Dive shops in Nice, France - any recommendations? Good dives?

My daughter and I are hoping to squeeze in some diving during a trip to
Mougins in July. Does anyone have a recommendation for a dive shop or any
good dive sites in the Nice vicinity?

TIA

Bart F.

I guess it is a question of what you are used to. I don't think there's
much good diving in the Med. because there certainly isn't a lot of
fish life or so two of my friends tell me.

You'll probably also have to figure out if your C card works there
because PADI isn't recognized as far as I can tell. FFESSM is the
French national scuba accrediting agency and it is a member of CMAS.
CMAS accepts only one agency from each country and the US agency is SSI.
Then again rules aren't always enforced.

Take a look at these links:

http://www.cmas2000.org/
http://membres.lycos.fr/epaj/home_f.htm
http://www.ffessm.fr/

If you're willing to drive a little east to Italy,
http://www.pianetablu.com/en/index.php

I'm also not sure about rental gear.

When I was in Mougins about 10 years ago it had a remarkable collection
of two and three Michelin star restaurants.

Dr. Y

nobody wrote:
> My daughter and I are hoping to squeeze in some diving during a trip to
> Mougins in July. Does anyone have a recommendation for a dive shop or any
> good dive sites in the Nice vicinity?
>
> TIA
>
> Bart F.
>
>

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:56:21 GMT, "nobody" <rjbmetal@optonline.net>
wrote:

>My daughter and I are hoping to squeeze in some diving during a trip to
>Mougins in July. Does anyone have a recommendation for a dive shop or any
>good dive sites in the Nice vicinity?
>
>TIA
>
>Bart F.
>


There's a good shop in St Raphael - which is about a 20 min drive from
Nice. It's called Club Sous L'Eau, and the diving is nice.

If you are willing to drive about 100 km (about 60 miles; in July near
Nice, count in "hours" not in km or miles...), go to Cavalaire dive with
Arnaud Niel, "Eau Bleue":
Les Pléiades - Avenue des Myrtes
83240 Cavalaire - France
Tél.: +33 (0)6 08 23 72 51
http://www.aquanaute.com/eau.bleue
He is NAUI, TDI, ANMP and FFESSM instructor>
Nice wrecks, if you like.
Contact him in advance to organize your trip.
JPh


nobody wrote:
> My daughter and I are hoping to squeeze in some diving during a trip to
> Mougins in July. Does anyone have a recommendation for a dive shop or any
> good dive sites in the Nice vicinity?
>
> TIA
>
> Bart F.
>
>