Exploring the Untouched Reefs of New Caledonia: Nicolas Remy’s Journey into the Remote Coral Seas. These three reef systems, especially the latter two, have been very little dived and explored. One has been categorised as a ‘récif sauvage’ (wild reef), which means it’s part of the 1.5% of global coral reefs that have received the least impact from human activities. As such, it has been given the highest protection status in 2018: no entry and no-take zone.