Petero James Moeava Okotai (born 3 August 1981)[1] is a Cook Islands swimmer.

He resumed swimming in 2006, while studying for an honours degree in business management at the University of Auckland, in New Zealand,[2] which he completed in 2010.

[citation needed] He competed in the 50 metre freestyle event at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, and finished 157th out of 175, with a time of 29.54.

[3] He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, competing in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event.

[citation needed] With no Olympic-sized pool to train in, Okotai initially practiced by swimming in a lagoon, where he had to "deal with the hazards of trigger fish, coral heads and ocean currents".