Name: Tiputa Pass (Shark's Cave)
Rating: 5.0

The Tuamotu and Gambier Islands

Tuamotus Islands

French Polynesia

One of the best drift-dive in the world!!! Sharks, sharks and more sharks...

Northwest of the Tiputa pass.

Tiputa

Tiputa Pass (Shark's Cave)

Same sharks profile + Hammerhead sharks may be seen ner 40m deep.

East side of the Tiputa Pass, close to the Tiputa village.

Tiputa Pass (The Valley) is also known as Tiputa East.

Tiputa Pass (The Valley)

Excellent snorkeling site.  Shallow, sandy, with coral mounds, giant morays, several types of stingrays, large number and types of fish.

Only a few miles west from the airport, Rangiroa, French Polynesia

Hotel Kia Ora Beach

Sharks, Mantas, and a very nice collection of reef life.

West side of the motu, just south of the Tiputa pass.

Nuhi Nuhi is also known as The Aquarium.

Nuhi Nuhi

Less interresting than Tiputa, but a good dive.

East side of the Avatoru pass

Avatoru Pass

Marvel at our earth ! Fabulous! so peaceful!

West of Rangiroa. South of motu Taeo'o.

Blue Lagoon is also known as Little lagoon.

Blue Lagoon



Drift dive in the Tuheiava pass; between Teoani and Matiti motus.

Te Ava Drift

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Teonai

Vertical break in the reef (between 20 and 50m deep) with many holes and crevices where sharks stays. This is the place to see a lot of grey reef sharks gathered together :)

Between Motutuhonu and Matiti motus.

The Shark Hole

A very nice aquarium with an amphitheatre shape. Reef marine life plus black-tip sharks, moray eels and Napoleon wrasse when the dive center organize somme feeding.

West of Motutohonu motu

Mamaa

This is a large break in the reef where sometime dive center plan some shark feeding that attracts reef sharks (black-tip, white-tip, grey).

On the south side, between the Tairapa pass and the soutwest point of Manihi.

The Break is also known as La faille.

Tiputa Pass (Shark's Cave)

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Tiputa Pass (Shark's Cave)