Famous for its walks, Belle-Île also offers you marvellous underwater paths.
Equipped with wetsuits, fins, masks and snorkels, resting on inflatable boards, you will discover the life hiding below the surface, in the crevices and caves of our cliffs.
Our guides will take you on an easy and fit-for-all 2 hour tour, during which they will also help you get comfortable and safe with the basics of the activity.
This course is for children between 10 & 14. It takes place in the afternoon, from Tuesday to Friday ; 4 one-hour-and-a-half lessons, straight off the beach, on a sheltered and shallow site. Dives do not exceed 6 m deep.
Two axes in the course :
- basic scuba diving skills
- underwater life discovery
At the beginning of the course, children will be given a logbook in which they will write down their dives and follow their progress
Conditions :
- Parental agreement
- Doctors medical certifying you fit to dive
- The child must have already experienced a discovery dive
Our underwater trips (with or without a guide, according to your level) on our various sites are arranged on request and according to our availability. During July and August, however, they take place only in the morning. You can book specific items such as a Nitrox dive tank, or a digital camera and its housing (Nikon Coolpix 4600).
We welcome unguided groups.
Prices starting from 13,50 € for technical dives, and from 20 € for sightseeing dives. The rates vary according to the number of divers among the group and according to the period of the year.
A high standard of services :
- no gear carrying.
- we rinse your wetsuits once a day.
- high quality accommodation, located at the hub of Le Palais. Our partner offers rooms and small flats (4 persons max. per flat) with a full board package. All the local amenities are a two minutes walk away - landing pier, shops, restaurants and pubs.
All our courses are made by our professional team and refer to the ANMP (National Association of Diving Instructors) standards. ANMP is a member of CEDIP (European Committee of Professional Instructors). ANMP standards are also equivalent to all the French standards, such as the FFESSM (French Federation of Underwater Sports).
This certification will enable you to dive safely to a maximum depth of 20 metres, accompanied by a guide (age above 14 minimum).
We offer 2 schedules :
- "One week" formula
From Monday afternoon to Saturday morning. The training includes 7 dives (one dive each afternoon from Monday to Thursday, 2 dives on Friday and one dive on Saturday morning) plus one "classroom" session on Tuesday morning.
Small groups : 4 students max. per instructor.
We provide the full equipment (wetsuit, dive tank, BCD, regulator) except the "mask-snorkel-fins" pack.
- "As you like it " formula
The session is scheduled on appointment. It includes 6 dives plus one "classroom" session.
Private lessons (or 2 persons max. per instructor)
We provide the full equipment (wetsuit, dive tank, BCD, regulator) except the "mask-snorkel-fins" pack.
This second step in your diver’s life will enable you to evolve without a guide to a maximum depth of 20 metres, and also to reach farther spaces, when accompanied by a guide.
During the low season (in April, May, June and September) the courses take place from Saturday noon to Saturday noon, 12 dives.
During high season (July and August) courses on request only in the morning, 12 dives.
We provide the following equipment : dive tank, BCD, regulator. You bring or hire your "mask-snorkel-fins" pack and your wetsuit.
This certification allows you to organize completely your dives without any guide to a maximum of 60 metres.
The whole of the course takes place in 2 sessions :
One first session based on rescue and diving organisation (2 modules).
One final session dedicated to the autonomy in the deeper zone (1 module).
Certification will result in an evaluation all along the courses.
This certification gives you the qualification of ‘‘dive guide’’, the first step towards instructing.
Nitrox Diver
This course includes one classroom session (about 1h30) and three nitrox dives, during which you will learn how tu use and analyze your gas mix. You can attend this course when you are 1* diver.
This certification allows you to use gas mixes ranging from 21 to 40 % of oxygen.