Dive sites

Major dive sites in French Polynesia

The table below includes the major diving spots of the Society Islands and the Tuamotu.

TAHITI
Name Type

Depth (ft)

Description

Aquarium Lagoon

9/33

A ring of corals, ideal for first dives. Buterfly fish, trigger fish, anemones
Wrecks Lagoon

15/60

Site where flowed a plane and a boat, anemons, trigger fish
Papa Whisky Ocean

150

It’s in fact the edge of a vast amphitheater created by the collapse of a part of the underwater plateau.
St Etienne Drops-off Ocean

180

Drop off punctuated of Madrepores. This site is ideal for deep water.
The Spring Ocean

54

For your first visit at least, choose a calm day as the emission is the more visible on the surface.
Arue Slope Ocean

90

Large various corals, drop off covered with coral
Abyss Ocean

180

This dive is deep and only experienced divers who have allready descended into the blue
Gorgonia Pass

15/120

The dive owns its name to a fantastic gorgonia corals covered roof
The Fare Miti Split Ocean

120

Vertically split where you can see humphead wrasse, pelagic fish, white tip reef sharks
Mea Spit Drop-off Ocean

90

Black corals, anemons, and numerous pelagic fishes
Papara Ocean

135

Very beautiful sheer drop off where white tip reef sharks live
Lagoon Hole Lagoon

81

Garden eels, white tip reef sharks, eagle rays
Marado Ocean

150

Gorgonian walls dense fauna
Gorgonia Ocean

150

Giant wrasses, sharks, morey ells on overhangs vertiginous
Tetopa Cave Ocean

24

Caverus full of langousts and crabs. Easy dive
MOOREA
Name Type

Depth (ft)

Description

Aquarium Lagoon

36

A ring of corals, ideal for first dives. Fish feeding with hundreds of tropical coloured fish
Taotoi Ocean

75

Parrot fish, jack fish, giant wrasses, morey, sharks
Tiki Ocean

75

Grey sharks, lemon sharks, black tip sharks, barracudas
Canyons Ocean

81

Great coral walls and several coral canions, accompagned with turtles, sharks
Roses Garden Ocean

75/120

Exceptional coraline construction. Lemon sharks, tunas
Aito Ocean

9/102

Drift dive. Barracudas, turtles, lemon sharks, greay sharks
Rays Corridor Lagoon

3/60

A dream for the beginners and experienced divers. Eagle rays, white tip sharks
BORA BORA
Name Type

Depth (ft)

Description

Too Pua Lagoon

9/100

Coral walls with eagle rays, morray eels, butterfly fish, trigger fish, anemones
Tapu Ocean

45/120

Lemon and black tip sharks, turtles, giant wrasse, tunas, jack fish
Teavanui Pass Pass

18/120

Purple and yellow coral walls, sharks, rays jack fish, murray ells, giant wrasses
Tupitipiti Ocean

45/180

Wall of nice coral, gorgoneas, sharks, rays, turtles
Muri Muri Ocean

60/120

Grey sharks, barracudas, turtle, tuna, jack fish, dolphins
Anau (Fafapiti) Lagoon

9/105

GIant manta rays, remora fish, sharks, giant wrasse, morray eel
HUAHINE
Name Type

Depth (ft)

Description

Avapeihi Pass Pass

9/87

Lots of fishes schools (eagle rays, barracudas, seapike, jack fish, perches), and also grey sharks and tunas. Drift dive or departure from the reef
Fa’a Miti Ocean

9/81

3 kinds of sharks on this spot (grey, black tip and white tip), big density of fish for a cool tour. End of the dive in the canyons on the top of the reef
Coral City Ocean

36/105

A coral city where live a lot of morey eels but also napoleon fishes and friendly sharks
Yellow Valley Ocean

30/105

A wild dive of the very west point of the island where you can meet everything : sharks, tunas, barracudas, turtles, …in clear waterwith a lot of different corals
The Roses Ocean

150

A magic dive for high level divers above a field of coral roses. End of the dive on “the Coral City”
Aquarium Lagoon

6/60

A lagoon dive with hundreds of colourful fish around you. Easy dive for all levels.
RAIATEA – TAHAA
Name Type

Depth (ft)

Description

Miri Miri Ocean

75

Silver and black tip sharks, giant wrasses, sea-pike
Miri Miri Pass Ocean

90

Black, purple and yellow coral walls with eagle rays, barracudas, turtle, giant wrasses
Nordby Ocean

87

Wreck of three master (43 feet). Morey ell, nudibranch, jak fish
Ceran Pass Pass

150

In the middle of the pass, 127 deep, two hooks peak in 81 feet, jack fish, barracudas
Teavapiti Pass

84

Jack fish, grey sharks, giant wrasse, silver and black tip sharks, tunas
RANGIROA
Name Type

Depth (ft)

Description

Aquarium Lagoon

9/33

Ideal for first dive, butterfly fish, trigger fish, anemone, giant wrasse
The Sharks Cave Pass

180

Drift towards the lagoon. Assembling of grey sharks. Morey eel, hammers sharks in season
Tiputa Pass Pass

36/120

Drift towards the ocean, tunas, morey eel, barracudas, turtles, carrangues, grey sharks
Avatoru Pass Pass

60

Drift towards the ocean.Tunas, morey eel, barracudas, turtles, carrangues, grey sharks
TIKEHAU
Name Type

Depth (ft)

Description

Shark Hole Ocean

195

Drop-off, drift, all levels, grey sharks, giant wrasses, tunas
The Pass Ocean

90

Silver tip sharks, barracudas, giants wrasses, mantas rays
Canyons Ocean

60

Silver tip sharks, dense fauna
MANIHI
Name Type

Depth (ft)

Description

The Circus Lagoon

54/75

Between the pass and the the laggon. Morey ells, giant wrasses, eagles rays, manta rays
Tairapa Pass

69

Drift dive of the ocean toward the lagoon. Variety sharks, barracudas, tuna, eagle rays, manta rays
Drop-off Ocean

18/75

Drop-off dive. Manifold fish, sharls rays, pelagiques. July : assembling thousands of groupers
The Break Ocean

18/75

Drop-off dive. Manifold fish, sharls rays, pelagiques. July : assembling thousands of groupers
FAKARAVA
Name Type

Depth (ft)

Description

Teavanui Ocean

45/120

Magnificent coral landscape, grey and hammer sharks, dolphins, giant wrasses
Central Park Ocean

36/90

Gardens of corals, grey sharks, dolphins, giant wrasses, tunas, grouper, jack fishhes, barracudas
Ohotu Ocean

75

Gardens of corals, grey sharks, dolphins, manta rays, giant wrasse, groupers, jack fish, tunas
Te Mau Roti Ocean

90

Limestone rose, grey sharks, giant wr(asses, groupers, tunas, barracudas, sea-pike

Special thanks to GIE Tahiti Plongée where this information was collected.


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