Tumakohua (South Pass), the Wall of Sharks
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Riffen en koraal
- Beste tijd
- Mar, Jun–Oct
- Watertemp.
- 24–29 °C
- Duikdiepte
- 10–35 m
Coördinaten16°30′54″ S, 145°27′36″ W
Seven hundred grey reef sharks stacked in the pass mouth in ranks like a squadron, the densest shark aggregation on the planet, filmed for 'Blue Planet II'. Drift in on the incoming tide through coral canyons; in June, 20,000 spawning grouper and the sharks that come to eat them. Fakarava is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and French Polynesia declared its entire 5-million-km² EEZ a shark sanctuary in 2012. The result is a functioning predator-dominated reef, the ecological baseline almost nowhere else still has. Anchorage: Anchor inside the lagoon off Tetamanu in sand, one of the great Pacific anchorages. Hazards: No site-specific hazards noted, brief normally.
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