Discover the underwater life of the Grand Cul de Sac Marin with a scuba diving experience

It has been recognized as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO and is classified by the RAMSAR convention (a label of international recognition of the importance of maintaining and protecting wetlands). This is why the Guadeloupe National Park is working to protect it. The Grand-Cul-de Sac Marin is a fragile area that includes mangroves, sea grass beds, islets and reefs. Discovering it means taking all the appropriate precautions.

With this in mind, Eden Plongée offers an ecological approach to scuba diving. Alain Goyeau, the company's founder and a passionate underwater biologist, has developed his company with a view to making it a benchmark for the discovery and preservation of underwater ecology in Guadeloupe. By choosing Eden Plongée, you'll discover underwater activities in complete safety, supervised by instructors as qualified as they are passionate about preserving marine ecosystems. To introduce you to the underwater world, Eden Plongée offers baptisms supervised by qualified instructors. You'll discover this other world as you evolve in an environment in which you'll become aware of your body while meeting the people of the sea.

Public: Ages 8 and over, without medical advice, provided you are in good health.

Locations: Shallow dive sites between 3 and 6 meters deep in the Grand-Cul-de Sac Marin bay. The Aquarium dive site, opposite Plage du Souffleur in Port-Louis, is one of Eden Plongée's preferred baptism sites.

Course: 2.5-hour outing, allow half a day. Meet at 8.30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the afternoon. The outing includes: equipment by the instructor, 10-minute boat trip, explanation by the instructor (diving and introduction to underwater biology), descent and 25-minute walk to discover the underwater environment, return to the port.

The center is open every day except Tuesday.

Eden plongée is a professional diving center accredited by the Fédération Française d'Études et de Sports Sous-Marins. It issues PADI certificates. Eden Plongée is an ambassador center for the Longitude 181 Nature association, which campaigns for the protection of underwater environments. It also adheres to the Responsible Diver Charter. Eden Plongée also offers training in underwater photography.

We invite you to take a look at the Eden Plongée website, which will give you a wealth of additional information, both on the activity and on the underwater biology you'll encounter in Guadeloupe.