Can we scuba dive during a French Riviera charter?

Leonidas Marousos
Yacht charter broker, DMA Yachting

Yes. The usual setup is rendezvous diving: a licensed local dive center meets the yacht at the day’s anchorage with tanks and a divemaster, you dive, and the itinerary rolls on. The waters off the Esterel and around the Iles de Lerins and Porquerolles have the best sites.

Some yachts carry their own gear and compressor, though fewer than in the Caribbean, so if diving is central to your week, say so up front and we shortlist accordingly. See yachts with scuba onboard.

No license? Uncertified guests can do an instructor-led discovery dive, shallow and supervised, and snorkeling over the clear water and posidonia needs nothing at all.