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.

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! 🤩

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!

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

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.

Wonderful experience - Those two days of diving were a wonderful experience: Starting with my first dive ever, I felt comfortable and reassured, and happily continued to take my first certificate. Olivier knows exactely what he is doing, and has a wonderful sense of humor! Their spacious Catamaran, delicious food and open-minded kids only added to making those days a very pleasant and memorable time, I highly recommend!

FANTASTIC diving and cruising experience! - My fiancé and I had never dived before, and we decided to sign up with ATAO Plongée to take a PADI certified Open Water Diver course and obtain our permits. The diving instructors were simply amazing, in every way possible. Friendly, accommodating, patient teachers who made us fall in love with diving and the underwater world. We strongly recommend them for beginners as well as advanced divers, for ALL ages, be it to take an extensive course and pass a permit, just dive for fun and be introduced to the concept, or for other water activities and a day out on their lovely catamaran to cruise around the beautiful coast of Martinique. We've been diving with them more than once, and were never disappointed. Thank you ATAO Plongée for the wonderful experience and memories, we will definitely be coming back!

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.

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.

Not what we were expecting - We spent a day with ATOA Plongee in Martinique. This is a family run business, the family of 4 actually live on the boat. This review is based on what we thought we booked, and what actually happened. We assumed we would actually sail and we assumed we would go snorkeling/diving at places only accessible by boat. Neither of these assumptions were correct. Our rating is based on the disappointment at finding out that this was “a day to just relax, hang out and enjoy the boat”, for 8 hours, versus exploring the island. We were met promptly at the pier at Grande Anse at the designated time by Oliver and taken out to the catamaran. Chloe greeted us warmly and gave us a briefing of what the day would entail: two snorkeling spots, including the barbecue lunch (additional cost) at the second spot. We motored out of the harbor and were surprised to stop within 5 minutes for our first snorkeling spot. The visibility was good and we saw a variety of fish and some coral. Initially we were going to dive here, but it wasn’t a very interesting spot, so we decided against it. Other people did dive, but they were actually learning to dive, so the spot they were learning in probably wasn’t as important to them. We were there for about three hours, which, IMHO was two hours too long for the size of the snorkeling area and the things available to see. We spent the last two hours sitting on the anchored boat. We then motored slowly for another 5 minutes to the next harbor, Les Anses-d”Arlet. Lunch was good with a tuna and cracker appetizer, corn salad, homemade bread, and fish cooked on a grill with a side of white rice and delicious shallot and butter topping. Chocolate cake for dessert. Water and coffee were offered, with all other beverages available for purchase, (at a hefty profit margin). We snorkeled over the sea grass and saw a huge turtle eating on the bottom. The small, crowded snorkeling area was full of novice snorkelers who entered from the beach. (We actually could have walked to this beach from where we parked our car to meet Oliver.) There were many fish here, but there were so many people it was difficult to enjoy, and the thrashing of inexperienced snorkelers made the visibility poor. Additionally, it was very upsetting to see people standing on, and touching, the coral. We went out in a double kayak and paddled from one end of the cove to the other, but there wasn’t much to see as we had already spent so many hours in the same place (4 hours). At the end of the day, we motored 10 minutes back to Grande Anse. If you are a confident swimmer who enjoys going to out of the way places only accessible by boat, or want to actually sail and see the island, this trip is not for you. If you are a new swimmer/snorkeler, someone who is learning to dive, and/or just want to spend the day sitting on an anchored boat, this is perfect for you. Reading other reviews indicates ours was more the typical day than the exception.