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Manini
L ying 330 miles northeast of Tahiti with a population of under gone. In June, expect to encounter hundreds of groupers, which
800 residents. Manini is famous for its black pearls. The atoll is gather to breed at that time every year. When the low-tide comes,
also home to some of the best diving in French Polynesia. Manihi Its marine landscape made of passes and underwater walls are
Blue Nui is the only dive center. The ocean seems to explode messnering. Manini is teeming with oceanic pits, what gives it a
with sharks swarming in a frenzy--twisting and tearing the fish different look from the rest of the Tuamotus.
to shreds, then leaving as abruptly as they came once the food is
