Cucuvou is not a harbor, it’s just a regular ole bay, but for some reason it’s listed as a harbor on Navionics, so I’m going with that. It’s a west facing heart-shaped bay with a narrow entrance and north and south lobes. When we first pulled into the bay we anchored in the north lobe next to Fluenta, and after Tim and I exchanged some very typical anchor time, let’s call it banter, and turned the engines off the sheer silence was deafening. We were pretty sure Fluenta had to have heard our exchange, but it’s OK, because we were pretty sure they wouldn’t judge.
Once we were settled and relaxed and hanging out in the cockpit, we had that cruisers bliss feeling that we were missing in the resort laden, high traffic area of Yasawas. There’s only one village on the entire island and it’s on the other side from Cucuvou. So, the bay was completely missing any evidence of human activity, and it was absolutely gorgeous and peaceful.
The next morning, both Exodus and Fluenta reanchored over to the southern lobe in preparation for the trade winds to fill back in.
Gresham Family Exodus 