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A crew aboard the 47-foot catamaran Animal Cracker departs the Makemo lagoon in French Polynesia, timing their exit through the pass for slack tide.0:50 The transit requires navigating a two-to-three-knot outgoing current and standing waves.3:19 After clearing the pass, the crew completes a 47-mile overnight passage to the Tahanea atoll.4:44 During the transit, the crew hooks and successfully releases a 10-foot marlin after a 15-minute fight.9:31 Upon arrival at Tahanea, the crew anchors in clear water and conducts a night dive directly off the stern of the boat.22:02 The divers use underwater torches and tank-banging signals to communicate, navigating toward a nearby vessel’s lights before returning to their own boat.23:32 The passage highlights the importance of timing atoll pass transits with slack tide to avoid hazardous currents and waves.

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