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Dive Op / Resort	Live Aboard?	Area	Title / Review	Rating Advanced / Beginner	Diving Date	Reporter/ # Dives	Photos/ Helpful Votes
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*Raie Manta Club/ Pension Teutamatea*		Rurutu	Between July and September humpback whales can often be seen off the coast of Rurutu, in the remote Austral chain. RMC offers 3- h... Full report		8/2003	David Shem-Tov <100 Dives
*Top Dive/ Pensions*		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		12/2006	scott johnson 250+ Dives
*Enata/ Raimata*		South Fakarava	"Avoid Enata Fakarava (S) Diving" This is 3rd time diving in South Fakarava, and we have stayed at all 3 resorts. We enjoyed Raimita the best. The cabins are love... Full report		11/2025	margie eliason 500+ Dives
*Enata/ Raimiti*		Fakarava	"Incredible diving experience with sharks" Diving the south pass of Fakarava was an amazing experience. Hundreds of sharks... Full report		2/2025	Michelle Pae <100 Dives
*TOPdive/ Raimiti*		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		11/2016	Lindsay Battles 100+ Dives	2
*The 6 Passengers/ Raira Lagon*		Rangiroa	"Be adaptable, temper expectations and enjoy this beautiful place!" We visited Rangiroa for only a few days prior to a liveaboard in Fakarava and after spending a few days in Tahiti (no diving). ... Full report		6/2025	Gary & Robin Schiendelman 1000+ Dives
*Yaka Plongee, Dive Spirit/ Raira Lagon, Havaiki*		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		3/2013	M. B. <100 Dives
*Tuamotu Pongee, Y AKA Plongee, O2, Enata/ see story*		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		7/2019	Marie L York 1000+ Dives	11
*Moorea Fun Dive/ Sheraton Hotel*		Moorea	Moorea Fun Dive is owned and operated by Edmee & Roland. We learned of Moorea Fun Dive through our travel agent Trip N Tour. The... Full report		3/2005	Art & Gerry Burke 250+ Dives
*Bora Dive Center/ Sofitel Motu*		Bora Bora	Bora Bora is a truly beautiful island - lust, with photogenic mountain looking like Bali Hai. Nice people, but remember for most ... Full report		10/2005	Ken Davis <100 Dives
*Fun Dive/ Te Nunoa*		Moorea	Moorea Fun Dive. Small but clean boats. 15- 20 minute boat rides to dive sites. We were picked up each morning on time. We dove in ... Full report		7/2008	Christopher Aviles 500+ Dives
*Tetamanu Dive Center/ Tetamanu Hostel*		South Pass Fakarava	"Trip of a lifetime, I'm glad I went, but beware." Fakarava, Tetamanu Hostel and Dive Center July 2025 I just got back from my trip to Fakarava this week. It was a trip of a... Full report		7/2025	Donna Jones 250+ Dives
*TOPdive/ White Sands*		Fakarava	5 Dives in Fakarava, French Polynesia (aka Tahiti) from July 30th to August 1st, 2011. There are really only two main dive areas ... Full report		7/2011	Gary 250+ Dives
*TOPdive/ [4 season and Sofitel*		Bora-Bora andMourea	"Great water" My wife and I went to French Polynesia that we did not know. The trip was organized by a new for us Travel Agent. The flight to L... Full report		11/2018	Bernard Dubois 250+ Dives	2
*M/S Paul Gauguin&Dive Blue Nui/ [M/S Paul Gauguin&Tikehau Pearl Rst*			The M/ S P. Gauguin is not a liveaboard dive boat but is an exquisite small cruise ship. The accommodations and dining is outstandi... Full report		3/2004	David S. Wisdom M.D. 100+ Dives
*Aqua Tiki III*		Tuomotus	"Great Trip" We made 3 stops during our visit to French Polynesia. First stop was Tahiti where we caught up on jet lag and did some land tours. ... Full report		7/2025	Gary & Robin Schiendelman 1000+ Dives	2
*Nuku Dive*		Nuku Hiva	"Nuku Hiva and Nuku Dive, Fr. Polynesia" Our first time to French Polynesia, so I read Undercurrents and we went to see the Mantas and Hammerheads on Nuku Hiva before ... Full report		6/2025	Terry H Anderson 1000+ Dives
*TOPdive*		Rangiroa &Fakarava	"Amazing diving! Lots and lots of sharks!" I saw videos of these places a couple of years ago from some guests at our bnb. I knew then that I had to go. Both places are about ... Full report		3/2025	Michael P Bradburn 500+ Dives	3
*The Six Passengers Dive Centre*		Rangiroa	"Some of the best diving I’ve done." I went to Rangiroa to see big fish, I was not disappointed. My 3 dive buddies and I pre booked 8 days of diving with The Six Passe... Full report		2/2025	Debora McAteer 1000+ Dives
*02 Fakarava*		Fakarava	"Hugh schools of fish and so many sharks!" The channel is where you see hundreds of grey reef sharks and the largest schools of fish I’ve even seen. On our first two day... Full report		2/2025	Debora McAteer 1000+ Dives
*Tahiti Dive Management / Nat Geo Orion/Lindblad*		Rangiroa,Fakarava,Tahanea, An	"Trip of a Lifetime - Diving Rangiroa, Fakarava, Tahanea, Ana'a" We were extremely fortunate to be able to dive from the National Geographic ship, 'Orion', while cruising through the beautiful ar... Full report		2/2025	Jeanette Hartshorn 500+ Dives
