Scuba diving Polynesia

The Raie Manta Club is located on Rangiroa atoll, less than an hour's flight from Tahiti. The Raie Manta Club, located on the Tiputa pass side, is open all year round. Every day, the departure for an exploration dive takes place around 8 am and the rehabilitation dives are organized around 10 am. The second exploration dive takes place from 1.30 pm. If you wish to do a sunset or twilight dive, this takes place in the late afternoon at around 5 pm, upon request. Transfers by 4x4 are free of charge from your guesthouse. The bilingual instructors, state-certified and sea guides, will prepare your equipment and then, after their briefing, they will guide you to discover this exceptional fauna. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced diver, you will dive in small groups of the same level on the reef or in the drift, in the passes, in an ongoing current. Customized safaris are organized on request for photographers and for film shoots. Manta rays, more numerous from July to November, are present all year round. The great hammerhead shark "Tamataroa" is attracted to the leopard ray aggregations from December to February. Tursiops bottlenose dolphins are very playful and are present all year round. Seven different species of sharks can be seen in all seasons, both outside the atoll and inside the passes and lagoon. Whether the trade winds or the maramu blow, Rangiroa offers great diving opportunities all year round. Rangiroa is the largest atoll in the South Pacific and one of the largest in the world. It is 76 km long and 24 km wide. Made up of a 300-meter wide coral strip, it surrounds the lagoon with its turquoise waters, rich in wildlife. To the north, separated by the two passes of the atoll, the villages of Avatoru and Tiputa are about 12 km apart. [+]

Pacific Blue Adventure Dive Centre is located on the quay of the main village Fare, Huahine, Polynesia, close to the airport, shops, restaurants, guesthouses, and hotels. Meet us for sea trips at 9 am and 11 am with 2 dives per day. Free transfers are made at your request, from your accommodation in Huahine to the boat, with an air-conditioned vehicle. Interested in a private outing? Book it in advance. The Pacific Blue Adventure training center offers FFESSM, PADI, and SSI courses. Board an aluminum boat with a capacity of 12 divers. You can reach the dive sites quickly and comfortably in 10 to 30 minutes. The sites are selected according to the level of the divers, however, the reef or Avapeihi Pass is the most popular. From August to October, take part in the humpback whale count in Polynesian waters for three afternoons per week. The briefing takes place at the Maitai Lapita bar and 10 people then board the boat for a 3-hour trip, including a nice walk along the reef. [+]

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. [+]

The TopDive dive center is located in the Intercontinental Tahiti Resort & Spa, Tahiti, Polynesia, in the middle of a 10 hectare lush tropical garden on the edge of an idyllic lagoon. Tahiti is the ideal island for a dream holiday. Don't forget the Top Dive honeymoon package! The Top Dive Pass also allows you to pay for 10 dives and do 11 in the different islands and atolls of the archipelago. Nitrox is offered if you are already certified. From August 1st to October 31st, go and meet the whales! This TopDive training center also offers SSI PADI and CMAS courses from the first dive to the Divemaster level, including all the most fun diving specialties! A rehabilitation dive allows you to start again gently if you have not dived for 6 months. Let yourself be tempted by a snorkeling and apnea outing in these clear and warm waters, pure happiness! From the Top Dive club, access is easy to the best diving spots on the western and eastern sides of Tahiti with about ten diving sites. Diving allows you to observe the fauna of the Pacific with the presence of magnificent nudibranchs, the passage of lemon sharks, a school of stealthy silver jacks, the flight of leopard rays, the encounter with whales and dolphins. And don't miss the night dives. Small wrecks are full of life. Take the opportunity to visit the peninsula, Papara, and the east coast, to admire the beautiful landscapes and long black sandy beaches suitable for surfing. Tahiti is the economic heart of Po Free transfers are available from hotels ranging from the Meridian to Tahiti Nui Hotel. On-site, at the Intercontinental, you will enjoy refined cuisine in two different restaurants and dinner shows. There are many activities from jet skiing to Deep Nature spa, ideal as a honeymoon destination! It's a very good starting point for a getaway in the South Pacific. [+]

The TopDive Dive Centre is located in two places in Fakarava, Polynesia: in the village of Rotoava, North Fakarava and in Motu Penu, Tetamanu, South Fakarava. The headquarters and main meeting point for divers before and after the dive trips is in Rotoava. Open 7 days a week, all year round, the shop on-site allows the purchase of equipment and small emergency supplies. The rental equipment is in very good condition and includes regulators with built-in computers. This TopDive training centre is a PADI 5 ***** however SSI and FFESSM/CMAS courses are also offered for beginners up to Advanced Open Water Diver level. The trips are carried out on board aluminium diving boats adapted to the comfort and safety of the participants. Instructors and guides speak English, French, Japanese and Spanish. Two trips per day, morning and afternoon, consist of two dives each and are scheduled according to the tide. Garuae Pass, located at the northern end of Fakarava Atoll, is the largest kilometre wide pass in Polynesia with (supposedly) seven different currents running through it. At the time of the rising tide, you will witness the incredible spectacle of a wall of sharks rising at the mouth of the pass. At the southern end of Fakarava, Tumakohua Pass is designated by UNESCO as a nature reserve of outstanding reef and ecosystem quality. Sharks can be seen during all your dives. Don't miss the marbled loaches at Fakarava, especially during the mating season! For those north of Fakarava, feel free to take a day trip south of Fakarava with 2 dives and a picnic at Motu Penu TopDive, located 5 minutes from the pass. [+]