CHANGO DIVING

CHANGO DIVING

Quai Lunel et 14 quai des docks
06300 NICE
France

Our aim is to make sure you come out of the water with a smile! Chango Diving is a freediving and scuba diving school. Whether you’re diving with or without a tank, our instructors, who are experts in their field, will ensure you make the most of the conditions offered by our Mediterranean coast. Just a 15-minute boat ride away, discover the rich marine life of the bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer.

Around twenty dive sites await you in this deep bay, sheltered from the prevailing winds. You’ll have the chance to dive at sites such as Grande Baie, the Coral Grotto, the Semaphore Drop-off, Caussinière, Crau de Nao… With its steep seabed, the bay of Villefranche is also a legendary spot for freediving: just a few hundred metres from the shore, depths of over 100 metres offer the world’s best freedivers the chance to train in peace, sheltered along the coast.

Our courses and training sessions are always organised in small groups. You will always be supervised by one instructor for a maximum of four participants, to maximise one-to-one time and ensure the highest standard of teaching. Whether diving or freediving, you will be guided step by step according to your individual progress, so that we can work together towards your success.

Our team consists of two permanent instructors: one is responsible for organising freediving trips and courses, whilst the other focuses on scuba diving. This arrangement allows us to run two completely separate schools that share the same equipment. Our instructors are therefore able to devote 100% of their time to their students. Other instructors who share the same values as our team also come to lend a hand during the high season.

Courses and Events

Frequently Serviced Dive Sites

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★★★★☆ Grotte à corail

Just 15 minutes from the port of Nice, this site boasts a beautiful 3 to 60-meter wall where you can see Mola mola, dolphins, barracudas, groupers and more.

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★★★★☆ Grande Baie

A 20-minute drive from the port is a large 3-10 m plateau that continues to sink deeper and deeper, with steps at 20 and 40 meters, eventually reaching a maximum depth of 58 meters. Abundant flora and fauna, as well as pelagic species, are not uncommon.

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★★★★☆ Pointe Caussiniere

Just 30 minutes from the port, this site features a 5 to 10 m mini plateau with numerous seaward-facing reef structures covered with gorgonians. These can be found at depths of between 28 and 42 m. Visibility is often very good at this site.

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★★★★☆ Tombant Maeterlink

6 min from the port, you can anchor on a plateau of madrepore between 12 and 25 m, quite vast and rich in flora and fauna, which on its wide side ends up falling onto the sand, with several mini ridges extending out to sea, one of which is more massive and covered with beautiful gorgonians up to 42 m.

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★★★★☆ Pointe Moulalier

A magnificent drop-off that plunges from the surface to a depth of 44 meters, it's teeming with life, including some amazing pelagics that are frequently seen on the site. A family of large groupers resides on this dive site.

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★★★★☆ Pointe de la Cuisse

A marvellous drop-off from the surface to 44 metres with lots of life attached in the many reef crevices. Looking at the pelagic, you'll also see some beautiful larger life forms. Finally, you'll discover the famous Sémaphore cave at the end of the dive in the 12-metre zone, with its beautiful skylight.

Palmes Beach Menton, 06500 Menton

★★★★☆ 3 îlots

Located about 10 minutes by boat, this dive allows you to experience a square dive on a bottom of 30 to 35 meters deep. The descent takes place in the blue and the exploration allows you to go around 3 beautiful rocks, discovering gorgonians, moray eels, grouper...

Aqualung

★★★★☆ Grotte du Semaphoro

Located 10 minutes by boat, this site allows you to walk along a dizzying drop-off typical of the region; Accessible to all, the depth varies between 0 and 40 meters deep. There is also a tunnel in the rock that you can enter and observe the beautiful blue outside.

Available Services in the Dive Center

Programs

Snorkel Diver
Freediving
Mermaid
Ecology
Scuba
Extended Range (XR)
Emergency Training

Dives

Boat Dives
Extended Range Dives
Freediving
Snorkel Tours

Gas Fills

Air

Rental

Dive Computer
Equipment

Services

Regulator
Dive Computer
Cylinders

Payment Method

Credit Card
PayPal

Opening Hours

Monday08:30 - 17:00
Tuesday08:30 - 17:00
Wednesday08:30 - 17:00
Thursday08:30 - 17:00
Friday08:30 - 17:00
Saturday08:30 - 17:00
Sunday08:30 - 17:00
+33648816472 Website

Opening Hours

Monday08:30 - 17:00
Tuesday08:30 - 17:00
Wednesday08:30 - 17:00
Thursday08:30 - 17:00
Friday08:30 - 17:00
Saturday08:30 - 17:00
Sunday08:30 - 17:00