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Dive Spirit/ Pension Paparara Full report   Fakarava (North)   "Holy Fakarava! (North)"
The diving in Fakarava is phenomenal, so magical that I wish it could remain a secret forever. Pristine reefs bursting with life. ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2016   Lindsay Battles
100+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
TOPdive/ Raimiti Full report   Fakarava - South (Tetemanu)   "Holy Fakarava! (South)"
Spectacular diving. Fakarava's south pass has the highest known concentration of reef sharks in the world. In July and August, the... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2016   Lindsay Battles
100+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
Raie Manta Full report   Rangiroa   Raie Manta Club is a great operation. Professional, courteous staff especially Lydie, Marco, Rene and Valerie. They picked us up e... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
9/2001   Lisel Doreste
<100 Dives 		 
TOPdive/ Hotel Mai Tai Full report   Rangiroa   "Beyond expectations trip to Rangiroa"
Review of Rangiroa Rangiroa has been on our list of must dive locations for over a decade and we finally made it there! Althoug... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
10/2022   Luz Cobarrubias
1000+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
Yaka Plongee, Dive Spirit/ Raira Lagon, Havaiki Full report   Rangiroa, Fakarava   Buy your plane ticket 9 months in advance - mine went up 500 bucks 6 months in advance and I am told this is pretty standard. Don'... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2013   M. B.
<100 Dives 		 
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Tuamotu Pongee, Y AKA Plongee, O2, Enata/ see story Full report   Tuamotu Archipelago   "Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia"
Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia Last night I dreamed of sharks. It was a river of sharks parading through a deep pass - ... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
7/2019   Marie L York
1000+ Dives 		Photos available
11Helpful vote(s) received
Master Liveaboards Full report LiveAboard Rangiroa to Fakarava   "French Polynesia Master"
I took a group of 20 divers from Mexico City plus an American couple and a Polish lady in the hope of repeating our fantastic 2003... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2017   Mario Mizrahi
1000+ Dives 		10Helpful vote(s) received
World Wide Dive and Sail- French Polynesia Master Full report LiveAboard Tuamotos   "Good Trip for Sharks and Good Visibility"
This is my second trip on this live aboard ( both were dedicated photo trips). I made one several years ago. The boat is well laid... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
8/2019   Mark Vanderlinden
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Master Liveabaord Full report LiveAboard     "French Polynesia Master Liveaboard ; Look before you Leap"
For most of us, diving in the Tuomoto Islands is a bucket list destination. I know it was for me, having planned and hoped about t... Full report  
3 stars
1 stars  
7/2018   MAX WEINMANN
1000+ Dives 		8Helpful vote(s) received
TOPdive/ Kia Ora Full report   Rangiroa   "Dive in Paradise "
After a very disappointing experience with the French Polynesia Master Liveaboard, it was with tremendous trepidation that I reach... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
7/2018   MAX WEINMANN
500+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
Top Dive Full report   Moorea   We had a great dive experience with Top Dive in Moorea. We were met at the scheduled pickup location on time; the dive operation ... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2009   Michael Benenson
500+ Dives 		 
Blue Nui Full report   Taha'a   Compared to our dives with Blue Nui in Bora Bora, which were great [see other posting], our dive with Blue Nui in Taha'a was a pre... Full report  
1 stars
1 stars  
8/2009   Michael Benenson
500+ Dives 		 
Blue Nui Full report   Bora Bora   We did two 2- tank dives with Blue Nui in Bora Bora. Our dive master was great - very personable, knowledgable and experienced. H... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2009   Michael Benenson
500+ Dives 		 
Top Dive Full report   Rangiroa   Very friendly and knowledgable dive masters. Although they were native French- speakers, their English was great and it was very e... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
8/2009   Michael Benenson
500+ Dives 		 
Six Passengers/Blue Velvet/ Kia Ora Resort   Rangiroa   "Diving the Tiputa Pass"
Kia Ora resort was fabulous and by far the best place on this tiny atoll. Very quiet and everyday a beautiful sunset. There is a ... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
4/2024   Michael Fritz
500+ Dives 		Photos available 
