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English (Translate this text in English): This dive spot is located at the Cap Ferret, near the restaurant named "Chez Hortense". Water access must be done by the boat slip.
WARNING: It's forbidden to dive Hortense.
English (Translate this text in English): This dive spot is located at the Cap Ferret, near the restaurant named "Chez Hortense". Water access must be done by the boat slip.
WARNING: It's forbidden to dive Hortense.
This dive spot is located at the Cap Ferret, near the restaurant named "Chez Hortense". Water access must be done by the boat slip.
WARNING: It's forbidden to dive Hortense.
English (Translate this text in English): This dive spot is located at the Cap Ferret, near the restaurant named "Chez Hortense". Water access must be done by the boat slip.
WARNING: It's forbidden to dive Hortense.
English (Translate this text in English): This dive spot is located at the Cap Ferret, near the restaurant named "Chez Hortense". Water access must be done by the boat slip.
WARNING: It's forbidden to dive Hortense.
English (Translate this text in English): This dive spot is located at the Cap Ferret, near the restaurant named "Chez Hortense". Water access must be done by the boat slip.
WARNING: It's forbidden to dive Hortense.
English (Translate this text in English): This dive spot is located at the Cap Ferret, near the restaurant named "Chez Hortense". Water access must be done by the boat slip.
WARNING: It's forbidden to dive Hortense.
English (Translate this text in English): This dive spot is located at the Cap Ferret, near the restaurant named "Chez Hortense". Water access must be done by the boat slip.
WARNING: It's forbidden to dive Hortense.
English (Translate this text in English): This dive spot is located at the Cap Ferret, near the restaurant named "Chez Hortense". Water access must be done by the boat slip.
WARNING: It's forbidden to dive Hortense.
How? By boat & from shore
Distance Instant access
Easy to find? Easy to find
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Dive site Characteristics
Average depth 15.0 m / 49.2 ft
Max depth 28.0 m / 91.9 ft
Current Medium ( 1-2 knots)
Visibility Medium ( 5 - 10 m)
Quality
Dive site quality Good
Experience All divers
Bio interest Interesting
More details
Week crowd
Week-end crowd
Dive type
- Wreck
Dive site activities
- Marine biology
- Night dive
- Dive training
- Photography
Dangers
- Current
- Boat trafic
Additional Information
English (Translate this text in English): Hortense was closed for 2 or 3 years, the site has been re-opened in 2005, and then re-closed! This was a classic dive site of Arcachon bay, where many diving clubs meet for the week-end.
English (Translate this text in English): Hortense was closed for 2 or 3 years, the site has been re-opened in 2005, and then re-closed! This was a classic dive site of Arcachon bay, where many diving clubs meet for the week-end.
Hortense was closed for 2 or 3 years, the site has been re-opened in 2005, and then re-closed! This was a classic dive site of Arcachon bay, where many diving clubs meet for the week-end.
English (Translate this text in English): Hortense was closed for 2 or 3 years, the site has been re-opened in 2005, and then re-closed! This was a classic dive site of Arcachon bay, where many diving clubs meet for the week-end.
English (Translate this text in English): Hortense was closed for 2 or 3 years, the site has been re-opened in 2005, and then re-closed! This was a classic dive site of Arcachon bay, where many diving clubs meet for the week-end.
English (Translate this text in English): Hortense was closed for 2 or 3 years, the site has been re-opened in 2005, and then re-closed! This was a classic dive site of Arcachon bay, where many diving clubs meet for the week-end.
English (Translate this text in English): Hortense was closed for 2 or 3 years, the site has been re-opened in 2005, and then re-closed! This was a classic dive site of Arcachon bay, where many diving clubs meet for the week-end.
English (Translate this text in English): Hortense was closed for 2 or 3 years, the site has been re-opened in 2005, and then re-closed! This was a classic dive site of Arcachon bay, where many diving clubs meet for the week-end.
English (Translate this text in English): Hortense was closed for 2 or 3 years, the site has been re-opened in 2005, and then re-closed! This was a classic dive site of Arcachon bay, where many diving clubs meet for the week-end.
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Hortense
By Anonymous , 17-06-2005
One of Arcachon best diving spots - "Hortense" is probably the best diving spot accessible from the shore in the Arcachon lagoon. I regularly dive there and the marine life is always interesting. Sea anemones, shrimps, crabs, soles, and even a lonely lobster inside the blockhaus. The only known dangers are the marine traffic, specially in summer and the strong currents. We always start the dive 30 minutes before high or low tide. The viz can be awful (hardly 50cm) to beautiful in excess of 10m. The water temperature ranges between 8°C in january to 22°C in august. Always end your dive swimming underwater following the shore line to the slipway at 3-4m depth: if you surface from the 15-20m depth range, you are right into the navigation chanel and likely to be hit!
Enjoy diving there as much as I do.