CIP Marseille - Centre International de Plongée
Port de la Pointe Rouge - Entrée N°3, Digue Ouest, 13008 Marseille, France, Marseille, FRA
Over het Centrum
The Centre International de Plongée (CIP) Marseille, gelegen in Marseille, Frankrijk, stands as the city's oldest duikcentrum. This establishment is a certified provider by both SSI and TDI, offering a comprehensive array of duikcursussen. These include Advanced Open Water, Instructor Development Course, Freediving, Technical Diving, and Boat Diving. Specialized certifications such as Wreck Diver and the French Niveau 4 Guide Palanquée are also available.
The faciliteiten at CIP Marseille are designed to cater to duikers' needs, featuring showers, lockers, and accommodation. The center also provides duikuitrusting verhuur and air fills (including nitrox). Boat diving is a core activity, and for the convenience of visitors, airport transfer services are offered. The staff communicates in French.
CIP Marseille boasts a prime location at the gateway to the Calanques National Park, granting access to over fifty distinct dive sites. These sites encompass historical shipwrecks, caves and arches with vibrant light displays, underwater aquariums, and iconic drop-offs adorned with majestic red gorgonians. The center promotes itself as a place of life and sharing, promising dives rich in marine bioduikersity and breathtaking topography, all enhanced by a cheerful atmosphere and the opportunity to forge new friendships.
Beschikbare Cursussen
7 cursosFORMATION NIVEAU 4
The Niveau 4 is the French certification that allows supervising certified divers to 40 metres and opens access to monitorship — essentially the gateway to professional instructing under the French system. CIP offers…
Baptême (1 plongée)
A single rebreather dive run out of Port de la Pointe Rouge with Fabien, AP Diving instructor since 2025. The outing goes to one of the sites in the Parc National des Calanques — the same territory the center uses for…
Initiation (2 plongées)
Two dives on the AP Diving rebreather, led by Fabien from CIP Marseille. The outings go into the Parc National des Calanques from Port de la Pointe Rouge, using the center's rotation of about fifty sites — a range that…
1 DEMI-JOURNÉE D'INITIATION À LA PLONGÉE SOUTERRAINE
A half-day introduction to cave diving run by the CIP Marseille team, whose professional arm — Immadras — has been working in the Grotte Cosquer since 1995 under the French Ministry of Culture. That background is not…
Formation AP Diluant Air
An eight-dive rebreather course on the AP Diving unit, run out of Port de la Pointe Rouge into the dive sites of the Parc National des Calanques. The course is led by Fabien, who became an AP Diving instructor in 2025…
SSI Free Diver
The SSI Freediver certification is taught by Julien, E3 instructor and CIP's dedicated freediving specialist. Training takes place in the Parc National des Calanques — the same territory used for all CIP's diving, with…
Journée Découverte Plongée Souterraine
A full-day cave diving discovery course run by the CIP Marseille team out of Port de la Pointe Rouge. The center's professional arm, Immadras, has managed security operations in the Grotte Cosquer since 1995 — a…
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Yes — they dive every day of the year, morning and afternoon. Training and dives are fully personalized, so you choose the dates that work for you. In summer the program expands with additional formats and themed outings.
Two Tanks is two dives at two different sites inside the Parc National des Calanques, with a picnic break between them. It's run in small groups and designed to show the range of the Calanques in a single day.
Yes. The rebreather baptism is a single dive at 180€, and the two-dive initiation runs 290€. Both are led by Fabien, AP Diving instructor since 2025, who works specifically on making the equipment approachable for newcomers.
CIP offers the SSI Freediver certification, which authorizes diving to 20 metres with a buddy in open water. The training combines e-learning, sessions in a protected environment, and open-water dives in the Calanques.
Yes. The program starts with a half-day initiation at 112€ (one dive, equipment introduction), then a full discovery day at 222€. Structured courses run over two days (416€) and three days for the advanced level (580€).
Afterwork dives are late-afternoon outings at the best Marseille sites, away from the peak-hour crowds. Friday Afterworks are reserved for autonomous divers (at least level 2 / independent certification).
You drive directly to the building at Port de la Pointe Rouge (Entrée 3 - Digue Ouest, 13008 Marseille). The boats are steps from the entrance, and the rinse station is on the quay right at the boat exit.
CIP offers training up to Niveau 4, the French qualification that allows you to supervise certified divers to 40 metres and opens access to monitorship. The course is tailored around the student and includes preparation for the final exam.
How to get there
Port de la Pointe Rouge - Entrée N°3, Digue Ouest, 13008 Marseille, France, Marseille, FRA