Bora-Borais the last island we visited in the Society Islands. It consists of one large island in the middle and surrounded by the Barrier Reef. Between the reef and the island is a lagoon that varies from a few centimeters of water to around 30 The fauna in the lagoons is great. Here we mantarokker and other rays of all varieties, turtles, småhai, beautiful corals and millions of coral fish. The characteristic peak in the middle of the island rises over 700 meters straight up.
There is only one pass in and out of Bora Bora. This is a bit special. Other atolls tend to have more, so that water can flow both into and out of the atoll. On Bora Bora-water flows just out. The waves break over the barrier reef, and adds in the way the lagoon enormous amounts of fresh, clear water continuously. Old water "drained" out of the pass. Therefore, the clarity of the water and animal life here very special.

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Much of the southern lagoon, only a few feet of water. Sea washes continuously into new, fresh water, and corals are gorgeous. Vibeke and Oscar take a kayak trip to watch all the spinning wheel.

This guy however, we must out of the atoll to find. Lemon Shark often live in deeper water, but just outside the pass, where the water flows out of the lagoon, we found a couple of full-grown specimen with a length of 3-4 meters. This shark is usually not threatening to humans, but it is huge! |