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Manta Bommie

Passe de Tiputa is really something. We’ve done it dozens of times and it still feels like the first, that rush of being swept into the lagoon, flying over a landscape of brain coral and anemones. We love a drift dive, and this is drift diving amplified. You’ll drop in just outside the pass on an incoming tide, then let the current carry you into the lagoon. The depth here often hovers around 20 metres, so there's plenty of bottom time to take in the show. What makes it special? The sheer volume of sharks. Grey reef sharks mostly, patrolling the entrance in dizzying numbers, sometimes hundreds, just hanging in the current, looking utterly unbothered by us. We’ve also had lucky encounters with mantas here, gliding through the blue. Keep an eye out for bottlenose dolphins, too; they often put on a playful display. The visibility averages 28 metres, a proper blue, though the currents can be quite strong. Our tip: go early in the morning for fewer boats and that beautiful soft light. This dive suits experienced divers comfortable with current, looking for a truly exhilarating ride. It’s an immersion in the raw power of the ocean, a proper shot of adrenaline.