Plongée Passion Carry
12 Bd Jean Valensi, 13620 Carry-le-Rouet, France, Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, FRA
About the Center
Plongée Passion Carry, located in Carry-le-Rouet, France, is a dive center with 30 years of experience, operating from 1994 to 2024. Certified by PADI, SSI, and CMAS/FFESSM, it offers a wide range of courses, from Discover Scuba Diving to advanced levels such as Niveau 3 and Niveau 4 Guide Palanquée, including specialties like Enriched Air Nitrox and Trimix. They also provide freediving training. Facilities include showers, WiFi, a bar, equipment rental, a dive shop, and air fill services (nitrox, trimix). The center organizes boat dives daily from April 1st to November 30th, and the rest of the year on demand or weekends. They are ECOSUB certified, Ambassadors of Longitude 181, and support Seashepherd. Their clients enjoy attentive service, recent Scubapro equipment, and amenities like coffee, tea, and fresh water.
The center is committed to providing a safe and enjoyable diving experience. They welcome guests with attention and respect in clean, heated (in winter) facilities, offering free WiFi, and clean, hot showers year-round. The diving equipment, from Scubapro, is recent, maintained, disinfected, and renewed each season. Dive computers, boots, gloves, fins, masks, weights, and weight belts are provided to clients free of charge.
Plongée Passion Carry guarantees the quality of its air and nitrox fills and handles tank management to minimize diver effort. Their semi-rigid boats are recent (maximum 2 seasons old), maintained daily, and equipped with all mandatory safety gear, including a dive ladder. They offer the best dive sites of the moment and ensure surface safety during dives with a qualified instructor. The responsibility for the dive rests with the center, even for groups.
The center aims to create the best conditions for each diver to succeed, offering training adapted to modern and real-world practice, delivered by experienced professionals. They manage the loading and unloading of tanks and all boat handling tasks (mooring, docking, etc.). They also serve hot tea upon exiting the water and are responsible for rinsing equipment upon return to port, all with the goal of encouraging customers to return for more passionate diving experiences.
Available Courses
5 cursosBAPTEME
Découverte de la respiration sous-marine lors d'une plongée de 25 minutes à 5-6 mètres de profondeur, avec un instructeur par personne. Inclut le transport en bateau, l'équipement, l'assurance et un diplôme.
Pack Découverte ou PE 12
Pack de 3 plongées baptême pour enfants, sans apprentissage technique, à une profondeur maximale de 2 mètres. Comprend l'équipement, une carte et une carte de certification.
Niveau 1
Première certification pour la plongée sous-marine autonome jusqu'à 20 mètres, accompagnée d'un moniteur. Comprend la théorie, 6 plongées, matériel complet, assurance et carte de certification internationale.
Formation Technique Enfant (Plongeur Bronze/Argent/Or)
Five dives — one per day, maximum — leading to one of the FFESSM youth qualifications: plongeur de bronze, d'argent or d'or, depending on aptitude. Available for children up to age 12, conducted over the shallow sites of the Côte Bleue from the centre's RIB. This is technical training, not repeated baptism dives. Each session builds on the last, working toward the minimum technical competencies for autonomous evolution in scuba equipment. The progression is assessed per child based on what they demonstrate in the water. A medical certificate of non-contraindication to scuba diving is required. Depending on the doctor's assessment, an ENT examination with audiometry may be included. The medical certificate is valid for 6 months or 1 year for children under 12, and 1 year for those older. Parental authorisation is mandatory. The €530 fee covers all five dives, full equipment, the FFESSM course card (diplôme) and FFESSM licence. Water temperature minimum 12°C, maximum 25 minutes per dive.
Plongeur Autonome 12 m (PA12)
Seven sessions on the Côte Bleue, covering autonomous team diving in the 0–20m zone — without a monitor, with one or two partners of equivalent level — under a dive director. This qualification opens access to the shallower wreck sites and the gorgonian walls around Carry without requiring instructor accompaniment. The course includes theory sessions covering the specificities of hyperbaric diving, with theory materials sent by email before the first session. Practical dives consolidate Niveau 1 skills and introduce the techniques needed for buddy-pair management. Assessment is continuous. At €630, the price covers seven sessions with boat transport, theory support, full Scubapro equipment, insurance and the international diploma. With your own four-piece kit, the price is €550. Optional add-ons: Nitrox qualification at €110 supplement, or Drysuit (Vêtement Sec) at €90. Minimum age is 15. Niveau 1 and some exploration dives already logged are required. Medical certificate of non-contraindication advised.
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Two semi-rigid RIBs: Le Jolly Roger (8.50×3.50m, up to 19 divers) and Hades (7.50m, up to 19 divers), both powered by twin Yamaha 150cv outboards. Boats are replaced every two seasons. The team handles all cylinder logistics — you board and dive.
Daily from April 1 through November 30, with dive slots at 08:30 and 14:00 subject to weather. From December through March, the centre operates Wednesday through Friday when at least five divers are booked, plus every weekend.
Yes, explicitly. A first baptism dive is available from any age (no minimum), one monitor per child, max 2 metres depth, at €95 all-in. Technical FFESSM training for bronze/silver/gold qualifications runs over five dives for children up to 12, at €530 including equipment, course card and licence.
Yes, Nitrox fills are produced on site. A Nitrox qualification can be added as a supplement to any course (Niveau 1, PA12, PA20, PE40) for €110 extra. The centre also has a Trimix-qualified instructor on staff for technical diving.
The rental fleet is Scubapro, renewed each season. For guided dives, dive computers, fins, masks, gloves and weight belts are included free of charge. Full kit rental is available. If you bring your own four-piece set to a course, reduced prices apply.
Nine documented wrecks accessible from the centre: the Chaouen (9–36m, suitable from Niveau 1), Dalton (15–30m), Liban (30–36m), Saint Dominique (34m+), Drome (45m deck), Ker-Bihan, Miquelon (52m), and the WWII Junker 88 bomber at 53 metres. Deeper sites require good weather; navigation time is 25–30 minutes.
Marlène (centre director) holds E4/DEJEPS and a Trimix instructor rating. Alice holds E4/DEJEPS and a Sidemount instructor certification. Christophe is BEES 1. All three are SSI instructors and hold Sport Santé qualifications. The centre is accredited by FFESSM, ANMP, PADI and SSI.
The adult baptism is €120 and covers boat transport to the site, one dedicated monitor, full equipment (cylinder, regulator, BCD, wetsuit, fins, mask, ballast), surface safety cover, insurance and a diploma certificate. Duration is approximately 25 minutes at 5–6 metres depth.
How to get there
12 Bd Jean Valensi, 13620 Carry-le-Rouet, France, Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, FRA