Gerald had great times! With eighteen dives, the Polynesia should remain
the best destination for diving of the trip. Dive in Boulari's pass in New Caledonia remains
the most beautiful dive. But Fakarava, in the archipelago of the Tuamotu, gets
the place of the richest and the most impressive site. Thank you for Ato for the pictures
beneath. The big moments, in qualitative order:
- Fakarava: seven dives in
three different sites: the pass Garuae, the pass Tumakohua (in the South) and
the island of Toau. In the pass Garuae, all the classicals of the dive in Polynesia. In the
south-pass, magnificent drift dive and over benches of several dozens of grey sharks. While going
to the island of Toau, a humped-back whale mother and its baby whale. In
snorkelling, we’ve seen the rest of the mother about ten metres under us ( the photo). During the
dives, immense benches of sharks, tapete (big white-tipped sharks of the reef), grey
sharks. Young and grown-up napoleons. Thank you to Jean-Christophe and Erwan
of the Aqualung centre. Dives with Samuel, Christian, Caroline, Elsa and Rémy, Sophie, Martine
and Dominique and Ato, the photographer.
- Huahine: three dives. Best of
in Fitii's pass with bench of grey sharks, leopards rays, tortoise and big
napoleons. On another site, the sharks with black point and with white point were so numerous and so
close, as one of them went as far as turning knocking the belly of Gerald with its
nose. One not knows what it aimed at exactly! Thank you to Annie of the Mahana
Dive centre, especially to have known how to give envy to Isabelle to make a second try (photo
below), after the catastrophic one in Thailand. Dive with Bruno the Inhabitant of Marseilles
philosophizes, and his friends.
- Moorea: three dives. Big
quantity of sharks of lagoon, black-tipped, white-tipped and grey. Beautiful
coral reefs. Thank you to Bubu of the Fun Dive centre. Dives made with Damien and Jean.
- Rangiroa: two dives. First
driftt dive and first dive with dolphins. Thank you to Brigitte, notably for
our dive in duet with dolphins and my record of depth at 47 metres!
- Tikehau: two dives. The
occasion to see my first bench of big white-tipped sharks (called locally
Tapete), much bigger than those of the lagoon and can reach more than three metres in length. The service of
Blue Nui centre is a little bit fast! Dives with Giempiero.
-
Raiatea: one dive. Two napoleons and first bench of about ten grey shark! Dive with Jean-François and Anne-Gaelle.
Grown-up Napoleon fish
Humped-back
whale
“Isabubble”
Scuba
diving in French Polynesia