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Ocean Wildlife Expedition; Swim With Whales, Sharks, & Rays Half-Day Boat Tour
Moorea-Maiao, French Polynesia
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- 4 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
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- Offered in: English
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Overview
Explore the waters of Moorea on a small-group half-day boat tour that offers the chance to snorkel near marine animals such as sharks, stingrays, and whales. Your naturalist guide shares commentary about the creatures you might see, including blacktip reef sharks, grey reef sharks, pink whiprays, leopard rays, dolphins, and humpback whales (mid-July to mid-November). Choose from a morning or afternoon departure for this small-group tour limited to eight people. Includes guide, use of snorkel equipment, beverages, fresh fruit, and hotel pickup and drop-off.
- Small-group half-day boat tour with wildlife snorkeling, from Ha'apiti
- Look for sharks, dolphins, stingrays and whales while snorkeling from the boat
- Hope to see humpback whales during their migration from mid-July to mid-November
- Choice of morning or afternoon departure
- Small-group tour with a maximum of eight participants ensures a more personalized experience
What's Included
- Guide
- Bottled water
- Beverages
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
Meeting And Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
Meeting point
- PK 27PK 27, Moorea-Maiao, French Polynesia
Tour departs from Tiahura public beach located next to Hibiscus Hotel. Hotel pickups will be either by boat or vehicle, depending on location.
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End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Please note: In-water observation with humpback whales are not guaranteed. Local operator's priority lies both to guest safety and to respect of all wildlife encountered during tours. We will only enter the water with humpback whales after the biologist onboard has observed their surface activity and deemed it safe for both the guests and the whales. Allowing the whales to continue their natural behavior, mating rituals, and migrational movements is vital for a healthy marine environment. Government placed regulations are followed for all interactions.
- Near public transportation
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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JennyPaul
Our guide was amazing and knew exactly what he was doing. He stressed patience and we ended up seeing a mom and baby! We traveled with our kids (8 and 7) and were unsure if they would be able to participate and even prepped them if they didn’t want to swim that far they could stay in the boat but it was no problem! Manu had a “buddy board” where they could hold on to the handles and pulled the kids behind him so they got to see the whales as well. It was incredible. Highly recommend!!
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Best of the week, excellent adventure
Carl_C, Mar 2023
Wow, what a fun adventure! The team was awesome and helpful, these were the only guys that took us out past the lagoon and into the Pacific Ocean. The sharks out there were much bigger and fast. Loved it!
Response from Host, Mar 2023
Thank you guys for your feedback
Hope to see you again
Cheers
Doesn’t match a name of experience
Natalia_H, Nov 2022
It was a nice trip. But they should tell people truth, it was overpaid for this experience. Other companies doing exactly same snorkel but less money. And this company charged over price only because they say on the site it will be swimming with whales that, of course, we never seen.
Response from Host, Nov 2022
Hello
We are sorry that you didn't see the whales .
At the end of the season the chance are lowest but still possible.
This tour is based on the marine wildlife observation with wild animals that's mean we can t guarantee anything.
Sometimes Ocean can give everything and sometimes nothing and we have to understand and respect that.
The best moment for whales swim is between august and beginning of November.
Our price are higher but we are also the only company of Moorea who give part of our income to 2 different foundation who protect sharks and whales and you participate by booking with us.
We hope you will be back at the best time of the season to have a better chance to swim with Humpback whales.
They tried
Steve_R, Nov 2022
Definitely swimming with the sharks and Rays. We did know that we were not in season for the humpbacks, so not seeing them was expected. However, after only spending maybe a half hour with the sharks, we went out to sea and spent over an hour bouncing in the waves. I believe they were looking for whales but nothing was communicated. Then we went to find turtles and after swimming for a very long time we gave up.
Good things-the guides were great, the snacks were great and they kept the rum punch flowing!
Response from Host, Nov 2022
Hi guys
Whale season are from July to End of November but the chance are lowest at the end of November, the highest chance to see them is August,September and October
Sorry about the team didn't communicate good with you.
