French Polynesia
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Fakarava (Muro de Tiburones)
The second largest atoll in French Polynesia, with an enormous lagoon and only two passes connecting it to the ocean: Garuae to the north, the widest navigable channel in Polynesia at some 1,600 m, and Tumakohua to the south, barely a hundred metres across. It is in that southern pass that the 'shark wall' forms: hundreds of grey reef sharks resting in formation through the day as the current floods in.
View dive siteLagoon/ReefBora Bora
An iconic turquoise lagoon with manta ray cleaning stations reachable even by beginners.
View dive siteAtoll pass/CurrentRangiroa (Paso de Tiputa)
The second largest atoll in the world. At the mouth of the Tiputa pass a shoal of grey sharks gathers at around 40 m when the current is right.
View dive siteEspecies documentadas en French Polynesia
140 species found
Critically EndangeredGiant Clam
Tridacna gigas
Critically EndangeredStaghorn Coral
Acropora cervicornis
Critically EndangeredGreat Hammerhead
Sphyrna mokarran
Critically EndangeredOceanic Whitetip Shark
Carcharhinus longimanus
Critically EndangeredHawksbill Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
EndangeredBlue Whale
Balaenoptera musculus
EndangeredGiant Manta
Mobula birostris
EndangeredHumphead Wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus
EndangeredKiller Whale
Orcinus orca
EndangeredWhale Shark
Rhincodon typus
EndangeredGrey Reef Shark
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
EndangeredBasking Shark
Cetorhinus maximus
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Based on what we already know about French Polynesia.