Marinas & Anchorages
Vaiare Marina
Island: Mo'orea Vaiare Marina 🌐 www.portdepapeete.pf/fr/marina-de-vaiare-4
Small marina that is home to many local French Sailors. Marina office is next to the ferry terminal. Wait list can run many months Apooti Marina
Island: RaiateaApooti Marina 📞 +68940661220
🌐 tahititourisme.com/en-us/business/marina-dapooiti/
Apooti Marina is a small enclosed marina mostly full of charter boats. There is one wall that sailboats(mostly local resident’s) .There is a guest dock which depending on size can side tie up to 3 vessels. Water and power are available. There is also moorings that are used by the charter fleet but we used for a couple weeks. Same price as the marina side tie berth.
Marina d’Uturoa
Island: Raiatea
Marina d’Uturoa 📞 +68987305502
This marina is closer to town and also partial full of charter boats. In addition it contains permanent resident sailboats. Almost impossible to get into unless you know someone or you want a long term berth
Marina Taina
Island: Tahiti
📍 GPS decimal degrees: Lat -17.585525, Lon -149.61611 GoogleMaps OpenStreetMap
Marina Taina Philippe Olite - CEO Constance Boosie BP 13003 Punaauia - Tahiti 98718 Fransk Polynesia VHF kanal 9 Tlf. 📞 +689410225 Mobiltelefon: 📞 +689789246
Faks. 📞 +689 45,27,58 📧 marinataina@mail.pf
Modern well equipped marina, 10 miles out of town. It is close to a large Carrefour and has both coin operated laundry and free showers. Michel’s Chandlery is in the compound. Friendly staff, diesel and water available for those on moorings. as of 2017 For us pedestrian class yachts under 60 feet the high season (1st March to 30th Sept) rate in the marina is $1.00 per foot per day and one half that in the low season. Mooring are $1.84 per foot per month year round for monohulls and $2.76 for multihulls. Better protection than Marina Papeete in a north-westerly. In the low season leaving your yacht for the "cyclone" season generally requires a reserveation for you by June/July. The manager noted that during the only cyclone to ever come close to Tahiti, the marina lost two cleats with little damage to boats. Beware that agents have been known to claim that onlythey can secure a reservation, which the manager insisted is not true. The area does not usually require dehumidifier in the rainy season generally.
9-2019 Coral Trekker It is a good spot to be reaching all suppliers in Papeete town. Be careful they have dirty power !! Though European 220V they run on American 60 Cs. So many electric motors on European machines won't work.
9-2018 Hello all, Just so that Papeete Marina is not singled out as the sole source of crime on Tahiti, be aware that my Hans Christian 43 ketch was broken into and robbed while in the anchorage off Marina Taina. The suspicion is that young people swam out from the beach next to the Intercontinental and broke in. Stupid things were stolen, including the ships papers, while other more valuable things were ignored or missed. A very old Raytheon VHF hand held, prior to the creation of Raymarine, was stolen and yet a new Standard Horizon hand held was skipped. A portable Olympus camera was taken while a more expensive Nikon SLR was left. The old Asus Atom laptop being used as the navigation computer was taken and a newer, more valuable Lenovo laptop was left. I have heard from Philippe, the manager at Marina Taina, that there have been other break-ins in the anchorage as well, some with much more damage than was done to my boat. So beware. Mark
Papeete Marina
Island: Tahiti
📍 GPS decimal degrees: Lat -17.540003, Lon -149.570272 GoogleMaps OpenStreetMap
📞 +68940474854 office 📧 marinadepapeete@portppt.pf
VHF is NOT usually monitored. There are no reservations except for the ARC. Just come in and pick and empty slip and then walk up to the office to register This modern marina with floating docks is very affordable in the, summer months 1st November to 31st March. The cost for a 10 meter vessel ( they use your registered length so bowsprits don’t count) is $81 a week. A 12 meter boat is 9763xpf in 2017. Winter rates 1 April to 1 Nov are 2.4 times higher ( 10 meter boat $195 a week.) Slips in the winter are not always available. The electric and water are metered with modern prepaid card (240 volt only.) In the heart of the city it has security and of course hot showers and laundry. Best of all in the summer months an air-conditioned lounge with free Wifi. Staff are very friendly and helpful. In a strong westerly the swell through the marina requires vigilance with fendersand dock lines. In El Nino year one would need to have a well considered backup plan to stay here in FP summer. Some pluses include the food trucks a very short stroll away and Monday night half priced beer at the microbrewery. Champion supermarket is a ten minute walk and there are English movies on Thursday night.
4-23 see accompanying picture of rate schedule.
