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🇵🇫 French Polynesia

Rangiroa and Fakarava channel dives (sharks), Teahupoo surf, Tahiti freediving.

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Bora Bora — Tapu French Polynesia Diving
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Bora Bora — Tapu

Tapu is an intermediate dive site near Bora Bora offering coral gardens and reef fish between 12–25 meters.

Intermediate 12–25m
Moorea — Opunohu Bay Shark Feeding French Polynesia Diving
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Moorea — Opunohu Bay Shark Feeding

Beginner-friendly shark feeding dive in Moorea's Opunohu Bay. Clear shallow waters attract reef and blacktip sharks year-round.

Beginner 10–18m
Moorea — The Tiki French Polynesia Diving
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Moorea — The Tiki

Moorea's The Tiki is a beginner-friendly dive site with shallow depths ideal for new divers exploring French Polynesian reefs.

Beginner 5–18m

Iconic spots in French Polynesia

Hand-picked landmarks for divers visiting French Polynesia — sites widely featured in dive guides and trip reports.

Bora Bora — Tapu French Polynesia Diving
🇵🇫 French Polynesia

Bora Bora — Tapu

Tapu is an intermediate dive site near Bora Bora offering coral gardens and reef fish between 12–25 meters.

Intermediate 12–25m
Fakarava North Pass (Garuae) French Polynesia Diving
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Fakarava North Pass (Garuae)

Fakarava North Pass is an intermediate dive through a thriving atoll channel with strong currents and abundant pelagic action.

Intermediate 5–30m
Fakarava South Pass (Tetamanu) French Polynesia Diving
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Fakarava South Pass (Tetamanu)

Fakarava South Pass is an advanced drift dive through a thriving atoll channel in French Polynesia, known for big pelagic encounters and strong currents.

Advanced 10–40m
Moorea — The Tiki French Polynesia Diving
🇵🇫 French Polynesia

Moorea — The Tiki

Moorea's The Tiki is a beginner-friendly dive site with shallow depths ideal for new divers exploring French Polynesian reefs.

Beginner 5–18m
Rangiroa — Tiputa Pass French Polynesia Diving
🇵🇫 French Polynesia

Rangiroa — Tiputa Pass

Tiputa Pass, Rangiroa: a thrilling drift dive through narrow channels where sharks, rays, and pelagics swarm in crystalline blue water.

Advanced 12–40m 30m Jan·Feb·Mar+
Tikehau — Tuheiava Pass French Polynesia Diving
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Tikehau — Tuheiava Pass

Tuheiava Pass in Tikehau offers intermediate diving through a dramatic atoll channel with strong currents and pelagic action.

Intermediate 8–35m

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Bora Bora — Tapu French Polynesia Diving
🇵🇫 French Polynesia

Bora Bora — Tapu

Tapu is an intermediate dive site near Bora Bora offering coral gardens and reef fish between 12–25 meters.

Intermediate 12–25m
Fakarava North Pass (Garuae) French Polynesia Diving
🇵🇫 French Polynesia

Fakarava North Pass (Garuae)

Fakarava North Pass is an intermediate dive through a thriving atoll channel with strong currents and abundant pelagic action.

Intermediate 5–30m
Fakarava South Pass (Tetamanu) French Polynesia Diving
🇵🇫 French Polynesia

Fakarava South Pass (Tetamanu)

Fakarava South Pass is an advanced drift dive through a thriving atoll channel in French Polynesia, known for big pelagic encounters and strong currents.

Advanced 10–40m
Moorea — Opunohu Bay Shark Feeding French Polynesia Diving
🇵🇫 French Polynesia

Moorea — Opunohu Bay Shark Feeding

Beginner-friendly shark feeding dive in Moorea's Opunohu Bay. Clear shallow waters attract reef and blacktip sharks year-round.

Beginner 10–18m
Moorea — The Tiki French Polynesia Diving
🇵🇫 French Polynesia

Moorea — The Tiki

Moorea's The Tiki is a beginner-friendly dive site with shallow depths ideal for new divers exploring French Polynesian reefs.

Beginner 5–18m
Rangiroa — Tiputa Pass French Polynesia Diving
🇵🇫 French Polynesia

Rangiroa — Tiputa Pass

Tiputa Pass, Rangiroa: a thrilling drift dive through narrow channels where sharks, rays, and pelagics swarm in crystalline blue water.

Advanced 12–40m 30m Jan·Feb·Mar+
Tikehau — Tuheiava Pass French Polynesia Diving
🇵🇫 French Polynesia

Tikehau — Tuheiava Pass

Tuheiava Pass in Tikehau offers intermediate diving through a dramatic atoll channel with strong currents and pelagic action.

Intermediate 8–35m
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