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Hessessai Bay / Hevaisi (Pana Tinani)
Anchorage · Eastern Calvados & Nimoa · Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea · also called Hessessia, Hesessai, Hevaisi
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- Position
- 11°12.32'S 153°05.63'E
- Depth
- 3–4 m
- Wind shelter
- very good in NE, E, SE
- Shelter
- No swell; one of the best-protected anchorages in the Calvados.
- Getting in
- Go round the turning waypoint to clear the reefs off both sides, then head straight for the village.
- Bottom
- sand
- Ashore
- Friendly villages (Hessessai, Hevaisi); good trading for tomatoes, mud crabs and crays; weekly bakery (1990s). Water right on the beach and a dam. Good church singing. Walk 2 km to Hobuk school and another 2 km to Nigaho village (shallow 200 m crossing at low tide). Fishing poor inside but good trolling round the bommies.
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More in the Eastern Calvados & Nimoa
Grass Island (Wanim)Wanim south - deep anchoragePana Tinani west - calm garden bayHati Lawi Harbour (Pana Tinani SE)Pana Tinani SE - our anchorageNimoa (Nimowa) Island - mission anchorageColman's moorings (Nimoa)Hudunuwa Passage (exit east)
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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 Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres.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 Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres.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.