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
EndangeredGreen Turtle
Chelonia mydas
VulnerableSperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
VulnerableGreat White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias
VulnerableReef Manta Ray
Mobula alfredi
VulnerableLemon Shark
Negaprion brevirostris
VulnerableSilky Shark
Carcharhinus falciformis
VulnerableGrayfish
Alopias vulpinus
VulnerableOlive Ridley
Lepidochelys olivacea
VulnerableLeatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Near ThreatenedBlue Shark
Prionace glauca
Least ConcernYellowfin Tuna
Thunnus albacares
Least ConcernHumpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
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Based on what we already know about French Polynesia.