The beauty of Puaumu takes my breath away. We had this beautiful motu all to ourselves for well over a week where we simply enjoyed nature. The waters have so many different shades of blue that you could create your own blue rainbow.
Puaumu is located in the north east corner of the Gambier Archipelago. Two local families own this motu which makes it private. On occasion, locals will come out here for the weekend and enjoy the beautiful setting. Cruisers tend not to come this far north because it is not charted, but it is still navigable. Below you can see where the charts end…white space.
The windward side, facing the Pacific, looks like it has a sandy shore. However, that is not the case. Dark rocks and coral line the tree line and the shore line is covered in light rocks and coral. Sugar Shack in the background.
Puaumu is a medium sized motu. It is about .4nm in length and .1nm in width at the widest part. The center of the island is covered in a palm trees and a variety of lush green trees. The windward side is covered in coral and rocks making it a challenge traverse across. The leeward side is a small sandy beach home to tons of hermit crabs and other sea/land-based critters. Many coral heads liter the lagoon side of the island making it a challenge to navigate to a safe anchorage.
Puaumu Lagoon
Puaumu Highlights
Matt caught the sun lighting up the tree tops at sunrise. The shades of blue in the lagoon start out turquoise and slowly blend in to a beautiful hue of purple.
This photo gives you an idea of how very isolated we are when we visit this small piece of paradise. This shot looks at the far left (North West) corner of Puaumu.
Love this reflection of Sugar Shack in the water.
Check out our reflection
Looks like the sun is our anchor light on steroids.
A few more stunning photos
Sunrise at Puaumu
Moonrise at Puaumu
Love this photo of the sun reflecting off of our dagger board.
The American Flag never looked so good. Made of Sunbrella – thank you ManuKea.com for the awesome flag that lasts forever and still looks beautiful!
Port Sugar Scoop / Transom – just a wee bit proud of our home!
Just a beautiful sunset with colorful rays in the sky.
Check out our other post on Puaumu.
Because of low bandwidth we had to spread our posts out. Events from this blog post occurred during early April 2021. Our blog posts run 8-10 weeks behind our adventures.