We dive every day on the marine reserve
The Cerbère - Banyuls marine reserve guarantees superb dives!
The Cerbère-Banyuls National Nature Reserve will make you discover an exceptional biodiversity protected since 1974.
You will observe a rich and abundant life: grooms, barracudas, sars, royal dorades, corbs.
For lovers of macro photo, the fixed fauna offers many colorful subjects: corals, anemones, lobsters, nudibranchs etc.
- Cap l'Abeille: Corbs, Merox, Dentis, Sars Drums, Castagnoles, Mournes, Mostels, Congress, Langues, Nudibranches, Corail, Alcyons, etc.
- The three monks/Milan REC: Corbs, Merox, Dentis, Sars Drums, Castagnoles, etc.
- Les Tinyes: Sars Common, Sars Drums, Dentis, Dorades, Doris, Flabellines, Bryozoa, Ascidies, Sponges, etc.
With a little luck, the dolphins will accompany the boat for a little friendly visit
CAP L'Abeille: a remarkable site of the reserve
Among the diving sites of the reserve, Cap l'Abeille is distinguished by its rich marine life. This site is particularly appreciated by experienced divers.
During your dive in Cap l'Abeille, you can observe:
- Great grooms, masters of reefs
- Dentis with a piercing look
- Sars Distinctive stripes drums
- Castagnoles in constant moving
- Mourns emerging from their shelters
For those who prefer more discreet creatures, you will also find lobsters with long antennas and colored nudibranchs
Nature protection, 10 rules of o r
Immerse yourself like your shadow ... Do not leave any trace!
“I like the sea and I protect it. »»
- Never put yourself in the water while walking on the reeds, the aquatic plants, the living corals.
- Be master of your buoyancy.
- Keep corals and other animals remotely, do not stir the sediments.
- Check where you get anchor if you dive from a boat.
- Do not disturb, touch and feed animals.
- Do not fish and buy corals and shells.
- Be very attentive during diving in caves: bubbles and simple contact can destroy their delicate life.
- Keep the diving sites clean.
- Get to know the underwater life, avoid any destruction.
- Encourage your diving companions to follow these rules.
Head diver's charter: FFESSM
Photographs Denis Bellanger
