September 30 – October 2, 2014
According to the guidebook, “These day anchorages should be attempted only in settled weather and during hours of good visibility.” In both cases we had settled weather and we stayed overnight, and in both cases, they proved wonderful anchorages at low tide and then rocky/rolly at high tide.
We mostly went to them for Tim to spearfish and to be a little further south for the jump to the Ha’apai group. To be honest, I don’t actually remember much, and I didn’t write a lot in the logbook. They are both very tiny islands surrounded by coral. Lua’ui (#34) is only about 1 or 2 miles south of ‘Euakafa, and I recall there was some nice snorkeling, and that it was here that I saw my first lionfish. Fonua’one’one (#36) is a bit further south and the reef around the island was a bit more extensive. Spending a couple days at these islands was a nice way to decompress after the last hectic days in Neiafu before heading to Ha’apai.
Gresham Family Exodus 