We did not stay long in Rikitea. We decided to go to a new anchorage since we had calm weather. There are several anchorages that we have not been to yet because the weather did not cooperate. We finally had really calm weather with super light winds and no swell that were predicted to last for a few days.
Our first stop was the false pass near Totegegie. We have been to this anchorage several times, but it is a good first stop. Being anchored here would allow us to easily access the pass during these calm weathers. Both of us wanted to do a snorkel drift in these good conditions. Super lovely to be out here with no other boats. We did not stay long at the false pass as we wanted to head to a new anchorage on the SW tip of Akamaru. Our friends on Hoodoo tried to anchor here during our last visit but the swell made it uncomfortable. I must admit it is a little scary coming into the anchorage as you have to go over a reef. We had about 1-2 meters under our rudders, but still gets your heart pumping.
SW Tip Akamaru
We had some spectacular sunsets with pretty pink clouds.
We took the dinghy to shore to walk the beach and found that there is actually sand on the beach! Not coral or broken shells, but sand. How lovely.
The view over the reef back to Sugar Shack was super pretty.
SW Tip of Akamaru
Sugar Shack against the SW tip of Akamaru during perfectly calm weather.
After a very brief rain we received a beautiful rainbow…
We head back to Rikitea for a number of reasons. 1) the supply ship is schedule to come either the 24th or the 25th of December and we want to be there to get some fresh produce; 2) the weather is shifting and will be better for us to be in the protected bay of Rikitea; 3) we wanted to celebrate Christmas with our friends and go to local church.
Events from this blog post occurred around the second week of December, 2020. Our blog posts run 8 weeks behind our adventures.