Scuba Diving Destinations:

Rangiroa - A varied diving destination

Destination: Pacific Ocean, French Polynesia, Rangiroa

Rangiroa offers diving activities for all type of divers, from those who are just starting to those who count on a great amount of experience in their past, from those who wish to dive in calm waters to those who wish to experience exciting currents, and from those who wish to practice a relaxing reef diving to those who rather to observe sharks while practicing drift diving. Therefore, this dive destination is suitable for most tastes, satisfying the wishes which every diver would have.

Novice divers could take their first diving steps by visiting The Aquarium. The Aquarium is located at the Lagoon area and has a depth which can range between the 9 ft and 30 ft. This way, this diving area is ideal for divers who are just practicing this sport for the first time due to the area's water depth characteristics as well as the tranquility and lack of currents of the environment in which diving novices would start practicing the activity.

Experienced divers who have dived many times before and need an exciting spot where to practice their sport, would surely find their wishes fulfilled by visiting The Valley in The Tiputa Pass. The Valley offers divers the chance to practice a challenging drift dive surrounded by very strong currents. This area is only appropriate for experienced divers due to the fact that its currents would be very dangerous for those who do not have the experience level necessary to manage them.

Another great Rangiroa diving area ideal for being visited by middle level and experienced divers is Mahuta. This spot offers a unique diving environment due to the fact that it contains a mixture of lagoon and ocean waters. Divers who visit Mahuta could be able to observe beautiful corals, reef fishes of many kinds and even sharks.

Divers who enjoy observing sharks would surely be able to satisfy their desires by visiting the Shark Cave. The Shark Cave is a spot located at the edge point of Tiputa Pass in which divers can observe many sharks of several different types such as black tips, silver tips, grey sharks and even hammerheads. Those divers who do not wish to observe sharks, could visit L'eolienne which is a diving spot characterized by containing a great amount of reef fishes of many types as well as friendly dolphins.





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