Vaitape: clearing in by boat
Port of entry of French Polynesia (island: Bora Bora).
Based on official sources, checked on 28 October 2026.
Services
Clearing out possible here
- VHF
- 09 (bouées Bora Bora Mooring Services)
Good to know
Formalities at the gendarmerie; duty-free fuel available. Anchoring heavily restricted: paid moorings (about 3,000 XPF/day per cruiser reports).
Offices to visit
In the usual order of the formalities. Addresses can change: ask the harbour office when you arrive.
Gendarmerie – Brigade de Bora-Bora (Vaitape)
CustomsImmigration
Zone de Vaitape, 98730 Bora-Bora
Opening hours : Lun-ven 7h-12h / 14h-17h ; sam. 8h-12h / 14h-17h ; dim. et fériés 9h-12h / 15h-17h
Customs and immigration formalities at the Vaitape gendarmerie.
Directions
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- service-public.pf/dpam/formalites-arrivees-maritimes-pf/
- noonsite.com/place/french-polynesia/society-islands/bora-bora/
This information is gathered from public sources and sailors’ experience. It does not replace the country’s authorities, whose word is final: check before you leave.