08/20/2025
😱 One of our 2025 highlights!
📍 Fakarava, French Polynesia
☁️ Every year, the Grouper Spawning occurs in Fakarava Atoll, where numerous groupers of different species come together. The primary gathering spot for these groupers is the southern pass, which connects the lagoon to the open ocean. During this event, female groupers release millions of eggs, and the males release clouds of s***m, ensuring successful fertilization.
🦈 This spawning event is essential for sustaining grouper populations and also attracts various marine predators and scavengers. Sharks, barracudas, and other predatory fish often gather in large numbers to capitalize on the abundant food available during the spawning season.
🤿 We have dates and prices for those interested in our 2026 & 2027 Grouper Spawning Group Trip!
👋 Comment “Group Trip!” if you’d like more info on our future Group Trip and we’ll reach out to you to get your details! Or comment “Fakarava” if you’d like to read up more on the destination!
📣 “Only now, as dawn’s light begins to replace the din of the gloaming, do we see a miracle of life unfolding around us at a frenetic pace. Hundreds, no, thousands of camouflage grouper (Epinephelus polyphekadion), are engaged in their once, maybe twice a year, ritual of spawning as the tide delivers possibly billions of future progeny to the open ocean. We are humbled and privileged witnesses of Fakarava’s annual grouper spawn!” - Mark Hatter, Bluewater Travel trip leader.
💬 Want to dive here yourself? Comment “Fakarava” and we’ll DM you our dive destination breakdown with how to get there, where to stay, marine life highlights, and more!
📖 Full recap from our 2025 trip is now available! Comment “Recap!” and we’ll send it your way!
Images by Mark Hatter
