Yanna Xian will likely never forget the close call she had with a baby humpback whale. Xian, 24, had traveled to Tahiti with her boyfriend Mitch Brown, 27, in September 2021, where the pair decided to ...

It’s Day Two of the 2023 Tahiti Pro Surf Competition. I’m perched on the roof of a VIP boat 400 feet from Teahupo’o, one of the world’s most dangerous waves. Surf icon Kelly Slater has just been ...

From glamorous, overwater bungalows to coral reefs thriving with fish, French Polynesia offers unique wonders across its five archipelagos in a nautical area the size of Western Europe. Yet you don’t ...

Tahiti is one of the world's great tropical locations. A playground for adventure seekers and a spa for nature lovers, the island is a destination for anyone who enjoys turquoise waters, soothing ...

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TEAHUPO'O, Tahiti — On the remote south coast of Tahiti, its Jurassic peaks and azure lagoon accessible only by boat, Patrick Rochette is explaining how centuries-old Polynesian conservation ...

Tahiti’s whale-watching tourism is drawing crowds with spectacular sightings, but it’s also raising concerns about the impact on these majestic creatures. CORRECTS SPELLING OF SOURCE - This photo ...

Sailing is all about balance. I step over the narrow bow of the bug to take the outstretched hand of Alexis Moerai, aka Galax, who has been paddling and sailing around Tahiti’s lagoons since childhood ...

Trish Wessels, from left, the author, Lelia Zenner, Mike Wessels, Jennifer Wessels and John Wessels, with Mo the cat, in Tahiti. (Courtesy of John Wessels) Our readers share tales of their ramblings ...

In the early 1890s painter Paul Gauguin traveled to the South Sea island of Tahiti to seek inspiration. Before he died in 1903, he had created his greatest work there. In the early 1890s painter Paul ...

For many of the competitors—and the 1,400-odd residents of the wave’s namesake village—this year’s contest is a dress rehearsal for an event with a far larger global profile in a few months’ time.