Niue Island

We are on our way to Vava’u group of Islands in Tonga. Our first stop will be Neiafu at Latitude 18 44’ S Longitude 174 W. We left Niue last Night at 10 pm. It is a short trip about 250 miles west of Niue (36 hours).

Today is a beautiful day for a passage, sunny and winds around 15 knots. This morning we caught a 30lb 4’ long Wahoo. We have the pirate spinnaker up and we are cruising along at 7 knots. It is hard to get better than this.

Niue was a great place, only 1100 people. It is a volcanic island but with large lime stone deposits. So over 1000’sof years the lime stone has eroded and left caves all over the Island and in the sea. So caving is a major activity here. In addition the visibility in the water is 100’+.

So Mike and I have dove with Mantas, sharks and whales, so what else is left?? Well on Niue they have SEA SNAKES. At this one place called snake alley there were 100’S of them mostly lying on the bottom, but at any given time here were 10 of them either on there way up to the surface to get air or on there way back down. We also dove through a large canyon and into a cave. I took Amanda diving and we went through a underwater chimney. You entered it at 80’and came out at the top in 10’ of water. She loved it.

Well enough of my writing. When ever I have a guest on board I am going to have them write bout their experiences. So here is Captain Amanda Leese.

The adventure continues.

Love Gary