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Arcachon bay

France, Aquitaine

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Characteristics
 
Arcachon bay is a lagoon of 250 square km. open to the ocean. There are many very interesting places such as:
- The Dune of Pilat, 2,700 meters long and 105 meters high (the highest european dune)
- The sandbank of Arguin, between the Dune of Pilat and the Ocean
- The bird-island, a natural island in the middle of the bay
- The Leyre delta, where salt water and freshwater meet
- All oyster fishing villages, all arount the bay
- etc.

This is also the main diving area for Bordeaux divers. The two main dive sites are Hortense and Saint Yves, but many other places are also interesting (great quantity of Sea Horses !).

Advanced divers will dive out of the bay on several wrecks, such as Le Chariot.

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  Dive site Photo GPS Quality Avg depth Max depth Experience Dive type
1 Grand Piquey   3.0 m 9.8 ft 5.0 m 16.4 ft All divers
2 Hortense 15.0 m 49.2 ft 28.0 m 91.9 ft All divers
3 La Roche-Velaine 9.0 m 29.5 ft 16.0 m 52.5 ft All divers
4 La Villa Algerienne 4.0 m 13.1 ft 7.0 m 23 ft All divers
5 Le Bateau en Ciment   22 m 72.2 ft 26 m 85.3 ft CMAS ** / AOW
6 Le Chariot 25.0 m 82 ft 30.0 m 98.4 ft CMAS ** / AOW
7 Le Cote Bleu   12 m 39.4 ft 15 m 49.2 ft All divers
8 Le Jean-Pierre   13.0 m 42.7 ft 17.0 m 55.8 ft All divers
9 Le Mimbeau   8.0 m 26.2 ft 15.0 m 49.2 ft All divers
10 Le Point Zero   20 m 65.6 ft 21 m 68.9 ft CMAS * / OW
11 Les blockhaus   15.0 m 49.2 ft 20.0 m 65.6 ft CMAS * / OW
12 Les deux digues   6.0 m 19.7 ft 12.0 m 39.4 ft All divers
13 Saint Yves 15.0 m 49.2 ft 30.0 m 98.4 ft All divers
14 The Christian Yann wreck   22 m 72.2 ft 25 m 82 ft CMAS * / OW
15 The Georges André wreck   18 m 59.1 ft 20 m 65.6 ft CMAS * / OW
16 The Golf 56 wreck   19 m 62.3 ft 20 m 65.6 ft CMAS * / OW
17 The Mami Madi wreck   18 m 59.1 ft 19 m 62.3 ft CMAS * / OW
18 The Marie-Noëlle wreck   19 m 62.3 ft 20 m 65.6 ft CMAS ** / AOW
19 The Perle wreck   18 m 59.1 ft 19 m 62.3 ft CMAS * / OW
20 The René Hervé wreck   18 m 59.1 ft 19 m 62.3 ft CMAS * / OW


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chris avatar
La Villa Algerienne, France
By chris, 2008-07-26 23:15:00

Night dive with Gaëlle. Saw the same great stuffs as the previous dive + Bruno's french lobster (Homard). Broke the fix of my fin; did all the dive with a single fin... Not really great. Have to buy a new one :(
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La Villa Algerienne, France
By chris, 2008-07-24 22:30:00
Great night dive
WithThomas & Madge. We did a great dive yesterday night. The viz was much better than two weeks ago. Conger eels, Sea hares (a lot++++ with somethime 4/5 copulating and spawning), Two different species: The big black and the small white spotted
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La Villa Algerienne, France
By chris, 2008-07-08 21:25:00
Nera by...
With Gaëlle and Sandrine: night dive at high tide (we definitely should not dive here at low tide!). Tons of marine species: Conger eels, topedo ray, balistes, sehorses (50+ !!!! one on every sea grass), se hare (so sweet!), nudibranches etc. Th
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La Villa Algerienne, France
By chris, 2008-06-14 20:45:00
Near by...
Buddies: Gaëlle & Christophe (president). Low tide for this night dive. This is definitely not a good idea to dive this area at low tide. Some sea horses along sea grasses... Picture by CV. After 15min, Christophe notic
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Hortense, France
By chris, 2008-06-14 15:00:00
Bunker-archeo
Buddy: Sandrine. First dive of the year for Sandrine. Classical dive for Hortense: The dolphin statue, the Cannon blokhaus, the house blokhausthen back to the beach. The viz was good (approx 5-10m). Shoals of 'sars' (Diplodus sp.), spi
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