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Font Vive

Cave diving in the Ardèche · about 8 km from Vallon-Pont-d'Arc

Max depth
28 m
Type
Sidemount
Certification (estimate)
Full cave
Scooter
No scooter
Dry sections / haulingExperienced diversCave Diving Guide Ardèche, Gard & Vaucluse (Peter Schiermann), p. 73

Vauclusian spring with an emerald pool, also a walking destination. First ~10 m of S1 with zero visibility, then fair; clay ruins visibility on the way out (2002: < 0.5 m in S2).

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Fills nearby

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Current conditions

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Certification requirements, configurations and trimix depths are estimates for planning. Always check them locally and dive within your training. Compiled from web research (Sept 2026): CDS 07 and CDS 30, plongeesout.com, Spelunca, Grottocenter, foussoubie.fr, club reports and news. Page numbers refer to Peter Schiermann's Cave Diving Guide Ardèche, Gard & Vaucluse. Map pins come from Grottocenter/OpenStreetMap or were converted from Lambert grid references (may be 50–100 m off); eight caves have no pin yet. For some caves the data is thin or old: check it in the guide and locally. Certification requirements are estimates. Drive times are calculated by road for each stay (OSRM, OpenStreetMap).