nice half day sail from savusavu to namena island where we are now, ready
for some serious diving. we=92ve heard this place has some of he best divin=
g
in fiji, if not the best.

sailed through the passage in dark and now arriving in savusavu, fiji at
8am.

moderate breezes from the southeast, good sailing.

spent the morning investigating alofi island, pretty rolly anchorage so at
midday we headed off, destined for savusavu, fiji.

anchored in the tiny harbour of futuna=92s main island.

departed anchorage between luaniva and fungalei at 10am with good southeast
breezes

fantastic anchorage sheltered from all weather.

moved here after being fairly blasted at mata utu. quite a deep anchorage
here and still a little exposed but amazing island and well worth it.

entered the uvea lagoon at 0940 this morning and happily followed the
extremely well marked and charted route in, arriving at mata utu just
before midday.

good sailing with southeasterly winds.

arrived in niuatoputapu, greeted by a mother and calf pair of humpback
whales, good birdlife too.

after nearly two amazing months in vava=92u we are finally tearing ourselve=
s
away, departing from mala island and headed for the final and northernmost
group of tonga, niuatoputapu.

left ha=92ano island early this morning and arrived in neiafu, vava=92u lat=
e
afternoon, picked up a mooring for the night.

went for a dive here and a nice walk to one of the extremely tidy and well
kept villages.

fantastic anchorage here in uoleva with room for plenty of boats but
fortunately it is mostly empty while we are here.

arrived at ha=92afeva. three other boats here when we arrived but all left
now.