Cruising area · Tahiti · Worldwide
Boat insurance for Tahiti
Papeete is the only place in French Polynesia with complete yard and supply infrastructure. The lagoons of Tahiti and Moorea are protected by reefs; the passes through them run against the stream on the ebb and are then difficult. From November to April there is cyclone risk, even though French Polynesia is hit less often than Fiji or Vanuatu.
- Season
- May to September
- Berth
- €€€ upper band
- Winter storage
- mind the storm season, move the boat in time
- Position
- 17° 36,0' S 149° 24,0' W
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Berths, season and winter storage
The main season is May to September with berths in the upper price band. Many boats stay through the cyclone season in Papeete or Raiatea, where sheltered berths and ashore storage exist. Spare parts come from France and take time.
What this means for your policy
Tahiti belongs to the cruising range for the Pacific and South Seas. What matters is how your policy handles the cyclone season: whether there is an exclusion, whether a sheltered berth is required and whether a securing measure is paid on an official warning.
Questions and answers
What owners ask about this area
How does the policy handle the cyclone season?
Without an exclusion. In none of our policy wordings do the words cyclone, hurricane or typhoon appear; there is no clause taking out a stay in the zone during the season and no requirement for a particular berth. Cover follows the course of events: storm from force 8 as a named peril, plus the accident events from Basis-Plus.
Will a securing measure be paid for when an official warning is out?
What you spend to avert or reduce a covered loss that has already occurred is reimbursed, even if it fails and even beyond the sum insured. A precautionary measure before anything has happened is not automatically included. Call as soon as the warning is up and we will tell you what is taken on.
The passes run hard on the ebb: what applies after reef contact?
Running aground is covered from Basis-Plus, not under the Basis tariff as a partial hull cover. Report the contact even without visible damage and the inspection costs are covered with no deductible, up to 500 euros in Basis-Plus and without a cap in Premium.
Cruising range
In the calculator this area belongs to the cruising range: Pazifik & Südsee
Hazard spots nearby
And one level down: the individual marinas, anchorages and mooring fields.
