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Catamaran Day Tour: Diving, Snorkeling, and More in Small Groups
4.3
84 Ratings
Grande Anse d' Arlet
Experience the ultimate adventure on a catamaran day tour. Dive, snorkel, paddle, and explore in small groups. Privatize the catamaran for a personalized experience. Book now!
Duration:
8 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Grande Anse d’ Arlet - After a welcome coffee, we leave the anchor and leave for the snorkeling and scuba diving site, usually between Pointe Burgos and Pointe Lézarde: a real festival of shades of turquoise blue and tropical fish: sergeants major , fish trumpets, lobsters, barracudas … Everyone does as he wishes: everyone is not obliged to scuba dive, and it is possible to decide once on the site, no need to decide before. Baptisms and explo are supervised by Olivier and Chloé, state diving certificates. In the late morning we move to the site of lunch and afternoon, often the village of Anses d’Arlet or Anse Noire, depending on the preferences and desires of the group. After a convivial drink, we prepare a good barbecue on the sailboat, and a dessert “made boat”, usually a chocolate cake. In the afternoon you can go swimming with turtles, paddle and canoe, before you go back to Grande Anse to share the drink of friendship before returning to the ground, unless you want to sleep on board (24h formula) or even stay 2 or 3 days on the boat.
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What's Included
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- Provision of two paddles
What's Not Included
- In addition: scuba diving (+ 40 € / adult, + 30 € / child between 5 and 9 years)
Additional Information
- Friendly welcome in small groups (max 10 - 12 people)
- Everyone can do what they want: first dive, explo, snorkeling, paddle, canoe, …
- Possibility of privatizing the catamaran if you wish (790 € for a group of up to 10 people, 79 € / person beyond, snorkeling, paddle & canoeing included, optional meal at 20 € / adult and 12 € / child , optional scuba diving at 40 € / adult and 30 € / child aged 8 or 9)
- Baby and children welcome!
Location
Grande Anse d' Arlet
Meeting at the Grande Anse d'Arlet pontoon
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(84 Ratings)
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N1041tsinesl
Aug 17, 2024
I highly recommend - We were a great group welcomed royally, we had a great time. Maya's explanations were very clear and serious and dealing with safety feels very good. Olivier and
Chloe was very pedagogical which allowed us to identify everything we saw. An exceptional moment I highly recommend
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Lynamcecile130783
Aug 17, 2024
Family day out - We spent an exceptional day with family a big thank you to Chloé for her advice on climbing the ladder and to Olivier and Maïa. And dive instructors Virginie and Thomas.
Stay as you are ☺️ thank you
Cecile
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Samdeguns
Aug 13, 2024
Day at the top - A great day with a top team
Beautiful catamaran day with Olivier and Maia
On top, kindness service
Thank you.
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361danyd
May 29, 2024
An unforgettable moment - Magical moment for my first dive.
A team on a human scale that takes the time to reassure you.
We are far from the boats with 20 divers in the Leleu line.
Beautiful unforgettable day thanks to Olivier Fanny and Cloe.
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Bassani
Apr 1, 2024
Wonderful 🤩 - We were wonderfully welcomed by Olivier on his family catamaran for the day. Special mention to Fanny, who took great care of us all day. In addition, we were able to enjoy an incredible first dive on board! Thank you for your smiles, we highly recommend the experience! I hope to see you soon in the islands! 🤩
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E3726xocharleneb
Mar 15, 2024
Gorgeous !!!!! 😍 - Magnificent day aboard the family catamaran, between diving, snorkeling, swimming with turtles, barbecue and learning about underwater bubbles 😍, all in a very good atmosphere and good staff on board!
We highly recommend it! In addition to the photos offered for the first dive!
Thank you for this incredible day!
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Cf0986
Feb 23, 2024
Day in Cata with children - Very nice day aboard the catamaran with baptism of diving. Top notch monitor. Thanks FX. Very good times spent with Captain Olivier and Fanny. Thank you again for these good memories
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Eeveenhuis
Feb 16, 2020
Beautiful dives and PADI certification - We had an awesome time diving with Chloe & Oliver. My husband earned his PADI certification & I upgraded from my Open Water. The dives were beautiful. The lunch provided was an amazing 4 course meal. We came away with better knowledge & comfort underwater.
Overall, they are very professional and supportive. With a passion diving & the environment. Non of the regular; rush-rush & hectic predive, you get with some commercial dive businesses.
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Driley84
Oct 31, 2019
It’s was okay - it is a family run business & they live on the boat. The food was good. Unorganized and minimal attraction. The 1st stop was good & then the 2nd stop was meh. Our group felt they should have gone over safety & boat rules. The divers in our group didn’t dive as they didn’t feel their equipment was PADI certified. They couldn’t find any expectation stickers on the equipment. They could add one more stop then spending HOURS at one spot - About 3 at first stop and five at the next. If you want to scuba dive this is not the place for you.
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Kglover12
Mar 19, 2019
Follow Up to JoVermont - To clarify my aunt’s (JoVermont) review and subsequent response from Chloe. My aunt and I explored many snorkeling places in Martinique, and the places ATAO Plongee took us were not the best we experienced, despite statements from Chloe to the contrary. We do not need to “ask any (other) scuba diving club”, as we personally experienced other places. We could judge the diving because we were able to see the bottom while snorkeling, it was clear there would not be much more to see. When we asked what additional things we would experience if we decided to dive, Chloe said, “some more fish and maybe a lobster”. This was not worth the additional cost for us. The group did decide against Anse Noire, but only because we had been there the day before, and there were so many small jellyfish, people could not stay in the water. On our walk down to the beach, one guy actually warned us against going in the water, pointing to his torso which was covered with stings. No other options were given. We are not blaming ATAO Plongee for the behavior of other snorkelers, however, if we had been taken to a more remote spot, we would not have been dealing with this. Chloe’s response is indicative of her response to constructive feedback. At the end of the day she asked us if we had a good experience and when we gave her an honest answer, she became very argumentative.
We tried to factually highlight our experience, the good and the not so good. This business gets really great reviews, and for the majority of people I’m sure it is a wonderful experience. It just wasn’t what we were expecting based on the website: “stay far away from the rush and the crowd” (we were actually motored TO the crowds), “At the bow, you can laze in a deck chair” (there was one cushion which could be propped up against the front window, we took turns sitting on it), “benefitting from the view of the wonderful landscapes of Martiniques’ coves” ( we were taken to two coves, minutes apart, over an 8 hour period), “you will be able to enjoy the comfort of the outside shower to rinse yourself”, (perhaps there is an outside shower, but we were never shown it or offered the opportunity to use it), and finally: There are pictures of the boat with sails up (indicating it would be a sailing trip. I grew up sailing, it was windy enough on our day to sail). I would like to point out that in her response, Chloe refers to motoring as sailing, which when one is on a sailboat sounds like the sails go up. If this is important to you, clarify before booking.
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