish, the wrasse & the pollack, but also, to surprise you, dancing scallops & wrasse’s nests !
2/ THE PHILIPPE-ERIC SHIPWRECK
This fishing boat sunk in 1983 and now lies 20 metres deep. Before discovering the wreck, you will have to cross a genuine wall of bibs. An excellent wreck, even if slightly deteriorated, which remains a shelter teeming with fish life, some people even call it ‘‘the conger eels’ block of flats’’…
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3/ THE PIG
.Near the Northwest point of the island, a pinnacle, barely visible, which name derives from the danger it represents for boats… Canyons with beautiful perspectives gather sea life such as huge yellow sponges, many colourful invertebrates, and also shellfish and all sorts of fish.
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L’ILE EN OULM
This rocky outcrop, just in front of the famous Apothecary’s Cave, is one of the best dives on this side of the island, la Côte Sauvage, literally ‘‘The Wild Coast’’. On the South side of the rock, a canyon goes deeply into the rock, at the bottom of a beautiful cave ; at the end of it, you will find these typical shellfish from Belle-Île : the rock-goose barnacle.
5/ THE HANAN SHIPWRECK
At the end of World War II, this small Dutch tramp tried to make it to the mainland with a few locals that had been stuck on the island for weeks on board. British bombers decided it wouldn’t be so.
The wreck, which today has collapsed, remains a shelter for schools of bibs, and also for bass, which you can stroke at night, when they are asleep !
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GOULPHAR
This wonderful natural harbour is the starting point to many dive sites with an extensive range of landscapes, rocks, sand and seaweed, and stunning shapes.
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THE KANSAN SHIPWRECK
The remains of this american cargo (which sunk in 1917) spread over 100 m, on a 24 m deep bottom. Although it was destroyed in the 20's, this wreck still offers a great shelter for conger eels, lobsters and bibs, and sometimes some nice pollacks.
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