Tupai in French Polynesia

[bensolomon]

I am chartering in French Polynesia. Want the remote atoll experience. Already planning on Huahine and Maupiti. Does anyone know if it is possible to overnight at Tupai?

Thank you,
Ben

[GordMay]

Apparently, it's not.


“... safe mooring off Tupai is not for beginners ... safe access for yachts is not possible to the atoll ... its small pass widened in 2002 is blocked with gigantic blocks of concrete deposited there in order to make access to the atoll impossible ...”
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[bensolomon]

Thank you for your reply. I had read that, too. I was hoping there was some local knowledge to be had. Tupai is just far enough to make a lunch stop over not possible in order to get to Maupiti with usable daylight for the pass. In the grand scheme of things.....1st world problems.

Thanks,
Ben