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Beuchat

French manufacturer of underwater diving equipment

Beuchat International, better known as Beuchat, is a company that designs, manufactures and markets underwater equipment. It was established in 1934 in Marseille, France, by Georges Beuchat, who descended from a Swiss watchmaking family. Georges Beuchat was an underwater pioneer who co-founded the French Underwater Federation in 1948.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1934Founded1
  • Industrywholesale trade (business-to-business) of other household goods1
  • HeadquartersMarseille, France1
  • Founded inMarseille1
  • Websitewww.beuchat.fr
  • Legal formsociété par actions simplifiée1
  • LEI969500H1BEN1KXOG5I923
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered address34 AVENUE DE BOISBAUDRAN, 13015 Marseille, France3
  • Registered withNational Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, 3097192923

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1960s Beuchat Espadon Tarzan diving knife made in France
Photo: R. Henrik Nilsson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Beuchat International, better known as Beuchat, is a company that designs, manufactures and markets underwater equipment. It was established in 1934 in Marseille, France, by Georges Beuchat, who descended from a Swiss watchmaking family.2

The story

Founded by Georges Beuchat in 1934, in Marseille.1

1934: Company founded in Marseille.

1947: Tarzan Speargun

1948: Surface Buoy

1950: Tarzan camera housing

1950: Tarzan calf sheath for diving knife.

1953: 1st Isothermic wetsuit.

1954: Split strap for diving mask.

1958: Compensator (single-window mask).

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1959: Tarzan fin grips (3-way straps securing closed-heel fins on feet)

1960: Espadon Record fins with blades featuring parallel longitudinal ribs

1961: Export Award. Club subaquatique toulousain catalogue of Tarzan-Espadon equipment.

1963: Tarzan wetsuit

1964: Jetfins (1st vented fins. 100,000 units sold in the first few years). Souplair regulator release.

Mid-1960s: Pêche Sport catalogue.

Late 1960s: Beuchat & Co. catalogue.

1975: Marlin speargun

1978: Atmos regulator

1985: Lyfty ruff buoy

1986: Aladin computer distribution

1990: Cavalero purchasing

1993: Oceane buoy

1998: CX1, 1st French diving computer (Comex Algorithm, French Labor Ministry certified)

2001: Mundial Spearfishing fins

2007: Focea Comfort II wetsuit. Power Jet fins.

2008: BCD Masterlift Voyager

2009: VR 200 Evolution regulator. 75th brand anniversary. Anniversary wetsuit limited edition release.

2010: Marlin Revolution speargun - roller gun

From Wikipedia’s article on Beuchat, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

Who has led Beuchat, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • diving mask
  • sports equipment
  • swimfins
  • wetsuit

Listed on Wikidata.1

Beuchat currently has 3 core ranges:

Scuba diving: recreational diving, professional diving and military diving,

Spearfishing and freediving,

Snorkeling

From Wikipedia’s article on Beuchat, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1934Founded Founded in Marseille1

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