Ant Atoll - Tauenai Pass - Pohnpei

Tauenai Pass, within Ant Atoll, offers a drift through a coral channel. We’ve seen reef sharks patrolling the deeper sections, and often schools of jacks congregating where the current picks up. It’s a site for divers comfortable with moving water, focusing on pelagic action rather than macro life.

Location: Pohnpei, Micronesia, Central & South Pacific
Coordinates: 6.755283, 157.994220
Type: reef

Marine Protected Area: And Atoll

Nearby Dive Sites in Pohnpei

Marine Life in Pohnpei

Home to 332 recorded species including 231 reef fish, 65 hard corals, 13 sea cucumbers, 8 sea snails & nudibranchs, 6 seagrass & algae, 4 clams & mussels.

Notable Species

Bristle-toothed Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus) - Reef Fish
Bullethead Parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) - Reef Fish
Black Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans) - Reef Fish
Clown Tang (Naso lituratus) - Reef Fish
Blue-lined Surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus) - Reef Fish
Saddled Parrotfish (Scarus dimidiatus) - Reef Fish
Long-nosed Parrotfish (Hipposcarus longiceps) - Reef Fish
Blunt-head Parrotfish (Chlorurus microrhinos) - Reef Fish
Humphead Unicornfish (Naso unicornis) - Reef Fish
Sea chub (Kyphosus cinerascens) - Reef Fish
Bleeker's Parrotfish (Chlorurus bleekeri) - Reef Fish
Banded maori wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus) - Reef Fish
Foxface (Siganus vulpinus) - Reef Fish
Black-barred Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricauda) - Reef Fish
Dusky Parrotfish (Scarus niger) - Reef Fish
Rivulated Parrotfish (Scarus rivulatus) - Reef Fish
Bicolor Parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus) - Reef Fish
Stony coral (Porites cylindrica) - Hard Corals
Ring-tailed Surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus) - Reef Fish
Pinkfish (Holothuria edulis) - Sea Cucumbers