Permit· Bora Bora· French Polynesia — Society Islands

Bora Bora Mooring Services (BBMS)

16° 30.4′ S · 151° 45.2′ W · approximate

The company that manages all of Bora Bora's public mooring balls: five fields (Fare Piti/Yacht Club, Motu Nunue, Motu Toopua, Povai and Motu Fare One) with over 100 moorings. It is the gateway to staying in Bora Bora, since almost all anchoring is banned.

Society IslandsTahiti & Moorea

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No office location is published; coordinate is the Vaitape ferry dock and is only a placeholder (approx). Contact: WhatsApp +689 89 44 08 88, VHF 9, email dockmaster.bbms@gmail.com. Reserve before entering the lagoon and say which field you want. Fees: Noonsite (page updated June 2026) gives 6,000 XPF for the first day, or 4,000 XPF per day if you stay two days or more; an August 2024 cruiser report gives a flat 4,000 XPF per night with no volume discount; a May 2025 logbook (59 North) puts it at about US$30 per night. One fee covers any BBMS ball in any field and you can move between fields. Book ahead on WhatsApp +689 89 44 08 88, VHF 9, or dockmaster.bbms@gmail.com, stating crew, boat name and which field you want; then pick up a free ball and the BBMS launch comes by to take payment (cash in XPF) and issue a receipt. Trash is collected from your boat two to three times a week (not Sundays). Balls are reported insured and inspected every six months, but dive your mooring and stay aboard in strong winds. 2025-26 reports describe slow WhatsApp confirmations and occasional confrontational behavior from the attendant; keep your booking messages. Arrêté 2442 CM requires every boat staying in a mooring zone to declare arrival to the zone manager with copies of the ship's registration, the skipper's passport and contact details, plus the planned departure date, and to declare departure before leaving. Water card for the Vaitape dock tap: 2,000 XPF for 700 L plus a 1,000 XPF card deposit (Noonsite 2026). BBMS also maintains the moorings off the Yacht Club; it does not maintain the lagoon's aids to navigation (NauticEd).

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Booking and paying for any Bora Bora mooring

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