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Sudest SW - deep lagoons with swim-throughs
Anchorage · Sudest (Vanatinai) · Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
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Highlights
- Deep reef lagoons with swim-throughs and abundant fish (us, 2023)
The guide
- Position
- 11°40.21'S 153°14.33'E
- Our visit
- 3-5 Oct 2023, and a day trip from Venema on 29 Sep (diary; the 'Outer Reef' episode). Sandy anchorage among bommies near Smith's Pass; still a bit swelly.
- Getting in
- Our 2023 visit: tricky to get into with scattered bommies; the best part is marked just before the channel.
- Anchoring (us)
- We weaved round bommies to a sandy spot near Smith's Pass (Oct 2023). Still a bit swelly, but the calmest it had been since we arrived. Come in with the sun high.
- Notes (us)
- Some of the best snorkelling of the trip: a deep, crystal-clear lagoon with a maze of bommies and swim-throughs, eagle rays in the sand, stampedes of surgeonfish and parrotfish, and the biggest coral trout we've seen.
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)Pamela - Hinai Bay (Sudest)Midawa village (Sudest west coast)Griffin Point (Sudest north coast)Muhua BaySnake PassageJelewagaLigi Ligi BayRambuso Creek - jumping-off for Rossel LagoonHobuk 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 Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres.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.
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 Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres.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.