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Calanque des Contrebandiers
Calanque des Anglais · Sormiou, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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Max depth45 m
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyMediterranean Sea
Water temp13–23°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Sep
About this site
Calanque des Contrebandiers is a dive site near Sormiou, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, in the Mediterranean Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 45 m. Generally suitable for beginners. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, soft corals, sea fans, octopus, moray eels. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 13 to 23 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
- Red ScorpionfishScorpaena scrofa
Black Sea UrchinArbacia lixula
Smooth StarfishHacelia attenuata
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris- Mediterranean MorayMuraena helena
Red StarfishEchinaster (Echinaster) sepositus
Violet Sea UrchinSphaerechinus granularis
Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Nearby sites
- 1Impérial de Terre0.6 km
- 2Tombant de David0.7 km
- 3Impérial du Milieu0.7 km
- 4Impérial du Large0.8 km
- 5Bosse du Chameau0.9 km
- 6Cala maussana1.0 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org