aggressor fleet Full report LiveAboard     It was just as advertised on the web site, and captains log. I have around 300 dives and often drift dive in cozumel. the reef hoo... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
1/2006   michael h foust
<100 Dives 		 
Tetamanu Village Full report   Fakarava   A bit of French helps a lot, without it´s deaf language. Arrival at Fakarava on Air Tahiti around 4 p. m. Due to heavy seas an... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
9/2008   Michael Joest
1000+ Dives 		Photos available 
Manihi Blue Nui/ Pearl Beach Resort Full report   Manihi   Manihi is a tiny attol in the same vicinity as Rangiroa. While Rangiroa has gotten big due to high energy drift dives with school... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2005   Michael Kamens
100+ Dives 		 
Top Dive/ Hibiscus, Maitai Polynesia Full report   Moorea,Bora Bora   Dove with Top Dive in both Moorea and Bora Bora. Took 10 dive inter- island package. 6 dives in Moorea and 4 in Bora Bora. Top D... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2005   Michael Kamens
100+ Dives 		 
Moorea Blue   Moorea   "Great opeartion, disappointing reef"
Moorea is a beautiful place above the water. Unfortunately, the reef is almost completely dead, acres of gray broken coral. We did... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
4/2024   Michael Kay
250+ Dives 		 
TOPdive/ Havaiki Lodge (Fakarava) Maitai Ran   Fakarava, Rangiroa   "Good diving, topside experience, unhealthy reef"
Fakarava and Rangiroa are small islets on their respective lagoons. I chose these destinations, hotels, and dive operator based on... Full report  
3 stars
2 stars  
3/2024   Michael Kay
250+ Dives 		 
Tetamanu diving center Full report   Fakarava   Fakarava is known as a shark destination. The south pass is known as a center for both sharks and groupers (there is an annual gr... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
6/2014   Michael N. Hofman
1000+ Dives 		 
Dive Spirit Full report   Fakarava   Fakarava is known as a shark destination. This dive operation is based near the north passage where most of the fish action is. T... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
6/2014   Michael N. Hofman
1000+ Dives 		 
TOPdive Full report   Rangiroa   Rangiroa is one of the dive destinations in French Polynesia. Topdive is located in many of the French Polynesia destinations. I... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
6/2014   Michael N. Hofman
1000+ Dives 		 
Y AKA Full report   Rangiroa   Rangiroa is one of the dive destinations in French Polynesia. Y AKA is a relatively new dive operation run by Marco and Katy, two... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
6/2014   Michael N. Hofman
1000+ Dives 		 
Moorea Blue Diving/ Hotel Moorea Full report   Mooorea   If you're coming to Moorea anyway, this is a good operation to dive with. Coral and fish life is not extremely plentiful, and div... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
6/2014   Michael N. Hofman
250+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
BlueWay/ Pension Poerani Nui   Tuamotu Archipelago   "Personal treatment by top pros in their Tuamotu atoll paradise Manihi"
Two French diving Pros in their 50s decided after dive travel all over the world to find their dive paradise home in the tropics a... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2024   michele jacquin
<100 Dives 		 
Bathy's Full report   Bora Bora   We did 2 dives in Bora bora. We had not planned on diving but we bought a 10 dive package in Rangiroa and they honored it at there... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
9/2009   Molly Rosenberger
500+ Dives 		 
Top Dive Full report   Rangiroa   We did 8 dives in Rangiroa with Top Dive. We had heard that there are hundreds of sharks and an awesome dive through the 2 passes ... Full report  
3 stars
2 stars  
9/2009   Molly Rosenberger
500+ Dives 		 
Top Dive/ Kia Ora, Full report   Moorea, Rangiroa, Bora Bora   Spent 14 days in French Polynesia. First 5 days were spent in Moorea in which 2 days of diving were done. Moorea is simple and g... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
8/2008   Morgan Armstrong
250+ Dives 		 
Top Dive/ Club Med Full report   Bora Bora   The dive company and boats were in great shape, they had aqualung calipso regs and scubapro bcs. all tanks were yoke (nitrox tanks... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
4/2006   Morgan Richardson
250+ Dives 		 
Top Dive Full report   moorea   Top Dive in Moorea is destroying the coral reef with their anchor! Rather than hire a skipper to man the boat during the dive, the... Full report  
3 stars
1 stars  
12/2005   peter joseph
100+ Dives 		 
TOPdive   Fakarava and Rangiroa   "French Polynesia - Atoll Passes, Rangiroa and Fakarava "
Let's start with French Polynesia is very expensive. We knew this before hand but this was definitely a bucket list type of dive ... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
