Apnée

Freediving is part of the La Tribu Bulles programme alongside the scuba side. The school lists apnée as a distinct activity, offered in the same convivial, small-group format that characterises everything here — maximum five participants, departing from La Madrague.

The Hyères coastline around Giens is well suited to freediving: relatively sheltered water inside the island corridor, varied rocky reef structure, and the kind of local marine life — gorgonians, Mediterranean reef fish — that makes a breath-hold dive visually worthwhile without needing depth to find something interesting.

Bubu's background is primarily scuba, but the school positions the apnée offer as accessible to participants at various levels. No specific depth targets or certification tracks are detailed on the site, suggesting a more discovery-oriented approach than structured competition freediving.

For someone who wants to try breath-hold diving in open Mediterranean water without committing to a full freediving agency course, this fits the bill. The Journée Port-Cros format — which includes snorkelling along the national park underwater trail — gives some sense of the surface water environment in which apnée sessions at Giens typically take place.