Vous venez de vivre une expérience inoubliable sous l’eau : poissons tropicaux, paysages volcaniques, tortues majestueuses… Et maintenant, vous vous demandez : « Puis-je rentrer chez moi en avion sans risque ? »
Chez Deep Ocean Diver, nous recevons cette question presque chaque semaine. Alors, explorons ensemble les raisons, les risques et les bonnes pratiques pour combiner plongée et voyage aérien en toute sécurité.
Quand vous plongez, votre corps absorbe de l’azote en raison de la pression ambiante accrue. Cet azote reste dissous dans vos tissus tant que vous êtes sous l’eau. À la remontée, il s’échappe progressivement par la respiration.
🛑 Si vous montez trop vite en altitude – par exemple en prenant un avion – la baisse de pression peut provoquer la formation de bulles d’azote dans votre corps, à l’origine de la maladie de décompression (MDD), aussi appelée « accident de décompression ».
👉 Plus d’infos sur la sécurité plongée DAN Europe.
Les recommandations officielles sont claires :
✅ 12 heures minimum après un seul plongée sans palier de décompression
✅ 18 heures minimum après plusieurs plongées ou une plongée avec palier
✅ 24 heures ou plus si vous avez effectué des plongées profondes avec paliers longs
Ces délais sont enseignés dans nos cours PADI Open Water Diver et Advanced Open Water.
💡 Conseil : Planifiez toujours votre dernier jour de plongée au moins un jour avant votre vol.
Sous l’eau, la pression fait que l’azote de l’air comprimé se dissout dans votre sang et vos tissus. En remontant lentement, votre corps élimine cet azote naturellement.
✈️ En altitude, la pression diminue rapidement :
➡ Cela accélère la libération d’azote sous forme de bulles.
➡ Les bulles peuvent bloquer la circulation sanguine et causer des douleurs, des nausées, des paralysies, voire des pertes de conscience.
Environnement | Pression moyenne | Impact sur l’azote |
---|---|---|
Surface (0 m) | 1 bar | Pression normale |
10 m profondeur | 2 bars | Pression doublée |
Cabine avion | 0,7-0,8 bar | Pression réduite : risque de décompression |
Les ordinateurs de plongée modernes calculent votre saturation en azote et vous indiquent directement le délai conseillé avant de voler.
👉 Chez Deep Ocean Diver, nous proposons ce type d’équipement via notre service de location.
✈️ La cabine pressurisée d’un avion est équivalente à une altitude d’environ 2 400 mètres. Ce n’est pas le vide spatial… mais c’est suffisant pour déclencher un accident de décompression si l’azote n’a pas eu le temps de s’échapper.
« J’ai plongé le matin à Tenerife et j’ai pris l’avion l’après-midi. Trois heures après le décollage, j’ai ressenti des douleurs dans les articulations et des vertiges. »
👉 Résultat : hospitalisation, caisson hyperbare et des frais non couverts faute d’assurance adaptée.
Ne faites pas cette erreur : informez-vous auprès de nos moniteurs professionnels !
🌟 Hydratez-vous : une bonne hydratation aide votre corps à éliminer l’azote.
🌟 Évitez l’alcool : il favorise la déshydratation.
🌟 Programmez vos plongées en fonction de votre vol.
🌟 Choisissez des vols en fin de journée pour avoir plus de temps après la dernière immersion.
Découvrez nos plongées guidées spécialement organisées pour un retour sans stress.
Le Nitrox contient plus d’oxygène et moins d’azote que l’air comprimé classique. Cela réduit la charge d’azote dans votre corps.
👉 Découvrez notre cours PADI spécialités (Nitrox inclus) pour plonger plus sereinement.
🚗 Les excursions en montagne, comme au Teide, comportent les mêmes risques que l’avion (baisse de pression).
💡 Attendez le même délai recommandé pour les vols avant de monter en altitude.
Puis-je plonger après un vol ?
✅ Oui, le vol n’augmente pas votre saturation en azote.
Et si j’ai une correspondance ?
✈️ Respectez les délais avant de prendre le premier vol.
Faut-il une assurance spéciale ?
👉 Nous vous recommandons un assurance plongée DAN Europe.
🌊 Préparez votre séjour avec nos guides :
Ne prenez aucun risque : plongez avec un centre certifié comme le nôtre.
👉 Contactez-nous pour un conseil personnalisé ou réservez votre plongée dès maintenant – places limitées !
