La ora na everyone,

I’m Swiss and will be travelling to French Polynesia in September 2027.

I’ve read that Tahiti Faa’a Airport has separate immigration queues for EU and non-EU passport holders.

Although Switzerland is not an EU member, it is part of the Schengen Area, and Swiss citizens are normally allowed to use the EU/EEA/Swiss immigration lanes at European airports.

I’m wondering whether the same applies at Tahiti Airport. Can Swiss passport holders use the EU immigration queue, or are we required to join the non-EU queue?

Has anyone with a Swiss passport recently arrived in Tahiti and experienced this?

Thanks in advance for your feedback!

Mauruuru!

Hi all, Air Tahiti seems to be on strike but I can’t find anything about it on their social media or website. Where can I find reliable information about this strike?

My husband and I are planning a trip in mid February to Bora Bora. We’ve decided on the Westin,and are torn between the OWB with Otemanu view with plunge pool or the lagoon view and access with plunge pool at the Westin. Can anyone tell us depths of water under these 2 options and share any other experiences? Would love pictures of both as well! Thank you 🌺

We rented this place in Hiva Oa for three nights and hardly made it through the first night. Hot, stuffy, with a lot of traffic noise and over a mile from downtown. The windows have no screen and the fan is not adequate to cool the room. The kitchen is primitive, wood benches have no cushions and the fridge is toy size. The fly net over the bed gets mingled up with the bed sheets and makes sleeping even harder. We moved out the next day to Tiki Lodge (run by a very sweet and nice local lady) and eventually got reimbursed by ABNB for all three nights.

Staying at Hilton 1st nov - 7th and would love to get connected with local Photographers the freeze some vacay memories!

Ia Orana everyone! 🌺
I’m currently visiting beautiful Moorea and heard this song on the local radio station Tiare FM while driving around the island.
I’ve been trying to find it ever since, but unfortunately Shazam couldn’t recognize it.
Does anyone from Tahiti, Moorea or French Polynesia know the song title or artist? I’ve attached a short audio clip.
I’d love to add it to my vacation playlist!
Mauruuru roa for your help! 🇵🇫
#Tahiti #Moorea #FrenchPolynesia #PolynesianMusic #TiareFM #MusiqueTahitienne

T- 8 days until we land in tahiti and just wanted to check how’s wind and weather! I know we can’t predict this far but been hearing weather got better this week compared to last 2 weeks .

Hi,

Started provisionally planning a 2 week trip for August/September and wondered if I need to make any changes. I'm AOW diver so would like to get some diving in. the main reason to head over is for the whales. I'll be travelling from Europe so m first day I plan to do nothing.

My current idea is

Day 1 -6 Moorea with 2 (maybe 3) half day whale swim tours

4 days Rangiora (middle 2 day diving)

4 days Fakarava (middle 2 days diving)

1 day Taihiti

Fly home

Edit to add dates

Hi is it possible to hike on Tahiti by yourself or do you need a guide for safety? If renting a car planned to hike to some waterfalls, go to a black sand beach , and vaipahi gardens but what else?

Unfortunately have to rent separately in both places

Looking for recommendations for reputable small-group whale swim operators in Moorea. Is it also worth doing a whale tour from Tahiti, or are the experiences fairly similar?

Also interested in other pelagic/snorkeling tours - humpbacks, pilot whales, dolphins, sharks, rays, or other offshore marine life. I’m a huge fan of deep-water wildlife encounters, so would love tour recommendations! Thank you!

Hi!
I’ve been noticing concern regarding the weather lately in French Polynesia. We have a private whale tour and photographer booked for Sunday in Moorea. It’s rather expensive and I know it’s a bit of a gamble already, but has anyone done or heard about how the whale swims have been going? Anything helps. Thank you!

Hey guys,

I’m pretty heartbroken at the moment. Just at Tahiti airport and have realised that I don’t have my action camera with me, and haven’t downloaded any of my diving videos from our 3 week Honeymoon in FP. It is a DJI action 5 pro in the waterproof diving case (pictured).

We last had it yesterday (18 October) in Fakarava.
Places it could be are O2 Coco snack, PK9 beach, Havaiki lodge and outside Topdive area.

I would be so grateful if anyone in these areas would be able to have a check with the owners.

I have highlighted on google maps where we were located.
PK9 beach: after the coconut tree leaning into the water that’s lost its head. When you enter PK9 beach and immediately turn left and walk down a couple hundred meters. If anyone is able, could you also check the bushes around the back here? We had a friendly dog hanging around us and maybe he got the camera somehow. Pin location here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/B5mFrVc1um3qs6oe9

O2 coco snack: we sat at the table on the leftmost side nearest the beach under the tree.

Outside Topdive: if it fell out of my bike as I cycled to my lodge.

Havaiki lodge: we were siting under the tree to the right of the pier, right in front of where you park your bikes.

Thank you so much to anyone that is able to check. Hoping for a miracle that someone can save my photos. 🙏

Is that from El Niño or is this how it always is at this time or just the weather right now ? Seems like the wind is intense. I thought the El Niño brought less wind and more rain. Just trying to see how enjoyable or not it’s going to be- we’re going in a couple of weeks

J'ai vu cette question sur r/vexillology et je me suis demandé avec quel drapeau les Polynésiens s'identifient le plus. Et que pensez-vous de ces drapeaux ?

Scientists have rapidly restored bleached coral in a laboratory by placing it in contact with a healthy fragment, giving hope for reversing widespread coral decline.

Rising sea temperatures are stressing corals, causing the animals to expel the symbiotic algae that live in their tissues and give them their colour — a process known as bleaching. Because the photosynthetic algae (Symbiodiniaceae) provide corals with most of their nutrients, without them, the marine organisms are likely to starve and die.

A team of researchers has now shown that it is possible to fully reverse this bleaching process, in just days. It reported the findings in Science Advances on 14 October¹.

“This incredible new result — that fast and full recovery is possible in bleached coral — can inspire solutions that eventually may be scalable,” says Fiorenza Micheli, a marine ecologist at Stanford University’s Center for Ocean Solutions in California and a co-author on the study.

We are coming 11/22-12/4 for our honeymoon and the recent weather is stressing me out.

We are staying at

Taha’a
Bora Bora
Tahiti

Things are refundable up until this week so now is my cancellation window if I need to….

Am torn between them and both has good reviews can you’ll please share your experience with them and help me decide!

Hi everyone! We’re considering a trip to Moorea over Labor Day week, with swimming/whale watching being one of the main reasons for the trip.

For anyone who has visited around that time in early September, how was your experience? Were there plenty of humpbacks around, and did you have good opportunities to see or swim with them?

I know wildlife and conditions can vary, but I’d especially love to hear firsthand experiences from people who went during Labor Day week or early September. Would you consider it a great time to go, or would you recommend waiting until later in September? Thank you!

Hey there! Planning a trip to French Polynesia and I was wondering if there's any local hosts? While resorts are nice and all, my girlfriend and I are looking for a more authentic experience. Cheers

Air Tahiti's multi-island pass booking isn't working right now and hasn't been for at least a week (banner at the top of the website says they're working on fixing it). Do Tuomuto flights fill up early and should I book as soon as I can even if I have to do it individually and likely pay more?

Anyone have any idea how long it hasn't been working? I'm not sure if it's been down for a week or years. Also not sure if it saves me enough money to be worth the wait anyways.