BORA BORA DIVING SPOTS

1 - THE LEOPARD RAYS TRENCH. The Bora Bora lagoon, world renowned for the beauty of its crystal clear waters has several areas where one can see leopard rays. The diving site at the southern tip of Bora Bora as well as that of the Toopua Iti islet is home to this lovely ray. Sometimes up to 10 individuals at any one time stage for the divers an astonishing subaquatic ballet. The white sandy bottom makes for good viewing.

2 - THE WHITE VALLEY. This dive site is found at the northern end of Bora Bora. This sandy extrusion highlights the clarity and outline of all the seascapes made up of coral porites, and attracts parrot-fish, daurades, perch, lutjans, balistes, rougets, soldier-fish, butterfly-fish, pterois... This open water spectacle is not easily forgotten. Sometimes up to three hundred barracudas, many sharks, hundreds of jackfishs and for the luckler ones, dolphins, can be met in these parts.

3 - THE TUPITIPITI POINT. The unusual aspect of this dive is the straigh drop off to 2000',and from the time to entry, you will be floating an infinite blue colour where the bottom can only be assumed. A few sharks, barracudas, carrangues, parrot-fish and lutjans populate this sky-blue domain. On the walls, a multitude of purple, while and pink corals, orange, red and green-coloured sponges and yellow ( gorgones), ( at a depth of 35 metres), cover the whole chromatic spectrum and you are guaranteed a rich, highly coloured spectacle.

4 - MANTA RAYS DANCE. A fantastic dive at a very beautiful lagoon site, which at a depth of 22m (65") can accommodate all divers, from beginners to expert. Here Manta rays glide about, either alone or in groups throughout the year, usually in the morning. A giant barracuda may come to greet you, and you may even come accross a grey ray or a napoleon wrasse.

All the resorts in Bora Bora either have an on-premise dive operator or will arrange dives for you.