Would you go to French Polynesia in Feb?

Re: Would you go to French Polynesia in Feb?

• Jells2dot0 member

  

  January 2012

  All 5 times that I have been there, I went during their "low season"- early March, mid March, and mid April. I've had pretty decent luck with weather except for one trip. It rained for 3 days straight and then the rest of the stay was amazingly gorgeous. However, there have been people I know that had rain a lot during the high season and people that went in January and had perfect weather. It's basically sunny there the same amount of days in the low season amd high season, but it will rain harder during the low season, which is why the rain totals are more. I think if you're there for 7 days, you have a VERY good chance of having some fabulous weather.

  
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• MissusTexas

  January 2012

  Definitely. It rained a couple of days while we were there, so we just chose to snorkel and dive during them so we didn't even notice the rain. One of my favorite memories from our honeymoon is walking back in the rain from snorkeling on Raiatea, holding hands and enjoying it.
  

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• JoBell123 member

  

  January 2012

  When we went in late Nov/early Dec it would rain intermittently throughout the day, but there's no lightening or thunder, so we also snorkeled in the rain.  I mean, you're going to get wet anyway, right??
  

  

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• KimberlyS530

  January 2012

  I say go for it!  That being said, if you have seven days - I think I'd have gone crazy spending a week on just one island.  We split our time between Moorea and Bora Bora, and I'd recommend considering doing the same (or with any other island).  Honestly, I don't think Bora Bora would have kept my interested for seven days, and Moorea had more to do but after 5 days we felt we'd done everything we wanted...

  And FWIW, I'd avoid the island of Tahiti.  We used it only as a transit point (since that's where all the international flights come in), but DH was super-underwhelmed.  When we first landed there before seeing Bora Bora and Moorea, he was like, 'Hey, this is nice.'  When we came back after visiting the other two islands, he was like, 'Hey, this place kind of sucks.'  It's a fine island, i guess, but it's not the reason you fly all the way to French Polynesia, IMO.
  

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• +PuppyWuppy+

  January 2012

  I said this in my other post but - I would go to more than just BB.  For one thing, Moorea is gorgeous and is a relatively inexpensive add on - it is MUCH cheaper than BB.  For another...that is such a long ways to go, such an expensive trip - might as well see everything that you can while you are there.  It would be a shame to not experience Moorea as well.

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