First Dive at Port-Vendres, in the Gulf of Lion Marine Park

Discover the wealth of the unspoilt underwater world of the Gulf of Lion Marine Park on a first dive at Port-Vendres!

First dive | 20 minutes

4 options available from €35

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From€95
3 hrs
Occasionally sporty
From 8 years-old and up

Practical information

A classic first dive involving a 20-minute immersion to a maximum depth of 6 metres.

Course of events

- Welcome to the Port-Vendres Diving Activity Centre

- Briefing on the course of the outing

- Equipment for divers in the changing rooms (wetsuit, fins and mask)

- Boarding the boat

- Navigation to the dive site (10 to 15 minutes) with briefing on the activity and safety instructions

- Entry into the water with the instructor (1 diver per instructor), short phase of getting used to the equipment

- Immersion for 20 minutes, to a maximum depth of 6 metres

- Return to the boat, then snorkel until everyone finished their first dive

- Navigation back to the dive centre (10 to 15 minutes)

- De equipment in the changing rooms with hot shower facilities

- Receipt of your first dive certificate and end of the activity

Activity requirements

You don't need to be able to swim to take part in this activity.

Written parental authorisation is required for minors to participate in this activity.

You must not have any medical contraindications to taking part in this activity.

Special terms

This activity is not accessible to pregnant people or people with severe disabilities.

A minimum number of 3 participants is required to run this activity.

If you would like to take part in the activity as a companion on board the boat, without diving, please book the ‘Companion joining the tour as snorkeler’ option: if you wish, you can use fins, masks and snorkels to swim around the boat while the divers take their first dives.

Meeting point:
Centre d'Activité Plongée Port-Vendres - Anse Gerbal, 66660 Port-Vendres
Spoken languages:French, English, Spanish
Included
  • Instructor
  • All the scuba diving equipment (mask, fins, snorkel, buoyancy compensator, wetsuit , regulator, tank)
Do not forget to bring
  • Swimwear
  • Towel
  • Sunglasses
  • Hat / Cap