Tahiti & Teahupo'o · French Polynesia · Wall
Faille d'Arue
A cave in the wall shaped like a church door
Faille d'Arue is a wall dive on a rock fault off Arue, on Tahiti, that extends several dozen metres deep. Its draw is the shape of the reef itself: a coral plateau that ends at the wall, and a cave in the wall whose opening looks like a church door.
Also known as La Faille d Arue, Faille of Arue.
Where it is and how deep
17.5151° S, 149.5246° WApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
The dive begins by crossing a coral plateau to the edge of the fault, where the wall starts at 5 m. Divers then follow the wall down to about 25 m, the depth of a cave whose opening looks strangely like a church door. The rock formation extends several dozen metres deep, below a typical dive.
Marine life and season
The sources we used don't single out particular species here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good |
Season follows Tahiti & Teahupo'o: August to October fall fully inside the humpback whale season; some centres swap dives for whale trips then, while others dive all year.
Dive videos
Faille d'Arue Mars 2021 · Frédéric Bolmont on YouTube
Sources
- La Faille d Arue — ScubaGo
- Dive Tahiti — FrenchBee
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