The Coral Gardens at Tautau (Taha’a, Society Islands)

August 14, 2012

This is a beautiful snorkeling experience. It is important to wear gloves as it can get shallow and you don’t want to put your bare hand on coral (especially the fire coral!). Today we could feel the current, but it wasn’t very strong and we moved at a slow, easy pace. It took us about 20 minutes to go over the gardens. Once we finished, we went and did it one more time. -Cyndi

Coral so shallow Rich had to suck in his stomach to make it over without scrapes.
Beautiful coral, incredible colors!
Sea Urchins: motivation to keep your knees off the bottom.
There are giant clams in every imaginable color.
Moorish Idol at Coral Gardens
Double Saddle Butterflyfish

Below is a little video we took as we drifted through the coral gardens.

Coral Gardens Video

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