Staying Home Sucks, home
Plage de Bonporteau, Côte d’Azur, France
Near Dattier, 2 km away. Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Dattier

Dive site · France

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

76Good out of 100 for your dates

Usually home sucks

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 76 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 76 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 76 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 76 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 76 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 76 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 76 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The site in five facts

  • Down to 6 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 18 °C7 mm wetsuit and hood
  • Faces SEswell from there reaches it

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual dive conditions at Dattier, each day of your trip
DayAir
Mon 2to 8usually18°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Visibility about 15 m, usual for the month.

Water about 18°C: 7 mm wetsuit and hood.

Map

the site, its town, photos

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Dattier

Aerial view of the beach of Bonporteau on the Côte d’Azur, France
Near Dattier, 2 km away. Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Le Battier, 83240 Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer, France - panoramio (1)
Near Dattier, 2 km away. Photo: 4net, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

2 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Dattier

A reef dive. It goes down to 6 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 10 km away. The sea is about 14°C in January, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 26°C in August, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Cavalaire-sur-Mer. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 1 dive site.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 6 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 10 km away.

Water about 18°C: 7 mm wetsuit and hood. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jul and Aug (over 30 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,230–US$2,320 each

about US$1,230–US$2,320 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to NCE, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$496–US$1,040
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$234
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$281–US$469
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Totalabout US$1,230–US$2,320

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Cavalaire-sur-Mer

Closest

Cavalaire-sur-Mer

5 min by car · 32 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 32 places to stay in Cavalaire-sur-Mer · Booking.com

About Cavalaire-sur-Mer its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 18h 40m

About 18h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → NCE, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), then 1h 40m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week: visibility about 15 m, about usual for the month (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

The current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.