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Hemoe Bay (Basilaki Island)
Anchorage · Milne Bay & Alotau · Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
Open Hemoe Bay (Basilaki Island) in the interactive mapThe guide
- Position
- 10°35.67'S 150°59.96'E
- Depth
- 10 m
- Bottom
- mud
- Holding
- good
- Notes
- Spectacular calm anchorage. Navionics out by a few hundred metres - eyeball in. P-38 wreck dive (local guide), crocodiles in the mangrove creeks, mud crabs, freshwater creek for laundry. Lock outboards and lines at night.
- Cyclone season
- Possible cyclone refuge on the way in: on the map the bay is almost landlocked (land on about 15 of 16 bearings) with mangroves round the head, and the cruisers who used it found 10 m and good holding in mud. Nobody reports using it in a cyclone - look at it, and at the mangrove creeks to tie into, well before the season.
Our sketch map
Drawn by us from OpenStreetMap, Sentinel-2 and our GPS. Not for navigation.
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Thanks to Soggy Paws PNG Compendium, Maranatha guide: their notes are summarised in our own words.
This guide is a set of personal cruising notes shared in good faith. Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres. It is not a substitute for official charts and notices, your own eyes, local knowledge, or professional medical, legal or customs advice. You use it at your own risk: the skipper alone is responsible for the safety of the vessel and everyone on board, and the authors accept no liability for any loss, injury or damage arising from its use.
Thanks to Soggy Paws PNG Compendium, Maranatha guide: their notes are summarised in our own words.
This guide is a set of personal cruising notes shared in good faith. Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres. It is not a substitute for official charts and notices, your own eyes, local knowledge, or professional medical, legal or customs advice. You use it at your own risk: the skipper alone is responsible for the safety of the vessel and everyone on board, and the authors accept no liability for any loss, injury or damage arising from its use.