5/2024   Peter Neubauer
1000+ Dives 		 
Moorea Ocean Adventures/ Hotel Kaveka Full report       "A nondiving dive report"
Not sure if this qualifies as a “dive” report, but I’ll give it a stab anyway. A friend of ours reached out to us and asked, woul... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
10/2021   Pierre Hurter
1000+ Dives 		 
Moorea Ocean Adventures/ Hotel Kavika Full report       "A nondiving dive report"
Not sure if this qualifies as a “dive” report, but I’ll give it a stab anyway. A friend of ours reached out to us and asked, woul... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
10/2021   Pierre Hurter
1000+ Dives 		 
Six Passengers Full report   Rangiroa, Polynesia   Rangiroa is an atoll located about an hour by air north of Papeete, Tahiti. Air Tahiti Nui has been cancelling a lot of internati... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
1/2006   Richard Bruch
250+ Dives 		 
Hemispheresub/ Oceania Cruise Ship Marina Full report   Raiatea   "Raiatea dive French Polynesia Feb 2018"
This dive was on an island that had a good size reef surrounding it and for the best diving you need to get outside of the lagoon ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2018   Richard E. Heath
250+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
TOPdive/ Oceania Cruise Ship - Marina Full report   Tahiti,Moorea,Bora-Bora   "Diving French Polynesia Again February 2018"
This was our third trip to the French Polynesia Islands –(2001, 2013 were two previous – 2013 stayed at the InterContinental Bora- ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
2/2018   Richard E. Heath
250+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Tahiti Aggressor Full report LiveAboard [Tuamotus   The Tahiti Aggressor (formerly the Fiji Aggressor) began service in Tahiti in late September, 2002. It is a relatively stable 106 ... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
11/2002   Richard J. Troberman
100+ Dives 		 
Nemoz Diving Center   Moorea   "Decent Dive and interesting"
My wife and I did an 11 day cruise that started in Tahiti and ended in Hawaii. The cruise ship did not offer any diving excursions... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
10/2023   Richard Meyerholz
500+ Dives 		Photos available 
Moorea Blue Diving/ Moorea Pearl Resort Full report   [Moorea   The island of Moorea is absolutely beautiful. The waters are just what you would expect from French Polynesia. We flew Air Tahit... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
9/2005   Rick Hart
250+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Tiki II   Fakarava   Lots of everything, sharks, turtles, rays, etc. . . . in Oct the humpbacks are birthing & you can hear them & see them. Livermore ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
10/2023   Rika Pies
500+ Dives 		Photos available 
French Polynesia Master Full report       "Diving the Atoll Passes"
Professional and courteous operation. Crew was the standout of the trip. Diving was in atoll passes on incoming tides only. Oth... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
2/2019   Robert DeFeo
1000+ Dives 		3Helpful vote(s) received
Blue Nui/ Pearl Beach Resort Full report   Tikehau   there are only 3 dive sites in tikehua. there is a mantas cleaning station, and two dive sites on the pass that allows access in/ o... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
10/2010   robert knourek
250+ Dives 		 
Blue Nui/ Four Seasons Full report   Bora-Bora   Lots of news about the impact of the 2010 hurricane on the reefs. You could see that there was lots of damage, but there is still ... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
10/2011   robert knourek
250+ Dives 		 
Tahiti Aggressor Full report LiveAboard     Exciting diving. Pass dives had strong current and were vigorous but pre- dive briefings were excellent. Corner dives had lots of... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
2/2003   Ron Duckett
250+ Dives 		 
Paul Gauguin/ Cruise Ship Paul Gauguin Full report       There is a reason Radisson Seven Seas "Paul Gauguin" received Conde Nast's rating of the number one cruise ship in the world and t... Full report  
3 stars
5 stars  
12/2004   Russell Schroeder
100+ Dives 		 
Top Dive/ Pensions Full report   Rangiroa & Fakarava   Tahiti- Rangiroa- Fakarava Trip report 12- 25- 06 to 1- 06- 07 Wow…where do I begin…First off the waters were a chilly 83 to 85 degre... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
12/2006   scott johnson
250+ Dives 		 
Moorea Fun Dive/ Hilton Moorea Full report   Moorea   Moorea Fun Dive is a great group of divers, and a great choice if you want something more personal than the large, established out... Full report  
3 stars
5 stars  
6/2012   Sherri Dullingham
100+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
TOPdive/ Kia Ora Full report   Rangiroa   "Wonderful diving with dolphins!"
