Dive trip Morea

Stay, Diving holidays in Polynesia, in Morea

You're going to Tahiti, Polynesia? Make a detour to Moorea, located opposite, 17 km away!Being part of the Windward Islands, in the Society Archipelago, Tahiti and Moorea are just separated by a deep channel that in some places is over 1500 meters deep.You will love Moorea because of its mountainous origin, you can pleasantly combine diving with other activities in a superb environment of lush vegetation, waterfalls, rivers, magnificent gardens, white sandy beaches near beautiful pandanus roofs.

With two beautiful bays, Opunohu and Cook, Morrea is surrounded by a reef divided by 12 passes, which are beautiful drop-offs to explore.These passes allow water masses to pass from the Pacific Ocean to the lagoon and back again, depending on the tides.This explains the richness of the local biodiversity and therefore the popularity of Mooréa for scuba diving, snorkeling, and freediving.During a diving vacation in Moorea, you will be sure to observe lemon sharks on a good number of dive sites accessible to all levels of divers, to the delight of photographers!Moorea is so interesting that two scientific stations have been set up there to carry out in-depth studies on the marine environment!

Marine species in the area

Dive sites

Your diving trip in Moorea should be long enough to have time to explore as many interesting sites as possible!
In Temae, beginner divers will enjoy strolling through a coral garden with a sandy bottom covered with heterocongres.
You will be lucky enough to come across many turtles along with the drop off at Bali Hai.
The Blue Island is a coral canyon covered with a multitude of anemones colonized by small clown, orange and white fishes and where you will be visited by blacktip sharks.

When you choose to do a first dive or when you intend to do a training course, your guide will surely take you to the Aquarium as the atmosphere is so bright with beautiful corals and especially, triggerfish, surgeonfish, trumpet fish and sergeant majors.
You can also go to Rotui and immerse yourself at shallow depths in a beautiful coral garden. To your surprise, you will encounter blacktip and lemon sharks, species that you can also find in Eden Park and the Valley of the Lemon Sharks.

The Garden of Roses is a superb deep dive where you will be amazed by the huge coral scrolls that look like fragile roses.
You can also see specimens of them at the Coral Wall where they form a real field where many turtles cross your field of vision.
Be sure to visit the Lemon and Blacktip Shark Dining Room, a special place to see lemon sharks again and again.

The anemone gardens frequented by clownfish in Papetoai will delight those who appreciate bright and lively sites.
A visit to the coral cave at Taotoi is interesting for the passage of schools of barracudas and Javanese moray eels hidden in crevices.
In Tiki and Taitea, you can expect to meet grey sharks, blacktip sharks, and lemon sharks... with barracudas and jacks as a bonus!

Others Activities

Morea : Dive shops

Top Dive Moorea
Polynesia - Tiahura
French

The TopDive dive center, attached to the Nemoz center, is located at the Intercontinental Resort & SPA of Moorea, northwest of Moorea, in Tiahura. A new annex has also opened on the white sand beach of the Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort & SPA, between Cook Bay and Opunohu. The infrastructure has been refurbished with large comfortable spaces, a private pontoon, a compressor room, a workshop, sanitary facilities with showers. From there, you can access the best dive sites of Moorea. The TopDive training center offers FFESSM, SSI, and PADI courses with first dive, Scuba Diver Open Water Diver, and Advanced Open Water. Dive with Nitrox for free if you already have the certification! Of course, many diving specialties are offered here including shark watching. Moorea is the perfect place for diving, snorkeling, and freediving. Twelve separate passes in the barrier reef lead out of the lagoon into the open sea. You'll never get tired of diving in the warm, clear water, where every coral block is surrounded by a school of sergeant majors and anthias. Take part in night dives, for the atmosphere of peace and quiet that reigns there, but also to observe a different fauna from that of the day. Going to the diving spots in Moorea allows you to swim with many lemon sharks. For experienced divers, there is also an underwater garden with beautiful Montipora coral roses. When sailing to the outer reef, the scenery in Cook and Opunohu bays is sumptuous. Seen from the open sea, Moorea is a green garden with the smell of humus, tropical trees, lush vegetation, beautiful peaceful rivers, waterfalls, pandanus-roofed houses. Transfers from your accommodation to the Top Dive center are free of charge. Use the Top Dive Pass to dive into each island where the brand is represented. [+]