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Tikehau Marine Life & Wildlife Guide

Wildlife · Destination Guide

Tikehau

Manta-cleaning snorkels and fish-stacked pass dives on a quiet pink-sand atoll

Updated Apr 21, 2026 • 26 sources

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Wildlife In Tikehau

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots in Tikehau.

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )

Eagle Ray

2 linked spots

Photo of Jackfish

saltwater-fishes

Jackfish

2 linked spots

Photo of Whitetip Reef Shark

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus

2 linked spots

Photo of Wrasse

saltwater-fishes

Wrasse

2 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in the water

saltwater-fishes

Barracuda

1 linked spots

A blacktip reef shark swims over sandy seabed.

Blacktip Reef Shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus

1 linked spots

white shark under blue sky

Great Hammerhead Shark

Sphyrna mokarran

1 linked spots

brown turtle in sea

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

1 linked spots

Photo of Reef Manta Ray

Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi

1 linked spots

Photo of Silvertip Shark

Silvertip Shark

Carcharhinus albimarginatus

1 linked spots

Photo of Tiger Shark

Tiger Shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

1 linked spots