http://www.sailblogs.com/member/surprise Copyright 2008 SailBlogs.com Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:36:43 -0600 720 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:36:43 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en support@sailblogs.com support@sailblogs.com http://www.sailblogs.com/images/sb_rss_icon.gif http://www.sailblogs.com/ 88 31 Weblogs for Sailors and Sailing http://www.sailblogs.com/member/surprise?xjMsgID=72122 We're sad to see this season and adventure come to a close, but at the same time we are looking forward to being home. Our last few weeks have been wonderful; good weather, nice anchorages, beautiful snorkeling and diving. The Yasawa Group of islands is much like the Va'vau group in Tonga, lots of nice places to go hide. Surprise Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/surprise?xjMsgID=72122 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/surprise?xjMsgID=71421 The Admiral makes bubbles A lovely dive off the island of Waya in the Yasawa group in Fiji; calm, clear water great coral, nice fish. We're still anchored off of Octopus Resort and went with their dive boat this afternoon. We'll likely head south tomorrow stopping for a day or two at Navadra and then on to Musket Cove. Surprise Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/surprise?xjMsgID=71421 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/surprise?xjMsgID=71355 This lovely spot has some of the best fish snorkeling we've found. We're told that the giant Manta Rays come here during the summer on a regular basis; but they had gone for the season before we arrived. The snorkeling is between two islands in a narrow pass that has a strong tidal current; the entire area is a marine preserve and all forms of taking fish and anchoring are prohibited. The fish are amazing, completely unconcerned about people. The Admiral has been busy checking off 3-4 new fish in her book every time we went in the water. Surprise Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/surprise?xjMsgID=71355