This crystal clear lagoon, once filled filled with mother-of-pearl, is now home to diving perfection. The concentrated dive sites offer a wide variety of lagoon, drift, and ocean dives with unique marine life experiences. Species include marbled groupers, which breed in the pass each July. Other encounters are similar to other atolls with a rich variety of smaller and larger species meeting in and around the pass.

Some of the established dive sites around Manihi include:

Tairapa Pass : Pass dive 20-70 feet

The Circus : Lagoon dive 50-80 feet

The Drop-Off : Ocean dive 15-120 feet

The Crack, also known as The Break : Ocean dive 20-100 feet

West Cape, also known as West Point : Ocean dive 20-180 feet

The Crossing : Ocean dive 20-120 feet

Dive Centers : - Manihi Blue Nui (Manihi Pearl Resort)

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