We did 18 dives with Top Dive (excellent organization), which was on the premises of our hotel, the Kia Ora. We dove the Tiputa Pa... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
9/2018   Stephanie Knott
250+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Tahiti Aggressor Full report       Tahiti Aggressor Trip Report Steven Y. Davidson September 13, 2004 A group of 16 of us from Columbus Georgia just returned fr... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
9/2004   Steven Y. Davidson
1000+ Dives 		 
French Polynesia Master Liveaboard Full report LiveAboard Tuamotu Archipelago   "10 Days Diving The Tuamotu Archipelago"
I put this trip together c. 5 weeks before departure and needed to ensure availability of international and internal flight in ord... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
11/2017   SY
500+ Dives 		4Helpful vote(s) received
French Polynesia Master Full report LiveAboard Marquesas   "French Polynesia Master Rocks!"
Most adventurous diving we’ve ever done! Not recommended for the novice diver unless they have good bouyancy control with no arm ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
3/2018   The SabaWillis
250+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Master Liveaboards/ French Polynesia Master Full report LiveAboard Marquesas Islands   "Mixed bag in the Marquesas"
Standard travel into Papeete, overnighted, then local flight to Nuju Hiva in the Marguesas. Tahiti Airways was very by- the- book on... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
3/2018   THOMAS SMITH
1000+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
Y Aka Plongee/ Maitai Hotel Rangiroa Full report   Rangiroa   "Great diving on Rangiroa with Y Aka Plongee"
Amazing large animals - fish and dolphins. Saw many types of sharks - great hammerhead, white tip, black tip, silver tip, grey ree... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2015   Tim Schaiff
100+ Dives 		 
Fakarava Diving Center/ Le Maitai Dream Full report       Fakarava is a large atoll with two passages ( North and South) that create strong tidal currents to and from the open ocean. The ... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
5/2005   Tracey Bennett
250+ Dives 		 
The Six Passengers/ Hotel Kia Ora Full report   Rangiroa   The Six Passengers was a short walk down the beach from our hotel. Most of the staff spoke little English, but enough to provide b... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
9/2006   Vicky Polashock
100+ Dives 		 
Bora Diving Center/ Novotel Bora Bora Beach Resort Full report   Bora Bora   While in Bora Bora we did one night dive with the Bora Diving Center. We were not impressed; it seems geared toward guests on crui... Full report  
2 stars
4 stars  
8/2006   Vicky Polashock
100+ Dives 		 
Nemo World/ Novotel Bora Bora Beach Resort Full report   Bora Bora   Nemo World is right on the Novotel property, so it was very convenient for us. On some dives, we were very cramped, with dressed c... Full report  
2 stars
4 stars  
8/2006   Vicky Polashock
100+ Dives 		 
Blue Velvet / The 6 Passenger/ Kia Ora Resort Full report   Rangiroa   "Incredible, Respectful Diving"
We were diving with Blue Velvet / The 6 Passenger Diving! Great people who were astonished at our experience and ease in the water... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
10/2022   William J Marlow
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
O2 Full report   Fakarava - North   "Great Diving for the Experienced Diver"
Going to the "out islands" is very interesting. English is not spoken widely, making getting around somewhat of a challenge. But... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
11/2022   William J Marlow
1000+ Dives 		3Helpful vote(s) received
Blue Dolphins Dive Center/ Kia Ora Full report   Rangoroa   The flight to Rangiroa took us from LAX to Papeete, the capital on the island of Tahiti, via Air Tahiti Nui. It's an eight hour fl... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2009   William Ungerman
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
TOPdive/ Intercontinental Le Moana Full report   Bora Bora   "Two Easy Dives in Paradise"
Dove Anau and Tapu dive sites in the Bora Bora lagoon with TopDive while on vacation in Bora Bora. Divemaster Berton was solid an... Full report  
3 stars
5 stars  
11/2019   Zygmunt Dembek
1000+ Dives 		Photos available
1Helpful vote(s) received
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