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Experience the thrill of "shooting the pass" as an exhilarating rush of water carries you and an astounding number of fish between the lagoon and the ocean. The top dive sites in Rangiroa are centered around two passes: Avatoru Pass and Tiputa Pass.

Silvertip Point
Avatoru Pass-current out
75 ft
This spot is famous for the 8-9 ft silvertips that swim up the wall and across the top of the reef as the current moves from the lagoon to the ocean, bringing with it tasty morsels. Also spot turtles, Napoleon wrasses and schools of barracuda and jacks.

Mahuta
Avatoru Pass
54 ft
This deep gulley is framed by a coral garden and features manta rays, barracuda, sharks, and numerous free-swimming morays.

Petite Pass
Avatoru Pass
54 ft
The cave and canyon topography here provides interesting terrain for sightings of Napolean wrasses and grey sharks.

Aquarium
Tiputa Pass
9-45 ft
This dive site within the lagoon is one of the tamer dives in the area, but the tranquil beauty and variety of species you'll find are well worth your time. A coral garden, butterflyfish, anemones and clownfish, triggerfish, Napoleon wrasses, white tip sharks, grunts and many more species of tropical fish are the highlights here.

Hammerhead Valley
Tiputa Pass-current in
135 ft
Hammerhead sharks and eagle rays frequent this large flat area to the side of the pass as abundunt numbers of fish are sucked into the lagoon on an incoming tide.

Shark Point
Tiputa Pass-current in
54-120 ft
At this open-water dive site just outside the pass, you'll find amazing numbers of hungry grey reef sharks, white tips and hammerheads circling curiously around divers at 100-120 ft. At a shallower depth, Napolean wrasses and schools of snapper and barracuda will attract your attention.

The Crossing
Tiputa Pass-current in
105-120 ft
Caves and canyons, Napoleon wrasses, grey sharks, eagle rays, barracuda and dolphins.

Eolienne
Tiputa Pass-current out
75 ft
When the current is on its way out, this coral garden just outside the pass is a nice site to dive in. Enjoy sightings of turtles, Napoleon wrasses, barracuda, dolphins and manta rays.

All uncaptioned photos courtesy of The Six Passengers