Club site listing for Tombant de Bally with depth and fauna notes.
Var Coast (Cavalaire, Saint-Tropez and Saint-Raphaël)
Compact rocky wall with rich Mediterranean life.
Compact rocky wall with rich Mediterranean life.
Best reached by a local boat operator from the Cavalaire area.
Tombant du Bailly is a compact rocky ridge off Cavalaire with a broken, hole-punched profile between sandy bottoms. The site is valued for dense Mediterranean life in the cracks and along the relief, with groupers, moray eels, chapons, conger eels, lobsters, sea urchins, sea hares, and plenty of small fish. It suits divers who want a short, detailed tour rather than a wide open drift.
Safety Notes
Keep a conservative gas plan, track depth closely, and move slowly so you do not miss the life tucked into the cracks and holes.
Community notes to help plan your visit.
Scuba Diving
Best for experienced open-water divers who are comfortable working a deeper rocky profile with careful buoyancy.
Freediving
Not a practical freedive site; the interesting structure starts deep and is better explored on scuba.
Snorkeling
Not a snorkel site except for a surface transit; the main structure sits too deep to appreciate from above.
Species commonly reported at this site, with direct links into their wildlife guides.
Conservative baseline from public research. No community dives logged yet.
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Research Sources
Club site listing for Tombant de Bally with depth and fauna notes.
Government dive-site inventory listing the site with coordinates and a 40-60m depth band.
Trip report describing the Bailly wall and the marine life seen around the Cavalaire area.

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