{"id":319,"date":"2020-07-27T04:15:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T04:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trypod.co.nz\/imagine\/?p=319"},"modified":"2020-09-18T07:11:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T07:11:36","slug":"whithaven-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trypod.co.nz\/imagine\/2020\/07\/27\/whithaven-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitehaven Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GPS: 20 14.055s 149 00.170e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Run: 18.5nm (33.5km)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We left Shaw Island this morning and headed to the famous Whithaven Beach.

To get there we had to go through the Solway Passage. This meant timing it with the tide. We got through just as the tide changed and even in the slack tide the turbulent and eddie currents moved our 25 tonne boat around quite a lot.

As we rounded the corner we could see the immense white sand beach and boat loads of people at the southern end of the beach. We stopped quarter of the way up the beach for a couple of hours for a swim and walk. After lunch we headed off to Apostle Bay where we spent the night and fed the fish some more.

Tuesday morning we headed off to Cateran Bay, Border Island where it was a little more sheltered and we snorkeled around the reef. We would like to have stayed there the night but there was two hour limits on mooring in the bay and other boats wanted to come in. We headed off to Luncheon Bay for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n