- Type
- Shark
- Typical depth
- 30 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Visibility
- 25–45 m
- Water temp
- 26–29 °C
- Current
- Strong
- Access
- Open access
- Min cert
- Advanced Open Water
- Pass Drift
- Wall Of Sharks
- Spawning Aggregation
- UNESCO Biosphere
- Tide-Dependent
- Strong Current
When to dive
Tumakohua (south) Pass holds a resident wall of ~700 grey reef sharks — the densest known aggregation of the species. Numbers peak Jun–Jul during the marbled grouper spawning aggregation, when sharks gorge on the spawn at the full moons of June and July. South pass protected since 2008; Fakarava part of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Austral winter (Jun–Sep) gives the calmest conditions.
16.5167° S, 145.4667° W
Notes
'Wall of sharks' — hundreds of grey reef sharks.
Marine life
- Corals
- hard coral pass walls, sea fans
- Sharks
- grey reef shark (~700 resident wall), blacktip reef shark, whitetip reef shark, occasional silvertip, occasional tiger shark
- Turtles
- hawksbill, green
- Pelagics
- giant trevally, dogtooth tuna, barracuda
- Reef fish
- marbled grouper spawning aggregation (full moons of Jun and Jul), snapper, napoleon wrasse
Dive clubs that visit this site
- Dive Spirit Fakarava (Te Ava Nui)source
Fakarava (North Pass area), Tuamotus, French Polynesia · Dive centre
- O2 Fakaravasource
Fakarava (Rotoava), Tuamotus, French Polynesia · Dive centre
- Tetamanu Divingsource
Tetamanu (South Pass), Fakarava, Tuamotus, French Polynesia · Dive centre
- TOPDIVE Fakaravasource
Fakarava, Tuamotus, French Polynesia · Dive centre
Sources
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