5-19 S/V Nehenehe Papeete Marina: We were here fore two weeks. We have an over 26 foot wide trimaran that is usually hard to find a space for at any other marina. We were easily accommodated here. They have numerous multi-hull width slips. The staff is fantastic, they were unreal... We love them. Unfortunately the marina is currently under major construction that will last at least another six months. They had very little in the way of facilities because everything is torn up or fenced off for construction. There was NO Internet; the airconditioned lounge does not exist, one small washing machine (1,000 francs) that 55 boats were lined up to use (two machines were broken the entire time we were there), one dryer. The docks are very high quality. The marina is less than 60 feet from the downtown activity and was a lot of fun to be in. However, I found it slightly awkward that there is a 300 foot walk outside the marina - along the main boulevard in town - to reach the showers and bathrooms. We saw no evidence of theft while we were there but just previously....our liveaboard neighbor had parts on his bike stolen while locked up at the bicycle parking area just inside the locked entry gate. The old night time guards were all fired and they recently have a new guard agency that is doing a much better job. Really enjoyed ourselves here and highly recommend them, especially once the construction is completed. (we are glad that Marina Taina would not accommodate trimarans). It looks like things will be amazing after construction is finished. I would currently rate them a 7 out of 10.
WARNINGS
9-18 Be sure to lock yourself in your boat at night. We were boarded and robbed of cash, cell phones and other smaller items on September 27, 2018 while we were sleeping. Only after this happened were we made aware of several other boarding's and robberies as the owners slept. The police and marina staff are not helpful in this regard. The security guard does NOT have a radio so there is no way of contacting them in an emergency. If you have an emergency on board I suggest you call the Port Authority on channel 12 for assistance, it is their Marina after all. SV HEDONISM
9-18 Add us to the list. We were boarded and robbed in the same manner at Papeete marina 2 weeks ago. We were on the semi circular dock in front of the office. I am a very light sleeper but didn’t wake up. I am shocked a the bravery and apparent skill of this criminal. After looking at how run-down marina Taina is and how far away it is from all the real chandleries and shopping we will still be using the Papeete Marina when we need a marina. We will be more careful though. The criminal took a GoPro, cash, and an iPhone. He left two iPads and three computers that were sitting there. Jon SV Caesura
10-1-2018 FYI, yet another boat was robbed last night. That makes 3 in two weeks. All three were not locked. The robbery last night happened before 10:30 🌐 p.m. when the owner was at dinner. In the case of the other two, the owners were asleep on board when the robbery took place. Yet another boat reported hearing a person on deck in the middle of the night, but was not robbed. Rick on Airborne found a guy crouching behind the pilling at the end of his finger dock at about 10:00 🌐 p.m. one night who claimed he was fishing. He had no fishing gear with him and took off immediately. Tall, slim, in his 30s or 40s. Maybe not Poly, Rick wasn’t sure. The stuff that was taken was limited to cash and electronics (cell phones, portablespeakers, laptops, etc.). All three boats were monos moored bow to the dock. We are always locked and have had no problems. The marina staff basically say it’s not their problem. The “security guard” does not carry a VHF. The police say there is not much they can do. SV Panache
11-18 Another robbery where the vessels main door was closed but the adjacent window was open for air. Thief reached thru the window and unlocked the door. Items stolen: unkown
12-18 Reported a vessel was boarded while a young couple with 2 childern were sleeping and a number of items were taken. The boat was NOT locked up while the family was sleeping.
This seems to be a common occurrence with this marina. Fenced and guarded does not mean safe. Multiple thefts over the past 3 years. Please always lock up when leaving the boat and while sleeping.
Tahiti Nautic Center - Taravoa
Island: Tahiti
📍 GPS decimal degrees: Lat -17.731042, Lon -149.331034 GoogleMaps OpenStreetMap
Tahiti Nautic Center Located Taravoa (between Tahiti Nui and Tahiti Iti) 📧 tnc@mail.pf
🌐 www.nautisport.pf/index.php/marinas/marina-taravao# 📞 +689940547616
Yvan - 87 74 85 60 20 berths in the marina for sailboats, with a maximum draft of 2.00m For more information, see Haulout
Yacht Club de Tahiti (Arue)
Island: Tahiti
📍 GPS decimal degrees: Lat -17.524569, Lon -149.534573 GoogleMaps OpenStreetMap
09-19 SV CAPALL MARA We anchored close to the yacht club on arrival from the Tuomotos, but in the bay out side the channel. We dinghied in and tied up to their dinghy dock and found the office to pay for the dinghy. The manager, Jessee Besson, politely told us that this is no longer possible. We were able to take a mooring for 5 days which gave us the dinghy access and security. There is no anchoring in the yacht club environs as thearea is very busy with small boats and canoes. The other area where there is a skate park is not secure to leave your dinghy - a "black spot" Jessee said. Berths maybe available if a member is away. There are no visitors berths or moorings. The anchorage around Tahiti Yacht club is generally in the twenty meter range. The club charges 1500xpf a week for the dingy dock and access to their hot water showers. They also have good clothes washing facilities. Carrefour is close and several food trucks come every night. Their moorings are rarely available and cost is high. You can take diesel but not water there but the maveuvoring room is very tight (wouldn’t recommend for a full keel boat for sure.) You can occasionally get an end tie for a day or two on one of their docks. WiFi is available from adjacent cafe from the WDG pay-as-you-go cards.