Whether you are a novice diver or a seasoned veteran, the waters of French Polynesia will provide you with a wide variety of diving adventures. Please click on the islands below for specific diving spots and dive centers.
Notes:
Do not forget your diving certificates book, which, when requested, will help you obtain good service. All international diving systems are accepted. They include PADI, CMAS, etc...Most of the diving centers offer CMAS and PADI instruction courses.
No medical certificate is needed if you do not do any instruction courses. A specific insurance covering diving risks is recommended.
Tahiti has an outstanding inter-island medical evacuation system enhanced by specially chartered planes and a multiple place decompression chamber. There are medical teams specially trained in hyperbaric medicine under French standards on duty 24 hrs a day.
For those bringing their own gear, Air Tahiti -the regularly scheduled domestic airline for Tahiti & Her Islands- allows divers 5kg (approx 11 lbs) in additional baggage for divers. You will have to show your diving certificate and passport upon check-in.
OTHER ISLANDS DIVE CENTERS:
| HUAHINE: | |
| Mahana Dive Tel/Fax: (689) 68-76-32 or (689) 73-07-17 |
Pacific Blue Adventure (Quai de Fare) Tel: (689) 68-87-21 or 71-96-55 Fax: (689) 68-80-71 |
| RAIATEA/ TAHA'A:: | |
| Hemisphere-Sub (Marina d'Apooiti, Raiatea) Tel: (689) 66-12-49 or 79-26-27 Fax: (689) 66-28-63 |
Shark Dive (Patio, Taha'a) Tel: (689) 65-65-55 Fax: (689) 65-65-60 |
| Taha'a Blue Nui (Le Taha'a Private Island & Spa) Tel/Fax: (689) 65-67-78 |
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| RURUTU: | |
| Raie Manta Club ( Hotel Rurutu Village) Tel: (689) 94-03-92, Fax: (689) 94-05-01 |
Te Ava Ma'o Club Tel: (689) 94-04-11, Fax: (689) 94-06-61 |
Some information on this page courtesy of GIE PLONGEE de
Tahiti et ses Iles
