European Diving School

The European Diving School operates across the Côte d'Azur, with bases in Cavalaire and Sainte Maxime sitting right at the waterfront. As a PADI Resort with 6 PADI instructors and a team speaking 6 languages, it's set up to welcome newcomers and experienced divers alike — beginners, advanced and tec divers all find their place here.

Courses and diving

The school runs a full PADI pathway, from a Discover Scuba Diving taster and a single guided dive (from USD 58) through to Scuba Diver, Advanced Open Water, Adventure Diver and Rescue Diver. Onsite you'll find a classroom, free Wi-Fi, a dive boat and a house reef, plus onsite accommodation and parking — handy if you'd rather not bring a car.

The dive sites read like a roll-call of famous wrecks and reefs: the Donator (Prosper Schiaffino), Grec (Sagona), Togo, Rubis, the Wildcat and Hellcat aircraft, and natural sites such as Tombant de la Gabinière and Pointe de la croix. Underwater you may meet sharks, turtles, eels, molluscs, crustaceans, corals and more.