Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Arcachon

Saint Yves is the main dive site for all diving clubs of Bordeaux. This is a great place for dive training and orientation. You can reach several wrecks, the easyest is named 'Cote bleu'. With a dive site map, and a good orientation sense, you can try to reach other wrecks... The Marie Noelle (N), the two east wrecks (NE), and several others. The deepest place is Saint Yves whole (the false one), at hight tide you will find around 30m deep. This is the deepest place of the whole Arachon bay. This site is located in Arcachon city, right side of the jetty named 'La Chapelle'. Acces the site from the small Saint François d'assise street, 50m east from the jetty. Saint Yves is also known as Le trou Saint Yves.

The Jean-Pierre wreck is an old trawler, sunk in 1969. It is linked by a chain to two other wrecks, the René-Hervé and the Perle. The wreck is only 3 min, NNW from the Arcachon hrabour.

Saint Yves area. The Christian Yann wreck is also known as The Christ Yann wreck.

In front of the Jetée de la Chapelle, near Saint Yves.

Large fishermen boat sunk near 1980. The wheel is large; many nets. 150m in front of Saint Yves dive site entrance

In front of the Arcachon Casino.

The wreck is located exactly North to Arcachon harbour, in the Teychan channel. It's only 3 min boat from the harbour. La Roche-Velaine is also known as La Rochevélaine.

Very common destination for local divers. The exact name of this wreck is "Cote bleu" and not "Cotre Bleu" as it is often named. This fisherman boat was sunk june 22nd, 1976. It a classic dive of Arcachon bay. Northeast for the jetee of La Chapelle. From the Sait Yves entrance (the pipe), cape 330°. Le Cote Bleu is also known as Joseph-Mathilde, Le Cotre Bleu (wrong spelling!).