Major diving spots in French Polynesia

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

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


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

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