Windmill
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About this site
Windmill lies off Rangiroa in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia, part of an atoll enclosing one of the largest lagoons in the world, with dive sites in the area typically reached from the passes on the atoll's northern side near the villages of Avatoru and Tiputa. Divers here have reported common bottlenose dolphins alongside reef species such as giant moray, humpback snapper, Moorish idol, Napoleon wrasse, paletail unicornfish, raccoon butterflyfish, scissortail sergeant, and titan triggerfish.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatusReported here · unconfirmed
Paletail UnicornfishNaso brevirostrisReported here · unconfirmed
Napoleon WrasseCheilinus undulatusReported here · unconfirmed
Titan TriggerfishBalistoides viridescensReported here · unconfirmed
Giant MorayGymnothorax javanicusReported here · unconfirmed
Humpback SnapperLutjanus gibbusReported here · unconfirmed
Moorish IdolZanclus cornutusReported here · unconfirmed
Scissortail SergeantAbudefduf sexfasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
Raccoon ButterflyfishChaetodon lunulaReported here · unconfirmed
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