Passe de Tikehau - Tuheiava

★★★★★ (662)

Small tikehau pass, max depth 30 meters, easy dive in incoming current drift dive, all the drift is done in less than 10 m of bottom very nice dive for beginners and experts.

Frequent sighting of great hammerhead shark, tiger, manta ray, eagle ray, large school of yellowmouth barracudas. Very nice pass of small size but so rich in marine life.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species: 200

Alamy-WaterFrame

Moray Eel
144 Sightings
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13
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9
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7
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15
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14
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14
O
20
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13
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5

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Total number of species: 27

iStock-Global_Pics

Barracuda
144 Sightings
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11
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17
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18
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5
M
9
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5
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13
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13
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18
O
20
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10
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5
Alamy/Fiona Ayerst

Tiger Shark
81 Sightings
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4
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10
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12
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0
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6
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6
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9
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6
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8
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9
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6
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5

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Total number of species: 600

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Wrasse
81 Sightings
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9
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11
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8
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3
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6
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8
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9
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9
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12
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AdobeStock/G Russel Childress

Great Hammerhead Shark
68 Sightings
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10
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7
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3
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5
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3
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6
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6
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7
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Total number of species: 25

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Eagle Ray
18 Sightings
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5
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2
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0
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4
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3
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Alamy/National Geographic Image Collection

Oceanic Whitetip Shark
15 Sightings
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2
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2
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2
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0
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6
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3
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0
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Reef Manta Ray
9 Sightings
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2
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3
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iStock-June Jacobsen

Whitetip Reef Shark
172 Sightings
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10
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18
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19
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5
M
8
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16
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19
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25
S
15
O
22
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8
D
7

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Total number of species: 40

iStock-wrangel

Triggerfish
115 Sightings
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7
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12
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13
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10
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5
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6
J
13
A
9
S
12
O
24
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4
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0
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Total number of species: 100

iStock-burnsboxco

Parrotfish
103 Sightings
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5
F
14
M
14
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7
M
6
J
6
J
8
A
8
S
12
O
16
N
7
D
0

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Total number of species: 40

iStock-Hoatzinexp

Jackfish
88 Sightings
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12
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8
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2
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9
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5
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7
A
9
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12
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10
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6
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4
iStock-Lindsey Dougherty

Silvertip Shark
71 Sightings
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8
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6
M
9
A
4
M
5
J
4
J
5
A
8
S
5
O
11
N
6
D
0

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Total number of species: 130

Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek

Butterfly Fish
71 Sightings
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7
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10
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6
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7
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5
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8
A
5
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6
O
13
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0
D
4

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Total number of species: 85

iStock-mirecca

Surgeonfish
65 Sightings
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5
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6
M
4
A
6
M
3
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4
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5
A
6
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7
O
15
N
0
D
4

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Total number of species: 90

Shutterstock-Rich Carey

Angelfish
55 Sightings
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8
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9
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3
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4
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4
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5
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7
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6
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9
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0
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0
AdobeStock-Nikolai Sorokin

Blacktip Reef Shark
54 Sightings
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7
M
6
A
3
M
0
J
4
J
5
A
4
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9
O
8
N
8
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0

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Total number of species: 60

iStock-Global_Pics

Soldierfish
54 Sightings
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8
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8
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3
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4
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4
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8
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6
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0
O
9
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4

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Total number of species: 8

Alamy-Reinhard Dirscherl

Bannerfish
45 Sightings
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9
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6
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0
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7
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4
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7
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3
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0
O
9
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0
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Total number of species: 130

AdobeStock-JirinaVFR

Pufferfish
43 Sightings
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8
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4
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0
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0
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2
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6
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0
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10
O
7
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0
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Total number of species: 250

Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker

Grouper/Basslets
39 Sightings
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4
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4
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3
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0
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0
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7
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7
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6
O
8
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0
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0
AdobeStock-Marc Henauer

Grey Reef Shark
36 Sightings
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8
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10
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0
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0
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0
J
3
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0
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8
O
7
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Total number of species: 12

iStock/cinoby

Lionfish
33 Sightings
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3
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3
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4
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4
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5
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4
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Total number of species: 15

Shutterstock-Al McGlashan

Tuna
32 Sightings
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5
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3
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0
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0
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6
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3
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4
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11
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0
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Total number of species: 28

Udo Kefrig

Clownfish
31 Sightings
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7
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4
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0
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3
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0
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4
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3
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0
O
10
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Total number of species: 60

iStock-Global_Pics

Squirrelfish
28 Sightings
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4
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2
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0
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0
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5
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3
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0
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6
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0

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Total number of species: 25

AdobeStock_Vladimir Wrangel

Boxfish
25 Sightings
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0
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0
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3
M
3
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2
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3
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0
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5
O
9
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0
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0

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Total number of species: 350

Alamy-Andre Seal

Damselfish
24 Sightings
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6
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6
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0
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0
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3
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4
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0
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0
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5
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0
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0

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Total number of species: 3

Shutterstock_Leo Lorenzo

Trumpetfish
20 Sightings
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3
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0
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0
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2
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0
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4
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0
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5
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6
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Total number of species: 3

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Cornetfish
17 Sightings
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0
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2
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3
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2
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0
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0
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4
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6
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0

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Total number of species: 30

SSI-Peter-Schinck

Stonefish
17 Sightings
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5
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2
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6
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4
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Total number of species: 150

Shutterstock-aquapix

Sweetlips and Grunts
16 Sightings
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4
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5
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3
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Total number of species: 2

AdobeStock-hakbak

Nurse Shark
14 Sightings
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0
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3
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4
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0
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0
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7
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0

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Total number of species: 120

AdobeStock-Composer.

Flounder
14 Sightings
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4
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6
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0
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2
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0

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Total number of species: 90

Shutterstock-Levent Konuk

Goatfish
12 Sightings
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5
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0
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0
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3
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0
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4
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0
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0
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0

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Total number of species: 20

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Porcupinefish
11 Sightings
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3
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3
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2
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3
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0

Dive Centers Catering This Dive Site

Coco Dive Tikehau

TUHERAHERA, 98778 TIKEHAU, French Polynesia

Dive Sites Nearby

TIKEHAU PLONGEE, 98778 TIKEHAU

Manta Point (★4.5)

Initially this dive site is for beginners and first-dive from the boat at anchor. On a sandy seabed dotted with coral patates, manta rays come to be deparasitised, much to your delight.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Poito (★4.7)

Start is from a coral reef plateau in 5 to 15 m depth, leading to a gently sloping oceanic drop off, going along the reef and entering the channel/pass through its angle.
TIKEHAU PLONGEE, 98778 TIKEHAU

Teonai (★4.7)

Start the dive on the reef, descent along the oceanic drop-off, to arrive on a plateau at 20m. Explore the plateau and dive back to the channel to return to the boat.(depth 6 to 50 meters). Very pretty reef, school of fish of all kinds.