BLUE PARADISES – FRENCH POLYNESIA – Ep02

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Bora Bora, Fakarava, Ranguiroa, Tahiti, Tikehau, Moorea, Maupiti… It sounds like heaven, doesn’t it?
It’s because it is, an underwater paradise like there is no other. Some say fifty shades of blue.
Our Odyssey through these islands and atolls is one of the most spectacular diving expeditions we have had the chance to do.
A crystal clear water (visbility can reach 45 meters), hundreds of different reef fish species, corals and pelagic, to sum up : an exceptional beauty both in terms of flora and fauna.
French Polynesia is known as the largest shark santuary in the world,
probably the only place in the world where you can see 6 species of sharks in a single dive : Grey reef sharks, Tiger sharks, Black-tip sharks, White-tip sharks, Nurse sharks and Lemon sharks. Yes! In a single dive.
The dives are mainly drifting because of the underwater topography of its passes, this is where the show begins, life is teeming: Hammerhead sharks, dolphins, school of barracuda, eagle rays, turtles, manta rays, marbled groupers, tuna, napoleons… We are not going to give you an exhaustive list, because there are around 800 species, I’ll let you imagine.
We dived into the main passes:Tiputa, Tumakohua, Garuae, Avatoru,… But the one that offered us the most beautiful spectacle is undoubtedly Tetamanu, the southern pass of Fakarava. Imagine yourself in front of a wall of 700 sharks (We were there the third week of June).
If you do not yet practice scuba diving, no worries, you can fully enjoy the beauties that French Polynesia has to offer by practicing snorkeling.
In the stunning lagoon of Moorea, you can snorkel with stingrays, black tip sharks and colorful fishes.
If French Polynesia benefits from a unique underwater environment, magnificent coral reefs and amazing lagoons, it is also an earthly paradise, not only for its majestic scenery or its dream beaches but above all for the kindness of the Polynesians (Tahitians).
So far we have mainly traveled to the Society Islands and the Tuamotus but we are planning to go in the Austral archipelago to swim with the
Humpback whales. Exploring Polynesia is the adventure of a lifetime, because it is the size of Europe.

FRENCH POLYNESIA is the second part of a triptych of subaquatic poems „Blue Paradises“

Where is the best scuba diving in the world ? We still don’t know,…so let’s keep diving and filming 🙂
New adventures are coming very soon!!!!!

Fly & Dive is a film production and stock footage company specialized in lifestyle, travel, environment, wildlife, heritage, people and aerial cinematography.

Subaquatic Poets : Olivier Bourgeois / Franck Meyer

Music
„Ashe“ by Hans Johnson / licence number : 131332

A few places we loved :

on Ranguiroa:

On Maupiti (Ask for Dawn, she’s the boss and a wonderful Chef)

More than a diving center :

On Ranguiroa (Very nice people, very professional, good equipment)

On Maupiti (Ask for Nelly or Yannick, they know each manta ray in the lagoon by its first name 🙂

Our Gear

Nauticam Digital Camera Housing

Canon 1 DX mark II

Camera RED Helium 8K

Post Production

Equipment to start underwater video or photography is often expensive.
But if you want to get started, there is some really good quality equipment at affordable prices, below, we have selected 3 complete equipment that we have tested and that we recommend to you :

More or Less 500$

GoPro Hero9

Housing & Red Filter

Dome Port (double hand)

Memory card

Our recommendation for this product : Set your Gopro before diving (Format, recording speed, etc …), DO NOT USE the white balance in auto mode! Be careful high speeds like 120 fps or 240 fps eat a lot of light, if you dive deep it’s a bad idea. Otherwise it’s an all-terrain camera, no risk.

Between 500$ and 1000$

Olympus TG-6

Housing PT-059

Our recommendation for this product : Excellent product between 10 and 20 meters but has colorimetric limits beyond 20 meters. Easy handling to start filming underwater. Will adapt perfectly to diving in the Red Sea for example.

More than 1000$

CANON 5D Mark IV

Housing Seafrogs

Lens RF 24-105mm (F4-7.1)

Our recommendation for this product : For the CANON : 30,4 Mpix, video in 4K, ISO Range up to 32000, …You can sleep on both ears. For the Housing Up to 40 meters deep. For both, rock solid equipment (CANON + Seafrogs), on the other hand for frequent travelers beware of the weight, the 5D MARK IV + the housing + Lens = 4 Kg