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Nuku Hiva’s underwater world in pictures.

Our photos by Bernard Beaussier

A professional underwater photographer for more than 25 years, Bernard BEAUSSIER has been travelling across French Polynesia since 1990. Every year, he comes back to Nuku-Dive to capture the beauty of the underwater world.

See his work on Instagram: tropicalens

Photographer Bernard Beaussier at the surface at sunset
Group of reef manta rays under the surface
School of bigeye trevallies in the blue
Hewett’s coris with green and orange colours
Grey Strasburg’s damselfish on a dark background
Divers above a rocky boulder field
Spiny lobster in a rock crevice
Grey reef sharks and dive group along the reef
School of bluestripe snappers near the reef
Manta ray below a snorkeler, near Champ jaune
Anemone and Strasburg’s damselfish
Large purple anemone on the reef
School of cardinalfish on the rocks of Motu Nui
Diver passing through the Matateteiko arch
Diver above the boulders of Avaika
Divers near the soft corals of Avaika
Diver among a school of yellow snappers at the Avaika site
Julie above the Avaika reef, surrounded by fish
Dive group at the safety stop beneath a school of fish at Avaika
Diver along the Avaika drop-off
Grey reef shark in open water
School of barracudas in a spiral
School of trevallies above the bottom
Trevallies and fish along the drop-off
School of trevallies in open water
Brassy trevallies in open water
School of convict surgeonfish over the reef
Two slipper lobsters on the rock
Cloud of damselfish and fusiliers on the reef
School of cardinalfish in the Dulcinéa tunnel
Diver with a torch in the Dulcinéa tunnel
Diver under the arch of the Dulcinéa tunnel
Julie in a crevice at Matateteiko
School of fusiliers under the light
Wall of fusiliers above the reef
Diver in the middle of a school of fusiliers
Fusiliers along the drop-off
Grey reef shark above the boulders of Motu Mano
Grey reef shark and unicornfish in open water
Divers in the Matateteiko cave
Julie in the Matateteiko cave
Safety stop under a huge school of fusiliers at Tikapo
Julie facing a pufferfish in a crevice
Manta ray passing above divers
Manta ray passing close to a diver
Manta ray and diver near the surface
Manta ray above the Avaika reef
Manta ray gliding in the blue
Manta ray head-on, wings spread
Manta rays seen from below near the surface
Group of manta rays under the surface
Manta rays gliding under the surface
Manta ray with its mouth open near the surface
Manta ray seen from below in the blue
Manta ray showing its spotted belly
Manta ray above the reef with Julie
Manta ray passing over the reef
Oceanic manta ray and divers
Hammerhead shark in dark water
Hammerhead shark above the bottom
Hammerhead shark near the reef
Scalloped hammerhead shark up close
Hammerhead shark cruising along the reef
Hammerhead shark three-quarter view
Hammerhead shark among a school of fish
Hammerhead shark up close
Hammerhead shark above the rocky bottom
Fusiliers above the rocks of Matateteiko
Dive group on the Matateteiko reef
Colourful reef at Motu Nui
Diver above a large boulder at Motu Nui
Diver and yellow corals at Motu Nui
Spotted moray among sun corals
Dragon moray in a crevice
Moray and cleaner shrimp
Zebra moray coming out of its hole
Yellow-edged moray coming out of its hole
Unicornfish, triggerfish and grey sharks above the reef
School of unicornfish and triggerfish
School of unicornfish in open water
Diver above the reef and a school of unicornfish
Smiling dive group at the safety stop
Stingray resting on the sand
Stingray and divers at Motu Mano
Stingray swimming in front of a diver
School of yellow snappers and divers
Snappers and goatfish on the reef
Yellow snappers and a diver at Motu Nui
Julie among bluestripe snappers
Diver in the soldierfish cave at Matateteiko
Pink goatfish in open water
Lionfish on the reef
Spotted soapfish on the rock
Group of red soldierfish
Red soldierfish in soft corals
Lionfish with spread fins on the reef
Eagle rays in formation
Grey reef shark in the blue
Grey reef shark along the drop-off
School of drummers above the reef
Julie among a school of drummers
Scorpionfish camouflaged on the rock
Diver in the light at La Sentinelle
The Tikapo reef with divers in the distance
Diver facing a school of fusiliers at Tikapo
Julie beneath a school of fish at Tikapo
Julie above the Tikapo reef
Julie and trevallies at Tikapo
Grey reef shark above the Tikapo reef
Dive group and school of fish at Tikapo
Ceiling of fusiliers above the reef
Diver along a flowery drop-off
Hawksbill turtle along the drop-off
Green turtle and diver with a torch
Green turtle above the bottom
Green turtle at Motu Nui
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Manta rays, hammerheads, dragon morays, schools of trevallies and volcanic landscapes: a glimpse of the encounters awaiting you underwater in Nuku Hiva, photographed by our divers and our team.

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