Tahiti Scuba Diving Guide
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Tahiti Islands
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Tahiti
Scuba Diving
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Tahiti scuba diving offers a good variety of soft corals and large marine life. Visibility is excellent and the sea temperature warm year round (26-29C). There are more than 30 certified scuba diving companies throughout the islands offering everything from beginner courses certified by both the French standard CMAS and by PADI to advance diving. Most instructors speak good English. There are several live aboard scuba diving charters available for those with a real passion for diving.
Rangiroa Atoll in the Tuamotu Group is the major attraction for divers with favourable tidal flows attracting many marine species and several excellent drift dives including the famous Tiputa Pass.
Other good dive sites include the north west coast of Moorea where you'll find plenty of sharks, sting rays and lots of marine species.
The main island of Tahiti has lots of scuba diving opportunities with some fantastic deep holes and caves for experienced divers off Tahiti-Iti and more tranquil lagoons abounding in small marine life off the west coast which is excellent for beginners (and conveniently close to the large hotel chains).
For those interested in pelagics, head to the remote Marquesas where the islands are devoid of coral reefs but drop dramatically into the ocean to great depths. Melon-headed whales are very common off the islands.
Readers may also be interested in the following destinations:
Cook Islands Scuba Diving
Fiji Scuba Diving
Samoa Scuba Diving
Tonga Scuba Diving
Hawaii Scuba Diving
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