We've moved about half a mile to the west side of the pass at the south end of Fakarava. The snorkeling and diving is the best I've seen. All the coral is alive. The area is full of fish plus some large manta rays and spotted eagle rays. There are also, of course, plenty of sharks. There seems to always be at least one black tip reef shark in view when we are snorkeling, or even just sitting on the boat. We were flying our kite surfing trainer kite yesterday off the back of the boat, and right under the stern there were 3 or 4 sharks constantly in view. We also tried the kite while in the kayak which was a lot of fun.