Fin alongside these oceangoing giants as they swoop in for a parasite detailing session at the Anau cleaning station.

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Descend for a magical night dive on the Nordby, a three-masted Danish schooner that sank in 1900 off Raiatea.

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Ride swift ocean currents with playful dolphins and walls of barracudas and sharks off Rangiroa in the Tuamotu atolls.

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Remote Fakarava’s coral-covered south passage is buffered by a wall of gray sharks that travel by the hundreds.

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Wade waist-deep while scores of rays and blacktips gather for a feed, then snorkel off a nearby motu, or islet, to see more.

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It’s three hours to the top of Bora Bora’s iconic peak. When you get there, gaze down at one of the world’s most spectacular lagoons.

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Catch the November festivities during this three-day outrigger race for traditional canoes between Huahine and Bora Bora. outriggercanoe.hawaikinuivaa.pf

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Cruise the pineapple plantations and Moorea’s scenic mountain vistas by all-terrain vehicle.

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Tahiti’s best bargain eats await at roulottes — the local version of a food truck — parked by the ferry docks, with standbys like poisson cru and crepes.

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Go canyoneering through a labyrinth of grottoes, caves and waterfalls on Tahiti’s south coast.

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