French Polynesia Master, Polynesia
8.7 Fabulous - Nitrox available
- En-Suite bathrooms
- Aircon Cabins
“Highlights were diving South Fakarava (shark wall) and the shark night dive. ”
The newly built for 2016 French Polynesia Master offers superb diving year-round to the incredible dive sites of French Polynesia. With pristine white beaches and clear, warm water, French Polynesia is a divers paradise. Largely untouched, diving in French Polynesia means seeing hundreds of sharks including grey reefs, hammerheads, tigers, black tips and silky sharks, usually joined by manta rays and dolphins. Stunning colourful reefs, wrecks and channels are part of the normal dive day around this cluster of tiny islands located in the heard of the Pacific Ocean. The dive deck is located at the rear of the upper deck and has a dedicated outdoor seating area and on deck shower hoses. All guests will be allocated an individual set-up station which includes under bench storage for personal gear such as masks & fins. There is also a camera table and separate rinse bucket for dedicated photographers.
For relaxation and comfort, the French Polynesia Master offers guests plenty of space on board. This includes an indoor lounge with entertainment system, outdoor shaded lounge area located on the upper deck and also a spacious sun deck offering stunning French Polynesia views. There are 13 cabins spread over 3 decks to cater to 25 people on board. Guests can choose between standard or premium cabins. Each cabin is equipped with en-suite bathrooms and individual AC units.
Let the experienced and professional crew of the French Polynesia Master help create a vacation to remember. Call us or book online today to start your adventure.
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Included: VAT, Airport Transfer, Drinking Water, Soft drinks, Tea & Coffee, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Land Excursions, Cabin Towels, Complimentary Toiletries, Deck Towels.
Required Extras: National Park Fees, Port Fees (70-120 USD per trip).
Optional Extras: Local Flights, Alcoholic Beverages, Nitrox (25 USD per day), Nitrox Course (100 USD), Rental Gear (25 USD per day), Scuba Diving Courses (250 USD), Snorkel Gear, Laundry / Pressing Services, WiFi internet (70-175 USD), Massage (50 USD).
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French Polynesia Master Reviews
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- 8.7 Fabulous
- Vessel 8.3
- Crew 8.5
- Food 9.7
- Diving 9.3
- Value 7.8
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- 8.4 Very good
- Heather N
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United States
A beautiful trip with LOTs of sharks.
The staff was beyond accommodating and helpful. Everyone you would come into contact with always wanted to help and genuinely seemed to care about how your day was going! The food was really good including a nice variety daily. The diving though quite challenging at some of the passes was beyond expectations. Lots of sharks, a few mantas, and dolphins were really the highlights for me. I would love to go back again someday!!!
- Recommended for
- Remote Location, SHARKS, the staff
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- 8.0 Very good
- Steven M
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Australia
Excellence comes at a price
Fakarava and Rangiroa atolls were the best and also the first and last sites of the trip. In retrospect may have been better to just stay at these spots and use land based operators
- Recommended for
- Sharks, sharks and sharks
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- 9.2 Superb
- Michael R
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Canada
Wall of Sharks
This was our third trip to the Tuamotu Islands, but our first on a live-aboard there. The live-aboard gave us the opportunity to visit some different atolls as well as Fakarava and Rangiroa. We dived at 5 different atolls and all were terrific. The diving is amassing! If you are a shark fan who likes to dive with hundreds of them, then this is the place for you. Diving is best when there is a strong current flowing into an atoll's lagoon as the grey reef sharks congregate in the passage then, sometimes creating a thick "wall of sharks". White tips, black tips, tigers, and hammers were also seen on this trip. We saw mantas, eagle rays, big schools of barracuda, and much more. Also at Rangiroa there are often close dolphin encounters at Tiputa Pass. We have dived with them every trip there. The Tuamotu Islands is on my top ten list of great dive locations for large marine life, along with places such as the Galapagos and Socorro Islands, places that get more than one visit. We will return.
- Recommended for
- The big three: sharks, manta, dolphins and more!
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Lawrence B
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United Kingdom
An incredible experience - fantastic diving, great crew and dive team.
This was our first liveaboard so we have nothing to compare it against, but far exceeded expectations. The boat has been newly refurbished and the common areas (inc sun deck) were great. The crew and dive guides were fantastic - creating a superb atmosphere. And the diving was outstanding - well managed, incredible sights and such a great all round experience.
- Recommended for
- Drift diving, the wall of sharks and a superb atmosphere on board.
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- 9.2 Superb
- Judy O
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New Zealand
Sharks, sharks & sharks!
Diving with dolphins ‘Walls’ of sharks Enthusiastic dive crew
- Recommended for
- Sharks, crew, Diving
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Annick V
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Netherlands
Super diving and very helpful dive masters.
Rangiroa: Pass Tiputa, Dolphins! Fakarava: Pass Tetamanu, wall of sharks, schools of barracuda's snappers etc. Toau Pass Otugi, wall of grey reef, whitetip and silvertip sharks, tunas, snappers, nudibranches.
- Recommended for
- small groups, experienced dive masters, comfortable boat
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- 10 Exceptional
- Emily R
- United States
Wonderful Tuamotos
Highlights were diving South Fakarava (shark wall) and the shark night dive. Being anchored in a pristine atoll and looking up at the Milky Way at night. Outstanding food. Dive deck is well organized. 25 divers seemed like a big group, but when spread between 2 zodiacs and 4 dive teams, it seemed like a much more intimate experience. Very well-run operation.
- Recommended for
- The Tuamotos in French Polynesia feel a million miles away from civilization. The pelagics here are fantastic---more sharks than I've seen anywhere, plenty of manta rays, a few eagle rays, massive schools of Big Eye, Jacks, Barracuda. Dive and boat crew were professional, friendly, experienced and had great judgement. Even though we had a few dives in very strong currents, I always felt that the divers were well looked after and that safety was paramount. Food on the boat is outstanding too.
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Jay H
- United States
A fabulous for an old man
I am 74 years old and I haven't dove much in recent years, so I was worried that I wouldn't have the muscle to dive these strong currents successfully. Moreover, I had to rent almost everything and was unfamiliar with the gear. WHAT A SURPRISE! I couldn't believe the massive amount of assistance I received from the dive guides! They helped me get geared-up and in the water. They helped during the dive. They helped me get out of the water and out of my gear. A special mention to Anouk and Dora for all the assistance. Even at 74 years old, I wasn't the oldest diver there! If diving with hundreds (or thousands) of sharks, day and night, in the most beautiful water in the world is on your bucket list, do it now. What a thrill!
- Recommended for
- The crew, the sharks, Fakarava's water clarity and pristine reefs
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- 6.4 Review score
- Michele R
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Italy
Good as expected
Night dive
- Recommended for
- Safety organisation locations
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Natsumi U
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Japan
Over all an excellent trip!
So many mantas and sharks, and groupers everywhere. From the very first dive, I felt like "Ok, seen enough. time to pack the ready to go home".. Only one live-a-board in the area and so much to see. Great visibility everywhere. Can be tough and dangerous dives without proper guides who can figure out right positions and timings. Our guides did wonderful jobs to dive very safely. We worry about the proper plugs and voltages, but they have new type of outlets which take all sorts of plugs around the world. And those outlets are all over the boat. They should have let us know earlier! And they had a great coffee maker too ;-) . I have a mixed feeling. I want them to have enough business, so good divers should know... but don't want the area to be too popular (like Indonesia, recently) and with too many divers.
- Recommended for
- 1) Lots of sharks, mantas, and, even a brief view of a whale, 2) Dive guides, 3) a new boat.
