École de Plongée Sétoise

Discover a whole new world just beneath the surface. École de Plongée Sétoise welcomes you year-round in Sète, between the Mediterranean Sea and the Thau Lagoon, for accessible dives rich in local marine life encounters: try dives from age 8, guided explorations, freediving, and snorkeling. You also come here to observe iconic local species up close—sometimes very close—such as seahorses and nudibranchs.

The center is run by Olivier and Arnaud: Olivier is a marine biologist and commercial diver, as well as an experienced scuba diver and freediver; Arnaud has been working at the center for 15 years and knows the dive sites inside out. We are a human-scale club: we deliberately keep groups small to guarantee attentive supervision, real individual follow-up, and strong skill progression. Ideal for beginners: calm shallow sites, step-by-step learning, with “comfort and mastery” as the priority before going further.

As an SSI Training Center, we offer a wide range of courses and specialties: Basic Diver, Open Water Diver, Deep Diving and Wreck Diving specialties, as well as marine-biology oriented programs (including identification outings and workshops: nudibranchs, sessile life, behavior, and ecosystems). We are also a freediving center, with introductions and regular static and dynamic training sessions. And we know how to run full-day experiences: multi-tank days (two dives or more depending on the plan), group meals, briefings and mini marine-biology talks, club/company group outings, private charters, and tailored projects.

Enjoy a variety of sites: sea dives along the cliffs of Sète and lagoon dives in the Thau Lagoon, with options for all levels (including accessible wrecks). The center is located in the marina at the entrance of Port des Quilles (easy parking opposite, quick access from Montpellier), with the boat directly in front to minimize handling. On site: a 16 m³/h air station, cylinders and equipment in a wide range of sizes, exposure suits adapted to local conditions, changing facilities, and free parking a few minutes’ walk away. On the SSI side, you also benefit from MySSI: digital materials, progress tracking, logbook and certification cards in the app.