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Toulon and Hyeres (Port-Cros and Porquerolles)

Protected grouper reefs, legendary deep wrecks, and island days off the Var coast

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Fuentes de investigación

Fuentes de la guía de Toulon and Hyeres (Port-Cros and Porquerolles)

Enlaces de referencia usados para construir y mantener esta guía.

29 fuentes • Actualizado 5 sept 2026

Escrito por DiveJourney. Construido con fuentes públicas y conocimiento de operadores locales. Última actualización 5 sept 2026.

Port-Cros National Park: scuba-diving authorization - Official requirement for a nominative annual authorization and park sticker before diving in the marine core.
CaPeL: marine regulations - Official portal covering core-zone navigation, diving, anchoring, Posidonia protection, and good-practice rules.
CaPeL: where to dive - Official overview of habitats, wrecks, underwater trails, and mapped seasonal or prohibited zones.
Port-Cros National Park: 2026 Port-Cros marine regulations

Fuentes de investigación

Fuentes de la guía de Toulon and Hyeres (Port-Cros and Porquerolles)

Enlaces de referencia usados para construir y mantener esta guía.

29 fuentes • Actualizado 5 sept 2026

Escrito por DiveJourney. Construido con fuentes públicas y conocimiento de operadores locales. Última actualización 5 sept 2026.

Port-Cros National Park: scuba-diving authorization - Official requirement for a nominative annual authorization and park sticker before diving in the marine core.
CaPeL: marine regulations - Official portal covering core-zone navigation, diving, anchoring, Posidonia protection, and good-practice rules.
CaPeL: where to dive - Official overview of habitats, wrecks, underwater trails, and mapped seasonal or prohibited zones.
Port-Cros National Park: 2026 Port-Cros marine regulations

- Official map and rules for diving capacity, moorings, anchoring, night diving, scooters, harbors, and the Port-Cros ZMEL.

Port-Cros National Park: 2026 Porquerolles marine regulations - Official map and rules for diving, mooring, habitat protection, night operations, and seasonal fire-access constraints.

Port-Cros National Park: West La Gabiniere dive site - Official site profile supporting depth, exposure, habitat, skill level, brown grouper, and corb encounters.

Port-Cros National Park: La Palud underwater trail - Official snorkeling-trail description, access, route, wildlife, Mistral caution, jellyfish caution, and peak-summer crowding.

Provence Mediterranee Tourism: diving destination - Official tourism overview of year-round local diving, wrecks, reefs, operators, training, freediving, and snorkeling.

Provence Mediterranee Tourism: Port-Cros practical information - Official ferry, access, seasonality, pedestrian-island, service, bus, and seasonal ATM guidance.

Provence Mediterranee Tourism: Porquerolles - Official year-round ferry, cycling, hiking, beaches, vineyards, Fondation Carmignac, and fire-risk guidance.

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Tourism: Espace Apnee - Regional tourism listing for the Giens freediving school, coached sea programs, training systems, and 2026 operating season.

Espace Apnee: freediving school - Operator source for coached freediving, safety practice, course structure, and local sea sessions.

European Diving: Port-Cros National Park - Local operator evidence for Port-Cros day trips, La Gabiniere depth range, fish life, macro life, and occasional sunfish.

European Diving: Hyeres wrecks - Local operator profiles for Donator and Grec depth, currents, and advanced-diver requirements.

European Diving: 2026 opening hours - Current operator-season source showing regular Hyeres operations concentrated from spring through autumn.

DUNE La Londe - Local operator source for Port-Cros day boats, scuba, guided snorkeling, training, and equipment services.

DUNE La Londe: Port-Cros snorkeling - Local operator source for guided shallow-cove snorkeling and included basic equipment.

Porquerolles Diving - Tourism-board operator listing supporting island-based introductions, training, snorkeling, languages, and site range.

Toulon-Hyeres Airport: public transportation - Official airport guidance for public transport toward Hyeres and Toulon.

Toulon-Hyeres Airport: access map - Official airport location and road-access guidance.

France-Visas: short-stay visa - Official French entry guidance for short stays in the Schengen area.

French Ministry for the Sea: surveillance and rescue - Official sea-emergency guidance for CROSS, VHF Channel 16, telephone 196, and 112.

Sainte-Anne Military Hospital: hyperbaric oxygen therapy - Official hospital contact for the Toulon hyperbaric unit; urgent cases should enter through emergency services.

Meteo-France: Hyeres marine forecast - Official marine forecast used for wind, sea state, and departure-day planning.

SHOM: long-term coastal water temperature and upwelling - Technical source supporting rapid Mediterranean coastal temperature changes associated with wind-driven upwelling.

Provence Mediterranee Tourism: tourist tax - Official local guidance for accommodation tourist tax, liability, collection, and variable rates.

CheckYeti: Iles d'Or diving inventory snapshot - External 2026 booking snapshot used only as supporting evidence for the rough destination budget band.

Manawa: Port-Cros diving inventory snapshot - External 2026 booking snapshot used only as supporting evidence for the rough destination budget band.

Destination hero photo by Mat - Photographer profile: https://unsplash.com/@mathelot