Position: S16deg42min/W151deg02min. We departed Cook's Bay at noon and encountered very light SW winds for the first few hours. At dusk the expected SE winds finally filled in, and we had mostly 10-15 knots all evening, with the occasional gust. We sighted Huahine at dawn, and entered the main pass around 0900. We're anchored just inside Avamoa Pass, which is a nice, wide pass with easy entry. The surf is breaking on the reef a few hundred yards away, and as the wx is changing, the surfers are enjoying 10' waves. Swells outside are expected to reach 12-15' before the wx moderates a bit. All's well here.
"Huahine is made up of two mountainous islands, Huahine Nui (big) and Huahine Iti (little), with a bridge connecting them at the isthmus. A common fringing reef circles them, and there are 5 passes through the reef. (Bora Bora has only one.) It is the most laid back, mellow, and rural of the Societies, with untouched coves, wonderful lagoons, killer reef breaks--and the most extensive complex of pre-European marae in French Polynesia. It is approximately nine miles from north to south, and six miles from east to west. There are many places to anchor which entice the cruiser to explore underwater and there are hikes along the ridges and peaks." We've been told there are unique blue eye eels found here that are not found anywhere else in the world.
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