Lake Tignes Ice Dive
Lake Tignes, France
Guided dives under 1-2 m of ice on the natural lake of Tignes, where trout overwinter beneath the frozen surface.
- Advanced
- Ice dive
Diving in France
2 destinations and 18 documented dive sites. The strip under each destination shows its season, month by month.
Dive sites to know
Cap Béar
Côte Vermeille (Banyuls & Collioure), France
- Open Water
- Wall
Wreck
down to 34 m
Amoco Cadiz
Finistère (Brest, Crozon & Glénan), France
The 334 m supertanker Amoco Cadiz lies broken across 600 m of seabed off Portsall, its rudder, winches and decks draped in kelp.
- Experienced
Wall
down to 40 m
Basse du Lys
Finistère (Brest, Crozon & Glénan), France
A reef and wall in the Brest diving area, a long boat ride out, reaching 40 m at its deepest.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 15 m
Le Dellec
Finistère (Brest, Crozon & Glénan), France
A wreck lying flat on a sandy bottom at around 15 m, among the many wrecks between the Brest roadstead and Le Conquet.
- Open Water
Wall
down to 30 m
Les Fillettes
Finistère (Brest, Crozon & Glénan), France
A rock beside the Brest shipping channel, from 7 m down to 30 m, with a dozen bronze cannons and two old anchors at its foot.
- Advanced
All dive sites in France
Finistère (Brest, Crozon & Glénan), France
- Amoco CadizExperienced34 m
- Basse du LysAdvanced40 m
- Le DellecOpen Water15 m
- Les FillettesAdvanced30 m
- Swansea ValeAdvanced31 m
- Les 4 PompesOpen Water18 m
- VolontaAdvanced17 m
- GeorgiosAdvanced20 m
- Pietro OrseoloAdvanced30 m
- Laon Egen HirAdvanced18 m
- Le MustangOpen Water15 m
- Les Bluiniers (Pic Jules Bonnot)Experienced40 m
Port-Cros & Hyères, France
- Port CrosOpen Water
- Donator WreckAdvanced50 m
- Le Grec WreckAdvanced50 m
Côte Vermeille (Banyuls & Collioure), France
- Cap BéarOpen Water
- La MouladeOpen Water
Lake Tignes, France
- Lake Tignes Ice DiveAdvanced
Photo credits
- Lake Tignes Ice Dive site, French Alps, Rundvald, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cap Béar dive site, Côte Vermeille, Artico2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
