Garuae Pass

Garuae is the south pass scaled up: the widest channel in French Polynesia, flushing so much ocean that its drift dives feel like weather. Divers drop on the ocean side, sink onto terraces where gray reef sharks pave the steps, and let the tide deal the deck — dogtooth tuna, snapper phalanxes, eagle rays, Napoleon wrasse, occasional mantas or a passing hammerhead in the blue. The current hands you canyon after canyon until the lagoon slows everything into bright shallows. It demands more of divers than Tumakohua — deeper, faster, wider — and repays them with the sensation of being small in a very large machine.

您此行的高光时刻: Shark-covered terraces on a huge tide; big pelagics in the entry blue; the Tuamotus' most powerful drift.

地形地貌: A broad, deep channel with coral terraces, canyons on the ocean approach, and shark-lined steps into the lagoon

水流: Nearly a mile wide and deep-flushing — the incoming tide moves serious water, and dives abort when the window closes.

入水方式: Minutes from Rotoava's dive centers; entries are timed precisely to the tide window on French Polynesia's widest pass.

危险因素: Powerful, wide-field current with real consequences for separation; deeper working depths than the south pass; carry a DSMB per diver.

保育: Sanctuary rules protect every shark in these waters; keep formation in the group so boats can track one bubble cluster, not five.

高氧（Nitrox）: 在此值得使用——各潜点深度落在富氧空气（nitrox）能有效延长免减压时间的区间（前提是持有相应认证）。