A pretty interesting day was had yesterday. We left our previous anchorage and headed out to sea for about 4nm in a SW direction to a sea mount called Crawshaw Shoals where we’d heard other had great snorkeling/diving. It took us a while to find a decent patch of sand to drop the hook but we finally found something in 50ft of clear water. We didn’t need to put too much chain down because there was hardly any wind or current.
We soon had the hookah out and all three of us went down to explore the reef. The area had the most abundant corals we’ve ever seen going on forever with sandy channels running in between the hills of coral. There were the usual nooks and crevices to peer into but no lurking lobsters nor any large fish. All the same it was a pretty interesting underwater excursion. For those remotely interest the lat/long where we anchored was 19 deg 42.96′ S, 174 deg 20.37′ W.
Out of the water we ate our lunch before moving on to Pangai where we had to obtain our clearance for these waters.
We knew we wanted to do some internetting ashore and also eat out so we waited til 3pm before going ashore. By then Sea Mist showed up for the same reason as well as Marquesa. As luck would have it we all arrived at the dinghy dock together and walked to the government offices as a group. Clearance was simple and cost free which was nice.
We then toured the town for all of a few minutes looking at the few shops that were open. We ended up at Mariner’s Cafe and sat down to beers and time on the computer. After 5 we ordered our food which was simple but enjoyable.
Back on the boat we only managed two more episodes of Prison Break before having to crash.
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