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Fakarava South Pass

Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia · 10–35m · advanced · exposed

Tidal pass into Fakarava's lagoon, dived on the incoming current for the wall of grey reef sharks holding in the channel.

Conditions today

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poor

Poor — 1.5m effective waves made worse by local wind chop.

Limiting factor: wind

Wave height
1.4–1.5m
Wave period
9.9–12.3s
Wind chop
0.2–0.8m
Sea temp
26.7–27°C

Ranges span today's hours. Wave height here is the raw sea state — the rating scales it for how exposed the site is. Exposed — open water with nothing to block the swell, so it is scored at full height.

Next few days

  • TodayPoor — 1.5m effective waves made worse by local wind chop.poor
  • ThursdayPoor — 1.5m effective waves in the morning window.poor
  • FridayPoor — 1.7m effective waves in the morning window.poor

Each day is scored over its morning dive window, the same as today's rating.

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Conditions are poor today due to wind chop compounding the swell. The tidal pass demands advanced certification and respect for the current, and today's rougher water adds real challenge to the dive. Plan carefully and consider whether conditions suit your experience and comfort.

Grey reef sharks are commonly logged here, often in numbers; divers also frequently record blacktip and whitetip reef sharks. Napoleon wrasse, camouflage groupers, and several parrotfish species are often sighted. Water temperature sits between 26.7 and 27°C.

Written by Claude (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from the rating, forecast, and sightings on this page — it has no other source and cannot look anything up. Treat it as a summary, not as local knowledge.

Commonly seen here

Most-recorded species near this site, ranked by research-grade iNaturalist sightings from divers, snorkelers, and naturalists.

Species come from iNaturalist — research-grade sightings logged by divers, snorkelers, and naturalists nearby. The ranking reflects what people photograph most, not guaranteed abundance. Ask a local operator what's actually being seen. Species names link to iNaturalist for range maps, seasonality and more photos. Photos by iNaturalist contributors under Creative Commons licences — individual credit on hover.