French Polynesia - February 2019
Everyone's heard of Tahiti. A good place to visit in the middle of winter. After one night in Tahiti we flew off to Rangiroa for three nights at a resort on the atoll, then another flight to Fakarava took us to a liveaboard for a week of diving. Though the weather was pretty rough for a couple of days, we didn't lose any dives. Had some memorable drift dives through some of the passes and saw plenty of sharks, dolphins, huge schools of fish and a couple of manta rays. Didn't get any great photos of the schools of sharks, but they will remain in my memory.
- anchor
- arc-eye_hawkfish5
- barracuda
- cornetfish
- crown_of_thorns
- dolphin1
- dolphin2
- dolphin3
- drifting
- fire_dartfish
- flame_angelfish
- fourspot_butterflyfish
- freckled_hawkfish
- gray_reef_shark2
- gray_reef_shark3
- humpback_snappers
- humphead_wrasse
- manta1
- manta2
- marlin
- nudi-phyllidia
- octopus
- pacific_bird_wrasse
- paletail_unicornfish
- parrotfish
- raccoon_butterflyfish
- red-spotted_guard_crab
- reef1
- reef2
- reef6
- reef7
- schooling_bannerfish
- sharks1
- sharks2
- titan_triggerfish
- whitecheek_surgeonfish
Some Topside Photos
- Tahiti1
Departing Papeete for Rangiroa.
- Tahiti2
- Tahiti3-Venus_Beach
- Makatea1
- Rangiroa1-Atoll
- Rangiroa2-Avatoru_Pass
Landing in Rangiroa.
- Rangiroa3-Tiputa_Pass
- Rangiroa4
- Rangiroa5-Baitball
- Rangiroa6-Map
- Rangiroa9-Cruise_Ship
- Rangiroa10-French_Polynesia_Master
- Rangiroa11-Kia_Ora
Rangiroa airport in distance.
- Rangiroa12-Kia_Ora
- Rangiroa13-Kia_Ora
- Rangiroa14
- Rangiroa15-Tiputa Pass
- Rangiroa16-Tiputa Pass
- Rangiroa17-Tiputa Pass
- Rangiroa7-Kia_Ora
Departing Kia Ora for Fakarava.
- Rangiroa8-Tiputa_Pass
- Apataki_Atoll
Enroute Fakarava.
- Fakarava_Map
- Sharks
- Sunset
- Makatea2
- Makatea3
- Makatea4
- Tahiti4-Entering_Port
- Tahiti5-Port
- Tahiti6-Condos
- Tahiti7-Moorea
- Tahiti8-Papeete
- Tahiti9-Venus_Beach
- Tahiti10-Venus_Lighthouse
- Tahiti11-Lighthouse
- Tahiti12-Breadfruit_Tree
- Tahiti13-Monoi_Route
- Tahiti14-Beach
Here's a short video with some underwater action and above water as well.