The wave can be rough sometimes and your team was out to the sea to search ing marine wildlife, whales, sharks, dolphins, etc....
Sometimes the Ocean give you everything and sometimes nothing , we can't control nature .
Thanks for trying with us.
Must-do snorkeling trip
MALLORY_C, Nov 2022
AMAZING!!! Must do snorkeling trip. We didn't see the best coral if that's what you're in to, BUT we did see a lot of larger wildlife like sting rays, eagle rays, turtles, black tip reef sharks, and A WHALE! We did not think that was in the realm of possibilities. But our guides went above and beyond to defeat all odds and found us a humpback whale to swim along. This tour agency is great. Hard working locals that care about the environment and sustainability and the animals. Would do it again many times.
Response from Host, Nov 2022
Thank you so much guys and we are glad you swim with whales at the end of the season.
cheers
Best Tour Ever(beautiful & safe)
Nicole_M, Nov 2022
The whole trip was incredible!! The staff had great energy & were super informative. My mom who was previously scared had the best time in the water. I usually don’t do these but it was the best tour I’ve been on around the world— between the variety of wildlife, great staff & incredible views in and out of the water. From turtles to dolphins, sharks & rays — it was an amazing day
Response from Host, Nov 2022
We are glad you enjoy our tour .
Thank you so much to joining us.
Highly recommend this advanced, open-ocean expedition!
KelleyH, Nov 2022
Moorea Moana Tours is fabulous! They provided a taxi that picked us up from the dock where our cruise ship tenders dropped us off and drove us to the beach where their boat was waiting. As we motored out of the lagoon, the dive master briefed us on what he planned and what he wanted us to do. It was a windy day with about 5 foot seas as the captain searched for Humpback Whales. He spotted a Mom and calf so we quickly got into the water and swam very quickly, trying to catch up to them. Unfortunately, one of the guests was not prepared for the rough water swim in very deep water. Our dive master got all of us safely back on the boat and resumed the search for whales. When we found more whales, we got into the ocean again but another guest was not doing well with her mask and snorkel. He ended up towing her for a very long time just to make sure that the rest of the group had a good experience. As we kept a safe distance from the whales, our encounters were absolutely amazing! This dive master and captain went over and above the call of duty to give us the Ocean Wildlife Expedition we paid for! We motored back into the lagoon for a smooth-water snorkel with rays and black-tip reef sharks.
This was a very advanced snorkel and swim in rough, deep, open-water ocean. We highly recommend this excursion to anyone comfortable with these conditions.
Response from Host, Nov 2022
Thank you so much for this amazing review, we hope to see you again.
cheers
Turtles, rays, sharks, whales...this tour has it all.
Gillian_C, Nov 2022
We loved our adventure with Moorea Moana Tours. From the snorkeling with fish and turtles, to hanging out with rays and sharks, and finally the excursion to find a whale. It was so much fun. Although our hopes weren't high for a whale, we found one and were able to get into the water and she swan under us. So cool. Thanks guys!!!
Response from Host, Nov 2022
Thank you for your time, we are glad you enjoy our tour.
Fantastic tour, highly recommended, it won’t disappoint
Ross_F, Nov 2022
Excellent trip, we really didn’t expect to be swimming with whales, but up close and personal with a humpback and calf. The crew were very knowledgeable and respectful of the whales. A bit of open water swimming was required to get to the whales but well worth the experience.
Response from Host, Nov 2022
we are glad you get a great experience.
Thanks for joining us
cheers
Possibly the best experience ever
Kevin_J, Oct 2022
Crew were excellent. Educated us well on what to expect, and how to respect the wildlife in THEIR habitat.
Had a wonderful close-up encounter with a baby humpback, with mom immediately below us.
Crew placed safety first, equally as important as respecting the wildlife, we felt safe and comfortable the whole time.
Thank you Hereria and Yo
Response from Host, Nov 2022
thank you guys for joining us that day.
cheers
Amazing
Erin_S, Oct 2022
Fantastic experience. We were with Lana and Tui and their expertise was amazing. Highly recommend this group for an amazing and respectful experience viewing whales.
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