Bora Bora · French Polynesia · Drift · Reef
Muri Muri
Grey reef sharks, tuna and giant barracuda on a drifting plateau
Area photo: The original uploader was Dlloyd at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0
Muri Muri, also called White Valley, is a site famous for drift diving: a coral plateau that leads down to a sandbank. Its depth and the currents that can run across it make it a dive for intermediate to advanced divers, who come for the grey reef sharks, tuna, jacks and giant barracuda that patrol it.
Also known as White Valley.
Where it is and how deep
No published position for this site — the map shows Bora Bora and its other sites; operators know the mooring.
The dive
The dive drifts over a coral plateau that leads on to a sandbank, between about 18 and 37 m (60 to 120 ft). Grey reef sharks, turtles, tuna, jacks and giant barracuda work the plateau, and dolphins sometimes pass through.
The drift carries divers across a tongue of white sand and a huge field of corals. Colonies of garden eels poke their heads out of the sand, and schools of trevally swim alongside.
Marine life and season
- Reef sharks
- Sea turtles
- Tuna
- Trevally & jacks
- Barracuda
- Dolphins
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Season follows Bora Bora: The dry May to October months are the high season, though the trade winds sometimes blow strongly; November to April is the wet season.
Know before you go
- Currents can run across the site, and its depth adds to the challenge.
Dive videos
Shark Dive - Muri Muri - Bora Bora · MontengroDive on YouTube
Muri Muri, Bora Bora - Encounter with a Turtle · Stephan Debelle on YouTube
Sources
- Bora Bora Diving: Discover Polynesia's Most Iconic Island — SSI
- Diving in Bora Bora — Tahiti Tourisme
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