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Rambuso Creek - jumping-off for Rossel Lagoon
Anchorage · Sudest (Vanatinai) · Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
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- Position
- 11°28.98'S 153°33.29'E
- Getting in
- From the reef-passage waypoint eyeball through, aiming for a house on the far shore; keep ~30 m off that shore to pass shoal ground to port.
- Bottom
- mud
- Holding
- very good
- Notes
- Very quiet and calm. School on the west side, village on the east. No swimming (crocodiles/murky). Overnight here before Rossel Lagoon.
Our sketch map
Drawn by us from OpenStreetMap, Sentinel-2 and our GPS. Not for navigation.
More in the Sudest (Vanatinai)
Venama islet - "Great anchorage" (Sudest south coast)Damaga Bay - Duwa (school)Sudest SW - deep lagoons with swim-throughsPamela - Hinai Bay (Sudest)Midawa village (Sudest west coast)Griffin Point (Sudest north coast)Muhua BaySnake PassageJelewagaLigi Ligi BayHobuk school anchorage (per cruiser mark)Sudest north coast - cruiser anchoragesAraida village (after Snake Passage)
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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 Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres.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, other cruisers' notes (2023): 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 Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres.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.