The water surrounding the islands of French Polynesia shimmers in shades of aqua, teal, and turquoise. While traveling around the islands, it would have been easy to spend most of my day just staring at the hypnotic blues and marveling how the water really was as colorful and beautiful as it looks in pictures. I couldn’t only gaze at it for long, though; the ocean was calling me in, and Paul Gauguin Cruises made it easy to experience thanks to a variety of watersports.