TAHITI CLIMATE

Tahiti - where the water temperature is about 2 degrees warmer than the air!   Sailing in Tahiti is all year round, but it's better for yacht charter when the trade winds are blowing between April and October. The weather is hot and humid in the summer between November and March, with less breeze.

Navigation
The islands of Raiatea, Tahaa, Huahine and Bora Bora have well-marked lagoons which make them easily navigable. The system is local and not to be confused with international port and starboard markers - “rouge a l'isle et verte a mer” red (square) markers to land and green (triangle) markers to the reef. This effectively creates a passage-way in the lagoon when you simply cruise between the red and green markers. Never go between a red mark and the island and never go between the green mark and the reef. Occasionally a cardinal marker will identify an isolated danger, and it is therefore important to be familiar with cardinal marker symbols. The buoyage system in the reef passes is per the international buoyage system (red port hand return to harbour). Tahiti has a solar tide, which means a low tide at sunrise and sunset - with insignificant difference between low and high.