The Old Port is getting ready for competition. From June 26 to 29, the 43rd French underwater photo and video championship, organized by the Marine Diving Center diving club, will take over the city of Bastia for the first time. This is how 30 teams belonging to the French Federation of Underwater Studies and Sports (FFESSM), coming from the four corners of France, will take part in a competition this year on the theme of posidonia, this emblematic herbarium. of the Mediterranean Sea.
During two three-hour events – which will be held on Thursday June 27 and Friday June 28 – the participants, who must have a diving level 2, will rub shoulders in the middle of the island submarine of the protected sites of Minelli, Little Sugar Loaf and the aquarium. To these spaces is also added that of the wreck of La Louise, a liner which ran aground during the night of February 22 to 23, 1860 in the port of Bastia.
“Each of the diving locations has been chosen to best represent the Corsican environment”, assures Tony Viacara, who will take part in this championship set up in partnership with the Cap Corse and Agriate Marine Natural Park. And for good reason, the competition aims above all to “promote exemplary eco-responsible underwater activities”.
