GPS: 19 47.841S 174 21.282W
Run: 5.4nm (9.8km)
Another lazy start to the day, a routine we have fallen into while relaxing around Pangai. We set off from Pangai on a wee motor trip north of Lifuka to the next island up looking for a suitable bay to anchor in for a spot of snorkelling. The East wind was still up gusting over 20 knots which made the task of threading our way between bommies tricky. After a good survey of the area we thought it more prudent to motor back to our earlier anchorage and use that position as the base for our snorkelling.
Andrew had a few chores to do so after he and Sue visited our neighbours, Muse a 46ft cat, he took Hannah, Stella and Tony to shore with their snorkelling gear.
From Hannah, Stella and Tony – we walked north out of Pangai town for about 3kms, the roadside bush that stopped views of the ocean opened to reveal a perfect horseshoe bay complete with a reef in patches. We strolled down the beach toward the shade of some trees and a coconut palm lying on the beach, a ready made seat. We geared up and began exploring, what an amazing find… the reef was alive with complete corals and an amazing variety of fishes. The coral were coloured from blues to pinks to greens in all shapes and sizes, fish were vibrant blues to plain browns with many colours inbetween. Both Stella and Hannah took footage of this amazing walk off the road experience. I’m looking forward in a big way to more experiences like this. Stella managed to supposedly accidentally hit Tony over the head while harvesting Papaya with a very big and too heavy for her stick, maybe I should have been wielding the stick and not doing the Papaya catching…
The busy day was topped off with a delicious meal cooked by Sue.
Addendum, during our motor back little red did it’s thing again and hooked a lively barracuda over a metre long, we decided to return it to the ocean along with its very sharp teeth.
All’s well on the good ship Imagine.
