Daily observations

Moorea Blue Diving in collaboration with ORP (sharks observatory of French Polynesia) collects information and participates in the census of Moorea lemon sharks.

See Moorea Blue Diving's observations on the site of ORP ->
Te mana o te moana’s Objective is to preserve French Polynesia marine environment for the next generations through three domains of actions: Conservation, Education and Research. See more about the sea turtles observatory ->

Some resident lemon sharks...

​NAME: C1 « AVC »
​NAME: C1 « AVC »
SEXE: female
ESTIMATION:
SIZE: 3.00 M
BIRTH YEAR: 1984
PARTICULARITY : deformed mouth
BEHAVIOR : resident female, very sociable
NAME: C3 « Stallone »
NAME: C3 «Stallone »
SEXE: male
ESTIMATION:
SIZE: 2.70 M
BIRTH YEAR: 1990
PARTICULARITY : vein, scar
BEHAVIOR : follow the leader 
NAME: C4 «Alpha »
​NAME: C4 «Alpha »
SEXE: male
ESTIMATION:
SIZE: 2.70 M
BIRTH YEAR: 1990
PARTICULARITY : light patch
BEHAVIOR : Alpha male, can be intrusive
NAME: C6 «Emma »
​NAME: C6 « Emma »
SEXE: female
ESTIMATION:
SIZE: 2.90 M
BIRTH YEAR: 2004
PARTICULARITY : light patch on the right
BEHAVIOR : resident shark, shy, often with her pilot fish
NAME: C10 « G-Shock »
​NAME: C10 « G-Shock »
SEXE: male
ESTIMATION:
SIZE: 2.60 M
BIRTH YEAR: 1990
PARTICULARITY : top of the caudal fin
BEHAVIOR : curious behavior and vindictive
NAME: C11 « Neunoeil »
​NAME: C11 « Neunoeil»
SEXE: female
ESTIMATION:
SIZE: 3.00 M
BIRTH YEAR: 1984
PARTICULARITY : big eye left, full spot
BEHAVIOR : oldest resident alpha female, caring shark
NAME: C20 « Tampax »
​NAME: C20 « Tampax »
SEXE: female
ESTIMATION:
SIZE: 3.00 M
BIRTH YEAR: 1984
PARTICULARITY : scar of tag, caudal fin
BEHAVIOR : resident caring shark likes swimming with the divers