*Raie Manta CLub*		Rangiroa	"Diving with the sharks" I've been diving Rangiroa many many times during my last 12 years, expecially Tiputa Pass. THE CENTER RAIE MANTA CLUB Usually di... Full report		9/2024	Giuseppe Corcione 1000+ 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		5/2024	Peter Neubauer 1000+ 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		4/2024	Michael Kay 250+ 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		10/2023	Richard Meyerholz 500+ Dives
*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		10/2023	Rika Pies 500+ Dives
O2		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		11/2022	William J Marlow 1000+ Dives	4
*The Six Passengers*		Rangiroa Atoll	"Wonderful Diving + Exceptional Service" As is typical in French Polynesia, this is not aresort with overnight accommodations, but a dive center serving mostly the Tiputa ... Full report		10/2021	Blake Hottle 500+ Dives
*Dive Spirit*		Fakarava Atoll	"A Dive operation in Transition" I hate giving bad reviews, but this place demands it. For so many reasons. Not so much as a "Hi, how ya doin?" upon arrival sh... Full report		10/2021	Blake Hottle 500+ Dives	2
*Eleuthera*			"Very good Tahiti diving" Eleuthera diving is a very good dive operation. I had one day on the main island of Tahiti, and I simply wanted a relaxing day of... Full report		11/2019	Curtis Kates 1000+ Dives
*Aqua Tiki II*		Tuamotu Islands	"Pleasant short cruise" The hardest part of this trip was getting here the day the boat was scheduled to depart. We could not find a flight from Tahiti an... Full report		9/2019	Christopher Leahy 1000+ Dives
*Paul Gauguin Luxury Cruise*		Bora Bora, Moorea	"Reserve Early, Reserve Often" This was my first opportunity to dive in the South Pacific. The M/ S Paul Gaugin is a luxury cruise ship that majors in land tours ... Full report		8/2019	Richard M Tavan 250+ Dives	2
*World Wide Dive and Sail- French Polynesia Master*		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		8/2019	Mark Vanderlinden 1000+ Dives
*French Polynesia Master*			"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		2/2019	Robert DeFeo 1000+ Dives	3
*Moorea Diving*		[N/A]Moorea	"Excellent shore dive operation" I am an experienced diver but my girlfriend is new. They were very helpful in making her comfortable in the water. Dive briefings ... Full report		11/2018	Bruce Hoyle 250+ Dives
*TOPdive*		Rangiroa	"Not what I expected" We went in January, which was billed as "hammerhead season". I was expecting a lot of pelagics but other than a few small sharks ... Full report		11/2018	C Leroy Anderson 1000+ Dives
*Lindblad National Geographic Orion*		Tuamotu and Marquesas	"expedition cruise which offers diving, but not a dedicated liveaboard" I've recently returned from a fine 2 week "expedition cruise" on the National Geographic Orion, an itinerary that included almost ... Full report		10/2018	Fred Kolo 250+ Dives	2
*Master Liveabaord*			"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		7/2018	MAX WEINMANN 1000+ Dives	8
*Fluid Tahiti Plongee*		Tahiti	"TIGER shark dive, WOW!" Fluid does a special tiger shark dive at Le Vallee Blanche on the north side of Tahiti. It's expensive, but it's very well operate... Full report		6/2018	John Sommerer 500+ Dives
*Master Liveaboards*		Marquesas Islands	"Marquesas Islands - French Polynesia Master" RULES: Regardless of experience, Open Water certified divers are limited to 60 feet, Advanced Open Water and Rescue divers are lim... Full report		3/2018	David Marchese 1000+ Dives
*French Polynesia Master*		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		3/2018	The SabaWillis 250+ Dives
*French Polynesia Master 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		11/2017	SY 500+ Dives	4
*Master Liveaboards*		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		2/2017	Mario Mizrahi 1000+ Dives	10
*Paul Gauguin Luxury Cruise*			"m/s Paul Gauguin Tahiti Diving" I tried to come up with a great dive trip that my non- diving wife would also enjoy. Having read on Undercurrent about diving from... Full report		2/2017	Bob Sivak 250+ Dives	2
*Paul Gauguin Luxury Cruise*			"Good cruise ship diving" Took a 10 day cruise on the cruise ship Paul Gauguin that began in Tahiti and made stops in Bora, Bora, Taha'a, Rangiroa, Fakarava... Full report		2/2015	Roger Cooper 500+ Dives	2
*Fun Dive*		Moorea	I have to admit I am spoiled with great diving and I knew going in this was most likely going to be below my standards. Fun Dive w... Full report		10/2014	Anthony Bracco 250+ Dives
*Y AKA*		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		6/2014	Michael N. Hofman 1000+ Dives
*TOPdive*		Rangiroa	Rangiroa is one of the dive destinations in French Polynesia. Topdive is located in many of the French Polynesia destinations. I... Full report		6/2014	Michael N. Hofman 1000+ Dives
