Eat· Fakarava· French Polynesia: Tuamotus, Marquesas, Gambier & Australs

Tetamanu Dive Center Shack Meals (South Pass)

16° 30.8′ S · 145° 27.7′ W · approximate

The over-water hut at the inner east corner of the south pass, flying the Tetamanu Dive Center banner. Buffet meals and cold afternoon beers come with sharks circling in knee-deep water below.

Practical

Fixed buffet meals with no menu, by reservation only. Reported 2017 prices (verify locally): lunch 3,000 XPF, dinner 3,500 XPF. Cold beer in the afternoons; don't turn up with wet feet. The 2025 brief lists the Pension Tetamanu Village restaurant (reservation) and bar, a dinghy dock, laundry and internet, fish sales, accompanied snorkels with a safety boat, and transfers to the Pink Sand beach. Tetamanu Village ph +689 87 71 38 34. Popular tables fill, so book a day or two ahead. Coordinate approx: the unnamed restaurant mapped in OSM on the Tetamanu waterfront.

Best for

Sunset beer over the pass