Learn Spearfishing in Côte d'Azur (Cassis to Antibes)

Honest level: Beginner -> Competition — ask the school exactly how far that goes in the time you have.

BPJEPS Plongée subaquatique option 'sans scaphandre' (apnée)

France's state-recognized professional diploma for breath-hold disciplines, delivered at the national CREPS center in Antibes on the Côte d'Azur. The program covers freediving, underwater hunting (chasse sous-marine), underwater hiking and target shooting, with training in safety, regulation, physiology and environmental protection alongside in-water practical work in the Mediterranean. It qualifies the holder to professionally lead and teach apnea and spearfishing activities. Aimed at serious practitioners pursuing a career, not casual visitors.

An immersive, months-long, state-credentialed apnea-and-spearfishing program on the Côte d'Azur, the heart of French Mediterranean spearfishing.

Why CREPS PACA (Antibes)

• ★ 4.4/5 on Google (via Centre-de-formation) ↗

— don't take my word, check it yourself

CREPS PACA Antibes is the French state sports ministry's accredited training centre that delivers the official BPJEPS "Plongée subaquatique sans scaphandre" diploma — the only recognised professional qualification in France for teaching freediving and spearfishing (chasse sous-marine), an 819-hour course run at the Fort Carré site on the Mediterranean.

Schools in Côte d'Azur (Cassis to Antibes)

Checked by hand against each school's own course pages. No school paid to be listed.

• CREPS PACA (Antibes)
  BPJEPS Plongée subaquatique option 'sans scaphandre' (apnée)
  France's state-recognized professional diploma for breath-hold disciplines, delivered at the national CREPS center in Antibes on the Côte d'Azur.
  https://www.creps-paca.fr/formation.fiche-BPJEPS-PSS-06
• FFESSM-affiliated pêche sous-marine clubs (Côte d'Azur)
  FFESSM pêche sous-marine training and licences
  The FFESSM (French federation for underwater study and sport) runs a national pêche sous-marine commission and affiliated Côte d'Azur clubs that deliver spearfishing licences and training on Mediterranean spots between Cassis and Antibes.
  https://peche.ffessm.fr/
• regional CMAS spearfishing clubs
  CMAS (World Confederation of Underwater Activities) is the international body whose standards underpin FFESSM-affiliated spearfishing and freediving certifications offered by regional Côte d'Azur clubs, though no single named regional CMAS spearfishing school could be verified.
  https://www.cmas.org/

The credential

CMAS Spearfishing grades / national federation licence + freediving certification · Certifying body: CMAS (spearfishing commission) / national federations

A recognised qualification an outside body stands behind is not the same as a certificate a school prints itself. We name which it is — you should ask the school the same.

Also for Spearfishing

What I check before I send you anywhere

I'm Arnaud. I cook for a living, and I've spent fifteen years on the water — so I know the difference between a real school and a good-looking website. I built the Atlas because I got tired of the second kind. Here is what a place has to clear before it goes on here, and what I'll tell you straight when it doesn't.

• The craft is actually alive there. A working scene, with people who do this every day — not a demo put on for visitors.
• There's a real teacher behind it. Named, still practising, and certified where the craft has certificates.
• The credential is what it claims to be. A state diploma and a certificate a school prints itself are not the same thing. I check which, and I say which.
• I tell you how sure I am. Most pages here are verified by hand. A few say "still checking" — I'd rather admit that than pretend.
• Nobody pays to be here. No commission, no selling the trip. The order on this map is the strength of the community, never the size of the wallet.
• If I wouldn't send a friend, it isn't on the map.