Les Mèdes
Rocks off the Cap des Mèdes at the eastern tip of Porquerolles, a popular site for beginners and underwater photographers down to about 25 m.
Facts
- Region: France – Provence & Côte d'Azur
- Area: Toulon, Giens & Porquerolles
- Depth: 25 m
- Level: beginner
- Current: low
- Type: reef, pinnacle
- Coordinates: 43.02828, 6.24145
- Highlights: rock islets, photography
- Permit: Port-Cros National Park waters (Porquerolles): scuba diving is forbidden without a park dive authorisation. Each diver or dive centre registers on CaPeL (capel.portcros-parcnational.fr), signs the dive regulation and reports dives; the boat's 'plongée' sticker is collected at a park house. Max 40 divers at a time per site, no anchoring within 100 m of dive sites, use the dive buoys (max 3 boats, none over 15 m). Visiting divers normally dive with a registered centre. Check current rules. (Source: Port-Cros National Park, Porquerolles marine regulation leaflet 2026)
- Issuer / contact: Parc national de Port-Cros (dive authorisation via CaPeL online logbook)
- Phone: +33 4 94 12 82 30
- Email: accueil.pnpc@portcros-parcnational.fr
- Website: https://capel.portcros-parcnational.fr/
- Tips: A standard fallback when the mistral (westerly) blows.