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Tombant de David
Sormiou, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
EntryBoat
Max depth25 m
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyMediterranean Sea
Water temp13–23°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Sep
About this site
Tombant de David is a dive site near Sormiou, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, in the Mediterranean Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 25 m. Recommended for advanced divers. 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 Terre0.1 km
- 2Impérial du Milieu0.2 km
- 3Bosse du Chameau0.3 km
- 4Cala maussana0.3 km
- 5Impérial du Large0.4 km
- 6Calanque des Contrebandiers0.7 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