📣 Découvrez ce que disent nos clients
EXCELENTE A base de 167 reseñas Tom S11/06/2024Verificada Great Day of Diving We were pleasantly surprised with a second day in Tenerife during our cruise. This gave us the opportunity to experience the diving here. We were picked up at the cruise port and taken to the dive shop. The fitting and equipment were top notch. The dive sites were surprisingly close to the port. During the last dive we were rewarded when David found a seahorse, one of only a handful I've seen. The shipwreck was very nice, with good visibility, and great marine life all around. Sooo many garden eels. We had a great time on a beautiful day with friendly, professional dive staff. I would highly recommend Deep Ocean Diver if you are going to dive in Tenerife. Coastal1831506743713/05/2024Verificada Professional and fun guides We absolutely loved our boat dives with David. The underwater landscapes and marine life in this area is fun to watch. We'd definitely come back! Stephen Crome20/03/2024Verificada Awesome shop! I had an excellent shore dive today. Our guide was very professional and made sure we were safe at all times. He found all kinds of cool things including two octopus. I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. JMs23/02/2024Verificada Perfect for families, great logistics 3 days trip with my 3 kids: fantastic experience. I particularly appreciated the logistics (very well managed including crisp communication from first contact), the expert guide and the whole installation (bus, dive center and nice comfortable boat) Philippe P10/10/2023Verificada Good Experience Friendly staff and nice dives. We were really pleased with our experience. Visibility was great and we saw many octopuses! Jas09/06/2023Verificada Amazing Amazing guys at the dive Center, had a reaaally amazing dive with Simon a day before, and really nice zodiac dives as well, thanks a lot!!! Jassin Andreea K15/07/2022Verificada Amazing Amazing experience! Victor and Laura were really professional, patient and helpful. Highly recommend. JOANNE M11/03/2022Verificada Absolutely top notch! We are a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 kids ages 10 and 12) that travelled to Tenerife in March 2022, and both our kids did their PADI open water course over a 4-day period. My husband and I both have our advanced open water certificates and have dealt with dive shops all around the world, and we can honestly say these guys (and gals!) are top notch!The kids spent most of their time with Victor as their instructor, and he was absolutely fantastic. So much enthusiasm, support, patience, encouragement and a genuine interest in making them succeed and love the sport, while also ensuring they demonstrated all the necessary knowledge and skills. This was such an amazing introduction to diving - I can't thank Victor enough. The kids were so happy and proud to have got their open water certificate but also very sad that they diving days with Victor were coming to an end. It's extremely rare (and special) that someone makes such an impression on them, so you should take that as a HUGE complement! They were extremely complementary of everyone they dealt with at the store (including the boat captain)- thanks to you all!! My kids don't speak Spanish but the instructors are fully bilingual and able to teach them in English. Thanks for such an amazing experience and creating what I expect will be a life-long love of diving! (They are already begging to do their advanced open water as soon as possible). My husband also did his nitrox course with Deep Ocean Diver as well, it also was great. I would highly recommend this place to others and will definitely dive with them again next time we are in Tenerife. Thanks for such a fabulous week! Adrian G29/12/2021Verificada perfect I went to Deep Ocean Diver to get the Open water training and it's been just perfect. The instructors were super professional and skilled, and at the same time so friendly and willing to make the training a fun and valuable moment. I even ended up doing the Advanced certification, and the whole team was so kind to arrange the schedule to fit with my availabilities.You can really feel that you're getting a good training and that it's not rushed, they really take the time for you to understand, practice and enjoy. And you got plenty of good advice from your instructors.five stars! Igor S09/05/2021Verificada Couldn't choose better The main reason I chose to come to Tenerife is because I wanted to get a PADI certification, therefore I looked for the best diving school in the area and organized my whole vacation around it.Well, I couldn't do better.The guys are great. Victor and Arnau were the best instructors I could ever ask for. It's not easy to make a proper training about something that is so serious and technical, and still keep it fun and never boring, but they have been amazingly up to the task. David, although he was never in the water with us, made me feel his presence by throughly planning my next steps on a daily basis, just what one would expect from a leader. 10/10 guys! Also Radazul is a perfect place to pick an accomodation, quiet, nice, not too expensive and pretty strategical to move across Tenerife. All in all, I really couldn't have made a better choice. :)
Centro Comercial, C. Juan Sebastián El Cano, 15, Planta 1 Local 2, Radazul
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ADDRESSCalle El Cano 15. Radazul Bajo.
CC Radazul. Floor 1. Shops 1 and 2
38109 El Rosario, Tenerife, Canary Islands. FREE PARKING FOR CUSTOMERS
CONTACT info@deepoceandiver.es
(+34) 600 84 16 92
DIVE SHOP HOURS Monday to Friday: 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
DIVE CENTER HOURS Tuesday to Sunday: 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Closed for lunch from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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