The fauna encountered
The Tuamotu archipelago is one of the most famous places to meet the pelagic fauna throughout the year.
This is how you approach different species of sharks: black tips, white tips of the lagoon and reef, gray sharks, nurses, hammers …
… but also manta rays, leopard rays, dolphins (Tursiops and Stenella), peponocéphales, sailfish swimmers …
… or even whales or whale sharks … benches of bunions … tunas, jacks (blue, spotted, disheveled, big eyes …), benches of barracudas, barracudas …
… turtles, treacherous treacherous turtle napoleon tortoise …
… as well as all the coral fauna habitual in the tropics, moray, napoleons, pterois, moray, grouper, heniochus, clown fish, parrots, .imperator, chromis, balistes, zanclus, chectodons …
Bearings with NITROX 50
For your safety, we offer optional Nitrox 50% safety bearings, at a price of 50 Euros for a block of 7 liters at 200 Bars, to be paid locally.
The nearest hyperbaric chamber is located at the hospital of Papeete (Tahiti), we strongly recommend this option …
Equipment
The Aquatiki has been specially designed and designed for scuba diving. It is equipped with 2 compressors BAUER of 19m3 / h each and a semi-rigid annex fast and safe (85CV, sounder GPS and VHF).
We use SCUBAPRO diving equipment (SEA approved center). On board, we have 8 diver, masks, snorkels, pressure regulators, manometer, direct systems, octopus, stabilization vests, parachutes, alert dive, 3 mm shorty suits: sufficient in summer (28 ° c to 40 m In March) … The chilly ones will have to envisage an integral combination 3 mm for the winter (25 ° C to 40 m in September).
The equipment is lent to you free of charge but remains at the expense of the diver in case of loss or deterioration. The blocks are bi-standard (DIN and international), made of steel. Each pair is equipped with a 12 liters and a 15 liters with 230 bars. We do not provide underwater lights, they are rarely needed.
