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La Dérivante du Phare

La Dérivante du Phare, a short boat ride from Taina, really delivers on the "drift" part of its name. We love this site for its sheer ease of exploration; you just ride the current along the northwest edge of Tahiti's plateau, letting it carry you past some surprisingly lively coral. The visibility here is often fantastic, 30 meters is pretty standard, making those schools of blue-green chromis pop against the deeper water. Keep an eye out for larger pelagics moving in the blue, though the real show for us is often closer to the reef, scanning for Celebes longfin eels poking from their hideouts or the vibrant lemon peel angelfish darting between Pavona coral formations. We’ve had great luck spotting argus groupers here, they’re often quite curious. The current keeps things moving, so it’s a good spot for divers comfortable controlling their buoyancy in a mild drift. It’s a relaxing dive, letting the ocean do the work.