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
Least ConcernGreat Barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
Least ConcernAtlantic White Tern
Gygis alba
Least ConcernSooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Least ConcernBottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
Least ConcernMasked Booby
Sula dactylatra
Least ConcernBrown Booby
Sula leucogaster
Least ConcernGreat Frigatebird
Fregata minor
Least ConcernGalapagos Shark
Carcharhinus galapagensis
Not EvaluatedChilean Hermit Crab
Pagurus edwardsii
Not EvaluatedMonarch
Danaus plexippus
Tope
Galeorhinus galeus
Spotted Eagle Ray
Aetobatus narinari
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Based on what we already know about French Polynesia.