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Diving in Manihi
Famous Manihi Lagoon
When you plan to visit Rangiroa, try to add a few days to go to Manihi . Manihi’s famous lagoon is as lovely as the rainbow-hued pearls produced on some 60 black pearl farms within this sheltered haven. The island has an easy air connection with Rangiroa. The diving might be even better then Rangiroa! The following dive sites will definitely convince you to go:
The Break
At a large cut in the reef on the ocean side, in a coral amphiteater, you can be a spectator to a safe and exciting shark feeding. A multitude
of reef sharks including black tip, white tip, gray sharks and the occasional hammerhead can be seen.
Incredible schools of colorful fish...
The Circus
Located between the pass and the lagoon, lived by big napoleons, eagle and manta rays you will appreciate to see them in a few deep water.
The Drop Off
On the ocean side, a vertiginous wall descending from 10 to 4,500 ft deep. On this diving site gray sharks, napoleons, perches, tuna or
marlins are abundant. On July, thousands of groupers gather here to breed. It is one of the most fascinating underwater events in the world.
Tairapa Pass
Try the exquise sensation to fly like an astronaut surrounded by the undersea residents. This diving offers many itineraries on inward or outward currents. Expect barracudas, turtles, mantas, sharks and various multi-colored fishes.
Westpoint
On the ocean side, the clear water of this unspoiled atoll is the ideal habitat for unique and healthy corals : fire coral, antler coral
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While Tahiti and Moorea are everyone's dream of the South Pacific, the diving is a notch below many other islands in French Polynesia. The best
place to go for diving is the island of Rangiroa. Approximately an hour flight from Tahiti. Rangiroa is the largest atoll in the South Pacific
and one of the largest in the world. It's lagoon is gigantic (40 miles long and 20 miles wide, a depth up to 150ft), communicating with the
pacific ocean by the Avatoru and Tiputa channels. Through these flows a phenomenal quantity of water from the ocean into the lagoon and vice
versa; following the tides are hordes of fish, jacks, tuna, barracuda, manta rays and eagle rays, turtles, dolphins, etc. A short distance out
into the lagoon, the reef drops to a depth of 1200m.
During six hours, the incoming current carries the clear water of the ocean into the lagoon. Ideal for a drift dive, one can see schools of
sharks, squadrons of eagle rays, or maybe a great hammerhead cruising with the schools of fish. Six hours later, the lagoon empties itself through
the passes to the ocean. For a better visibility, one may dive on the outside reef next to the pass. You will find small and big fauna: schools of jacks, barracudas, manta rays, as well as several species of sharks, and numerous pelagic fish. Although Rangiroa always has divable sites in any weather, the average conditions are not for the inexperienced. The ocean normally has a moderate swell near the passes with a 5 knot current entering in rhythm with the rise and fall of the tide.
Avatoru Pass
This area has at least 5 dive spots: Napoleon, Sharks & Manta point, Tuna point, small caves, small channels.
Motu Fara
Moray eels point, Mahuta point: convergence of two submarine channels where considerable sea life aggregates: barracuda, jack, surgeons, grouper,
etc. Tiputa Pass, 3 different areas: 1) The wall, 2) Barracudas point, 3) Sharks point. The Nuhi Nuhi motu or the Aquarium: snappers, barracudas,
rays, nurse sharks, multicolored corals.
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Rangiroa is diveable year-round, with water temperatures of 7983°F.
There are really only three seasons of interest to the global diver: the manta ray season, from early September to mid-October; the hammerhead shark season, January - February; and the rest of the year, during which an assortment of fish may be seen, with the general exception of the two just mentioned. If you are particular about land weather conditions, you should know that the rainy season is November - December, and the windy season is July - August.
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