We are continuing our quest to find a calm anchorage.   This time we head toward a tiny bump in the middle of the Pacific called Tanoa.  It is still considered in the southern section of the Ha’apia group.  This little island is a mere 8nm miles from Telekitonga so we unfurl the jib and enjoy a slow motor sail.  We have a mere 4-5kts of wind so not making fast progress at all but we are topping up the batteries and making water.

There is a giant reef that surrounds this little islands.  The island is in the middle of the reef which makes a sort of “w” around it. We thought we would surely be protected from the southerly swell which was coming from the bottom part of the photo.  But, we were wrong. 

We arrived late in the afternoon and dropped the hook.  We grabbed the dinghy to explore the island but the surrounding reefs made it hard to safely leave the dinghy.  So, Matt dropped me off while I explored the island which took about 10-minutes.

The beach only covered about half the island.  The rest of the island is limestone covered in brush and 4 palm trees.

Across from Tanoa island is the big island of Fonoifua which has a small village.  We did not go over there but admired them from our little paradise.

Events from this blog occured toward the end of July.  Our blog posts run 10-12 weeks behind actual live events.  We enjoy a nice long walk around the Telekitonga island in our last blog.