Diving

Discover the Calanques seabed

Best practices

• Use the mooring buoys and rings provided for divers (see below).
• Take care not to anchor your boat on the neptune grass meadow and the coralligenous structure with the help of the Donia mobile app.
• Respect all wildlife, avoiding intentional contact and do not feed them.
• Keep your distance from cetaceans and do not follow them: if they change speed or direction abruptly, it means that they do not want to be approached.
• Control your stability and avoid any contact with the seabed.
• Take care not to hit the neptune grass meadow with your fins.
• Take all waste ashore and recycle it.

Regulations

• The removal of any wildlife or archeological remains is strictly forbidden.
• It is forbidden to dive in the archaeological protection zones (ZPR), of which there are two: in the Cousteau triangle off the islands of Riou and Plane, and at the Pointe de la Voile at Cap Morgiou (see the nautical regulations - in French). 

Safety

• Always check the weather conditions and stay aware of any changes.
• Dive as a group and look after the members of the group.
• Signal your presence on the surface with an appropriate flag.
• Be aware of your physical limitations.
• Bring water and energy snacks.
• Ensure you have a means of communication on your boat: mobile phone, VHF radio.

Contacts

• Sea rescue CROSS MED: VHF channel 16 - Tel.: +33 (0)4 94 61 16 16 or 196 from a mobile phone.
• Habour masters: VHF channel 9
• Vieux-Port Marseille harbour master: +33 (0)4 91 99 75 60
• Frioul harbour master: +33 (0)4 91 99 76 01
• Pointe Rouge harbour master: +33 (0)4 91 99 75 67
• Port-Miou harbour master: +33 (0)4 42 01 96 24
• Cassis harbour master: +33 (0)4 42 32 91 65
• Nouveau port de La Ciotat harbour master: +33 (0)4 42 08 62 90
• Port-vieux de La Ciotat SEMIDEP harbour master: +33 (0)4 42 83 80 27
• Marine weather forecast: VHF channel 80 or 3250