French Polynesia

Oceanía

140

Documented species

1

Parks and reserves

3

Dive sites

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Parks and reserves

Biosphere Reserve

Fakarava

One of the best places in the world to see the largest documented aggregation of grey reef sharks during their annual spawning

Diving and snorkelling

Atoll pass/Pelagic

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 site Lagoon/Reef

Bora Bora

An iconic turquoise lagoon with manta ray cleaning stations reachable even by beginners.

View dive site Atoll pass/Current

Rangiroa (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.

Especies documentadas en French Polynesia

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140 species found

Green Snail

Turbo marmoratus

Tiger Cowrie

Cypraea tigris

Head Coral

Favia favus

Organ Pipe Coral

Tubipora musica

Blue Glaucus

Glaucus atlanticus

Long-spined Urchin

Diadema antillarum

Crown-of-thorns

Acanthaster planci

Horned Sea Star

Protoreaster nodosus

Christmas Tree Worm

Spirobranchus giganteus

Wonder-worm

Eunice aphroditois

Persian Carpet Flatworm

Pseudobiceros bedfordi

Asian Tiger Shrimp

Penaeus monodon

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Based on what we already know about French Polynesia.

ParkFakarava BuceoFakarava (Muro de Tiburones)