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Surrounded By Sharks! Let’s Go Swim!

Nikki Wynn

Sep 8, 2019 — 3 min read

Every time someone says anything is the “best in the world” I am immediately skeptical. But I can’t tell you how many articles and scuba sites I’ve seen that list Fakarava as the best diving in the world.

Sailing up to the pass, it looked like just another atoll in the Tuamotus. A skinny, low lying strip of land hugged by shades of blue. Beautiful, but nothing all that different from the atolls we’ve just come from.

But it didn’t take long to see just how different this atoll is.

We haven’t been to every country in the world, much less explored all the world’s oceans (but it’s on our list). So, we can’t say it’s the best in the world. But, spoiler alert…it is THE BEST DIVING we have ever experienced!

Fakarava is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and WOW, what a difference. We have never seen so much life concentrated into one area. It’s truly a magical world down there.

Grab a beverage and settle in for a little sailing, a little land exploration and a whole lot of our favorite underwater playground in all of French Polynesia.

I don’t want to keep gushing but this really is the stuff sailing dreams are made of. A beautiful anchorage, sandy beaches, clear water and fish by the thousands. Throw in high speed internet and we may have never left.

Jason Wynn diving in fakarava from Sailboat Curiosity

Diving in fakarava with sharks from Sailboat Curiosity

close up snapper while Diving in fakarava from Sailboat Curiosity

Nikki Wynn Diving in fakarava with Neapolian wrasse from Sailboat Curiosity

Stay tuned because next time we wait for the sun to go down before diving in. And oh baby do we see some sharks…sharks by the hundreds!

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