france

Hello from france! I hope you're all doing well. I'm relatively new here and wanted to extend a friendly greeting to everyone. I have a few questions that I would appreciate your insights on. Currently, I hold the AOW diver certification with 20+ logged dives. My interest has piqued in cave and...

Hi all, I am currently trying to sell my 2x10L Faber Twinset, complete with bands and brand new OMS manifold. Unfortunately for whatever reason these are apparently no longer EU approved so I have been unable to get them serviced here in France, and as i currently have no plans on heading back...

Bonjour! I'm looking for recreational dive spots suitable for self reliant diving in Hexagonal France. Shore or Lake diving. The major plan is an independend road trip around France... with 4 filled 80s ;-) Merci, André

Hello, time to officially say hi after a few very enjoyable and thoughtful discussions here. So: hi, I'm Vedran V. (thus my standard username), originally from an island of the northern Adriatic (where I still love to spend all my holidays), moved to France for my PhD and, for now, remained...

Hi i'm a PADI Open Water Diver with SSI Deep and SSI Night, I've got 71 dives and fairly new only 1.5 years since I became certified. Dive History - Poor Knights Island NZ. Fakarava and Rangiroa FP. Amedee Island and Lifou NC. Yongala wreck and GBR Aus. Lembeh, Bunaken, Derawan islands and...

Hi all. Here in Guadeloupe (French Caribbean) on a vacation, decided to try diving. Did a "baptême plongée," literally a baptismal dive (no religion involved!) It was a fantastic experience. I initially had some panic, because in its natural state, the human body isn't meant to breathe...

Hi guys, Has anyone ever had UK tanks tested in France before? I have a few 12 litre steel Faber tanks that I want to get tested, but because they originate in the UK, my french dive club informs me that they cannot be tested in France. This is the kind of thing that drives me crazy about...

Hi everyone, I am a dive instructor based in France, which is a bit of an oxymoron if you are with PADI as France is the only country in the world where we cannot work! Anyone else in the same boat as me? Happy diving!