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Gabiniėre Est
Le Lavandou, Port-Cros, France
EntryBoat
Max depth40 m
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyMediterranean Sea
Water temp13–24°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Sep
About this site
Gabiniėre Est is a wall dive site near Le Lavandou, Var, France, in the Mediterranean Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 40 m. Best for divers with some experience. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, sea fans, dolphins, octopus, lobsters. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 13 to 24 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Slit LimpetsFlabellina affinis
Red StarfishEchinaster (Echinaster) sepositus
Mauve StingerPelagia noctiluca
Black Sea UrchinArbacia lixula
Smooth StarfishHacelia attenuata
Violet Sea UrchinSphaerechinus granularis
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Scarlet CoralBalanophyllia (Balanophyllia) europaea
Nearby sites
- 1La Pointe de la Galère0.7 km
- 2Pierre de Bagaud1.0 km
- 3La Pointe du Vaisseau1.2 km
- 4La Gabinière1.2 km
- 5La Gabinière Nord1.4 km
- 6Pointe du Cognet1.9 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org