Le Canadair

Best months: Jul–Aug

Protected Area

Zones de quiétude du Balbuzard pêcheur

Why dive here

With 213+ marine species recorded in the area - including blue sharks, dolphins, great white sharks, hammerhead sharks and mobula rays (devil rays) - Le Canadair offers some of Corsica's richest wreck diving. Water ranges 15-28°C, warmest July, August, September.

Best timeJul–Aug

WetsuitA 3mm shorty or thin full wetsuit

Marine lifeBlue Sharks, Dolphins, Great White Sharks, Hammerhead Sharks and Mobula Rays (Devil Rays) · 213+ species recorded

Water15-28°C · warmest July, August, September

CharacterWreck dive · max 18m

StandoutExceptional marine biodiversity

Diving Le Canadair, for us, is always a bit of a thrill. You drop onto this perfectly intact jet fighter at 18 metres, lying upright on the sandy bottom, just begging to be explored. It’s an intermediate dive, sure, but the relatively shallow depth means you get plenty of bottom time to really take it all in. We love hovering over the cockpit, imagining the pilot, and then finning along the fuselage where moray eels peer from cracks and damselfish dart around the wings. The plane itself is a Canadair Sabre, a proper piece of history, and it’s surprisingly graceful down there. You can glide right under the wings, peer into the engine intake, and appreciate the sheer scale of it. On a sunny day, the light plays beautifully off the metal, and the visibility is often good enough to see the entire wreck as you descend. Our favourite spot is usually the tail section; it’s just so dramatic. Expect to see plenty of wrasse and occasionally some inquisitive групers checking you out. It’s not a site for massive schools of fish, but the wreck itself is the star, a silent monument teeming with smaller life.