Dive Review of 6 Passangers in
French Polynesia

Other French Polynesia reports
Subscriber Content Preview
Active subscribers go here

6 Passangers, Jul, 2007, by Chuck & Julie Feinberg, New York, USA ( Sr. Reviewer 9 reports). Report 3492.
No photos available at this time
Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	With the most personal and professional help from our Travel Agent(dive@divetahitiblue.com) we were able to create and have the most amazing dive trip since we began diving in 1987. It does help when you e-mail your Travel Agent who happens to live on Moorea right near Tahiti and immediately get a response. We flew Tahiti Airlines(Air Tahiti Nui) direct(12 hours) from JFK in New York. We have always felt that Singapore Airlines was #1 but Air Tahiti Nui is equal or above. All of our connections to and from Tahiti to Rangiroa and return worked perfectly. We had absolutely no problems with overweight luggage as long as we showed our C Cards.We did opt for luxury and very expensive accommodations on Rangiroa. Initially we planned to fly Continental Airlines to Kosrae and spend three weeks there but when we found out that Continental NOW charges $400 for each and every stopover we totally changed our plans even though we knew the French Polynesian euro was very expensive. Why Continental does this totally amazes us(we in the past always stopped over on Hawaii for two to three days without paying anything extra). Our duplex awesome chalet at the Kia Ora was only a five minute walk to Six Passanger Dive Shop the6passengers@mail.pfDive with Serge if he’s there! Everyone speaks english. The entire staff works very hard to make sure you come away with the experiences you came for. Their fills are always 3100+ with clean tanks. You have secure lockers to keep whatever you want during and after dives. We only did 2 dives a day, with a long very surface interval. More dives can be arranged. We actually went back to our chalet to shower, do our logs and relax.They have three zodiacs and most dive sites are no more then ten minutes away. The larger zodiac has a ladder. Never worry about getting back into the zodiacs; all of the boat drivers are "former sumo wrestlers"!!They just drag you in! Our first dive was what Rangiroa is famous for: seven minute boat ride through the pass to open ocean. Back roll in just before the current picks up. Drop down to 140+ ft.(we were assigned a boat with all experienced divers) and glide slowly into the current back into the lagoon. You first see carpets of gray and silvertip sharks cueing in for their meal. Then the current picks up to at least 5-6 knots! At least 1000+ sharks on this dive. The other dives over our six days were either current or just dropping us off the wall at 45 ft. swim out off the wall, drop down to 130+ ft. and look for the school of sharks that come very close by, very close by! Also mantas and almost daily encounters with a family of dolphins who loved hanging around us.On the fairly flat coral plain we saw many morays, school of chevron barracudas and during dusk dives spawning schools of small fish with attack mode to eat the sperm/eggs. This is shark diving like Cocos but without live aboard diving and the ability to wear just a skin. The visibility was amazing. We will definitely go back next summer with the possibility of diving on the Atoll of Fakarava which is one hour away and also has Pass Diving which means currents and therefore many sharks and mantas.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]Sipidan Malaysia, New York Wrecks, Papua New Guinea, Bikini Atoll, all of Micronesia and the Carribean
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, currents, noCurrents
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-150 Ft/ 12-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]When we showed that we were experienced divers we were allowed to plan our dives with our dive masters
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

Leave a comment (Subscribers only -- 200 words max)
Subscribers can comment here

Subscribers can post comments, ask the reviewer questions, as well as getting immediate and complete access to ALL 164 dive reviews of French Polynesia and all other dive destinations. Complete access to all issues and Chapbooks is also included.

All French Polynesia Dive Reviews and Reports
Diving Guide to French Polynesia
Diving Reviews for All Dive Destinations

Featured Links from Our Sponsors
Interested in becoming a sponsor?

Reef & Rainforest, Let our experience be your guide -- Reef and Rainforest

Reef & Rainforest is an agency for travelers that scuba dive. Want to see sharks, tropical islands, overwater bungalows? We specialize in planning adventures to French Polynesia.

Want to assemble your own collection of French Polynesia reports in one place?
Use the Mini Chapbook Facility to create your personalized collection.

Note: The information here was reported by the author above, but has NOT been reviewed nor edited by Undercurrent prior to posting on our website. Please report any major problems by writing to us and referencing the report number above.

Undercurrent Home

Page computed and displayed in 0.14 seconds

Get more dive info like these and other important scuba updates sent monthly to your email. And a FREE Recent Issue of Undercurrent
Get a free monthly email and a sample issue!

Dive Review of 6 Passangers in French Polynesia

6 Passangers, Jul, 2007,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of 6 Passangers in
French Polynesia