Easy bay mostly mud - wind whips around so add scope - quite shallow overall - no swell

Easy anchorage - well marked reefs  - local kitesurfers use the beach as a launch place - bays shallows rapidly

Nice quite bay - near mining operations - watch for wrecks and barges

..the Trades are blowing hard, 20Kts and forecast to reach 30-35!  Time to seek shelter.  At the northern end of the East coast, the very deep Baie de Pam offers excellent holding and shelter.  From Hienhene to Pam, the inner reef channel offers good protection from the swells, and with the wind in our back, the passage was a cinch…

Well dug-in at the bottom of the 800-meter hill, we waited for the storm.  But we were attacked by a storm of another kind:  FIRE!  What had started as a small brush fire along the road was slowly expanding, and as the wind picked up the entire hill was on fire.  Gusts at 30+ were fanning the flames and pushing the smoke towards us.  It was an ugly 48 hours, filled with wind and smoke and nowhere to run.  That’s the way it goes… 

Easy bay - shallows and moorings -

Big anchorage - watch for barges and wrecks

Baie du Carenage at the top end of Baie de Prony up a muddy river. It was an excellent anchorage, completely protected from all directions and calm as a millpond. We explored the rivers by canoe until we got to the rock bars and couldn't paddle any further, we found interesting walks in the hills around us and even paid a visit to a hot spring on the eastern side of the anchorage.