Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Manihi
Ready to check out the best sites in Manihi for scuba diving, snorkeling, shore diving, free diving or other ocean activities? Zentacle has 5 dive sites, snorkel spots, beaches, and more. Discover hand-curated maps, along with reviews and photos from nature lovers like you.
No matter what you're looking for, you can find a diverse range of the best ocean activities in Manihi to suit your needs.
#1 - The Circus
French Polynesia, Tuamotu, Manihi
This is the place to meet Mantas. They used to swin within 10m of water all year long! This is also a good dive to meet napoleon wrass, black-tip sharks, and eagle rays.
The circus dive site is located just between the Tairapa pass and the lagoon.
The Circus is also known as Le cirque.
#2 - West Point
French Polynesia, Tuamotu, Manihi
The visibility is incredible (> 50m !!!). Marine life is great including sea turtles, grey sharks and blacktip sharks, barracudas and groupers, jacks and trigger fish...
Just west from the airport.
#3 - Tairapa Pass
French Polynesia, Tuamotu, Manihi
Great "drift dive" through the in-coming current with Tuna, Barracudas, grey sharks, blacktip sharks, jacks, napoléon wrasse, trigger fish, morey eels, groupers and of course manta and eagle rays.
Tairapa is the only pass of Manihi, located on the southwest side of the atoll.
Tairapa Pass is also known as From the wall to the circus.
#4 - The Drop Off
French Polynesia, Tuamotu, Manihi
Incredible wall running down to 1500 m !!!
Many different marine species including barracudas, grey sharks, blacktip and whitetip sharks, napoleon wrasse, trigger fish and large school tang surgeon fish and snappers...
Southwest corner of Tairapa pass.
#5 - The Break
French Polynesia, Tuamotu, Manihi
This is a large break in the reef where sometime dive center plan some shark feeding that attracts reef sharks (black-tip, white-tip, grey).
On the south side, between the Tairapa pass and the soutwest point of Manihi.
The Break is also known as La faille.