This crystal clear lagoon, once filled filled
with mother-of-pearl, is now home to diving perfection.
Diving in Tahiti by Rod
Klein
The concentrated dive sites offer a wide variety
of lagoon, drift, and ocean dives with unique marine
life experiences. Species include marbled groupers,
which breed in the pass each July. Other encounters
are similar to other atolls with a rich variety
of smaller and larger species meeting in and around
the pass.
Some of the established
dive sites around Manihi include: Tairapa Pass
Pass dive 20-70 feet The Circus
Lagoon dive 50-80 feet The Drop-Off
Ocean dive 15-120 feet The Crack, also known as
The Break
Ocean dive 20-100 feet West Cape, also known as
West Point
Ocean dive 20-180 feet The Crossing
Ocean dive 20-120 feet
The Dive Operator is
located in the resort on Manihi.