*Dive Spirit*		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		6/2014	Michael N. Hofman 1000+ Dives
*Tetamanu diving center*		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		6/2014	Michael N. Hofman 1000+ Dives
*Paul Gauguin Luxury Cruise*			Single tank dives only at $95/ tank, but you can book as many as you want. There are usually 2- 3 day, but not every day. On a wee... Full report		12/2011	Brian Brown 100+ Dives
*Paul Gauguin Cruises*		French Polynesia&Cook Islands	Having vacationed on both cruiseships and liveaboards, we found the best of both worlds in the Paul Gauguin (PG), a floating 5 sta... Full report		9/2009	David & Candy Cohen 250+ Dives
*Top Dive*		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		9/2009	Molly Rosenberger 500+ Dives
*Bathy's*		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		9/2009	Molly Rosenberger 500+ Dives
*Top Dive*		Rangiroa	Very friendly and knowledgable dive masters. Although they were native French- speakers, their English was great and it was very e... Full report		8/2009	Michael Benenson 500+ Dives
*Blue Nui*		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		8/2009	Michael Benenson 500+ Dives
*Blue Nui*		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		8/2009	Michael Benenson 500+ Dives
*Top Dive*		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		8/2009	Michael Benenson 500+ Dives
*Tetamanu Village*		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		9/2008	Michael Joest 1000+ Dives
*Paul Gauguin*			The Paul Gauguin is actually a 300 passenger cruise ship which carries its own dive staff and sails (in this case) Tahiti or ... Full report		2/2008	Judy Okamura <100 Dives
*aggressor fleet*			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		1/2006	michael h foust <100 Dives
*Six Passengers*		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		1/2006	Richard Bruch 250+ Dives
*Tahiti Aggressor*			Overall a very good trip. Some of the crew kept to themselves but others made up for them and were very entertaining. "Pass Flyi... Full report		5/2005	David L. Bader 1000+ Dives
*TAHITI AGGRESSOR*		FAKARAVA TO RANGOIRA	I BOOKED AND PAID FOR TWO WEEKS ON THE TAHITI AGGRESSOR IN FEB 2005. PLEASE BEFORE YOU GO MAKE SURE TAHITI AGGRESSOR HAS ALL THE ... Full report		2/2005	Bernice Anderson 1000+ Dives
*Tahiti Aggressor*			Tahiti Aggressor Trip Report Steven Y. Davidson September 13, 2004 A group of 16 of us from Columbus Georgia just returned fr... Full report		9/2004	Steven Y. Davidson 1000+ Dives
*Tahiti Aggressor*			Food, Worst I have ever had on any live aboard. Some weather problems encountered but other than light, did not really effect the ... Full report		11/2003	John J. Duggan 1000+ Dives
*Centre Plongee Nuku Hiva*		Marquesas	Good: Saw hammerheads & mantas on same dive, sharks were 5- 7 ft. away and not afraid. Good: Saw octopi frequently during day. Good... Full report		8/2003	Linda Dunn 250+ Dives
*Tahiti Aggressor*			First trip on Aggressor, the only live- aboard in Tahiti. Rangiroa is beautiful, and it's a good thing since due to a blown engine ... Full report		8/2003	Linda Dunn 250+ Dives
*Bora Dive Center*		Bora Bora	This was a trip with diving, not a pure "dive vacation. " My girlfriend is a fairly new diver (less than 20 dives) We dove for 3 da... Full report		8/2003	John McGill 250+ Dives
*M/S Paul Gauguin*			... Full report		6/2003	David S. Wisdom M.D. <100 Dives
*Tahiti Aggressor*			Exciting diving. Pass dives had strong current and were vigorous but pre- dive briefings were excellent. Corner dives had lots of... Full report		2/2003	Ron Duckett 250+ Dives
*Tahiti Aggressor*			The Tahiti Aggressor is a great way to dive the area around Rangiroa, which has the best diving in French Polynesia. The boat is a... Full report		12/2002	Bill & Jeanne Downey 1000+ Dives
*Tahiti Aggressor*		[Tuamotus	The Tahiti Aggressor (formerly the Fiji Aggressor) began service in Tahiti in late September, 2002. It is a relatively stable 106 ... Full report		11/2002	Richard J. Troberman 100+ Dives
*Raie Manta*		Rangiroa	Raie Manta Club is a great operation. Professional, courteous staff especially Lydie, Marco, Rene and Valerie. They picked us up e... Full report		9/2001	Lisel Doreste <100 Dives
*6 Passangers/ [same] Kia Ora*			With the most personal and professional help from our Travel Agent(dive@divetahitiblue. com) we were able to create and have the mo... Full report		7/2007	Chuck & Julie Feinberg 500+ Dives
*various/ [same]various*		Rangiroa	"Be aware whether dive operators are on rigid repetitive schedules. " The French operation (which may be quite different now) scheduled their dives on the basis of the tide schedules and were hugely e... Full report		8/2024	Fred H Kolo 250+ Dives
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