Plateau de Vaiare

As to the relief, this plateau has a beautiful coral garden with several sandy veins over which you’ll navigate. This plateau continues with a beautiful and long drop-off.

Critters at this site

The place of all encounters in Moorea, schools of jackfish and baracudas, white-tip and black-tip sharks, grey sharks. The plateau is also housing a lot of turtles.

Based on open observations nearbywithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Small Giant Clam

Tridacna maxima4 obs.

Pillow Cushion Star

Culcita novaeguineae4 obs.

Commercial Top Shell

Rochia nilotica2 obs.

Thin-shelled Rock Crab

Grapsus tenuicrustatus2 obs.

Lollyfish Sea Cucumber

Holothuria atra2 obs.

Tongue Coral

Herpolitha limax2 obs.

Pink Whipray

Pateobatis fai2 obs.

Long-spined Crown-of-Thorns

Acanthaster planci2 obs.

Plate & Pillar Coral

Porites rus1 obs.

Leopard Sea Cucumber

Bohadschia argus1 obs.

Pleated Nerite

Nerita plicata1 obs.

Cauliflower Coral

Pocillopora verrucosa1 obs.

Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra mathaei1 obs.

Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas1 obs.

Hairy Red Hermit Crab

Dardanus lagopodes1 obs.

Needle-spined Urchin

Echinostrephus aciculatus1 obs.

Snake Sea Cucumber

Synapta maculata1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Calcinus seurati1 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Pocillopora meandrina1 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Astrea curta1 obs.