The Dive.Explo360 team dives and films around Porquerolles, Port-Cros, Le Levant and the Giens peninsula.
We film marine life in Posidonia seagrass meadows, on rocky reefs and drop-offs, over sand and around wrecks. These sites give us a chance to see how animals behave in their own habitats.
This is where our exploration of the Mediterranean began.
The seabed and the species that live there change with depth, currents and exposure to the open sea. A sheltered stretch of coast can look quite different from a nearby headland.
Within a small area, you can explore many of the Mediterranean’s main marine habitats.
A single dive can take you past Posidonia meadows, sandy flats, rocky reefs, drop-offs, coralligenous reefs and wrecks.
Where an animal lives can help explain how it finds food, takes shelter, moves or breeds.
On our dives we see groupers, barracuda, seabream, salema, octopuses, cuttlefish and sea fans.
Some are easy to spot. Other encounters take patience. Look for movement in a crack, watch between the seagrass leaves or wait to see what an animal does next.
What we see and film on these dives is the starting point for the resources on Dive.Explo360.
Established in 1963, Port-Cros National Park protects both land and sea. Its protected waters offer a chance to see Mediterranean habitats and the species that depend on them.
Diving here also brings into focus how everyday choices underwater and on the boat affect the places we visit.
The waters around the Hyères Islands hold some of the area’s maritime history.
The Donator and the Grec are two of the area’s best-known wreck dives. Over time, marine life settles on the hulls and finds shelter in the openings.
On a wreck dive, you can see what remains of the ship and how marine life has taken up residence.
Give animals space and leave the seabed as you found it.
Keep your buoyancy under control, avoid contact with marine life, follow local rules and use suitable moorings.
When boating, remember that anchors can damage Posidonia meadows and keep anchors clear of the seagrass.
Our collection covers the places we dive and the marine life we encounter there.
We start with what we see underwater.
Every trip around the Hyères Islands can add something to the site, from interactive dive footage and species profiles to articles and learning paths.
Come back to the footage and see what else you notice.
