Weather hold

Fay took this great picture of Anaho Bay this morning. New Morning is the boat on the left (if you can make out any boats at all) and we're currently sharing the bay with just one other boat. She also saw about a dozen juvenile (4' - 5') black tip sharks in the shallows (2' - 3') as she was walking from the dinghy to the beach. We were surprised they would be in such shallow water; maybe a picture of those later. She came back from her walk with a big bag of mangos.

The weather here is so nice we're going to stay a bit longer. Our study of the GRIBs (forecasted winds) suggests we'll get a little more wind for our passage, and a little less wind and rain on our arrival, by delaying our departure until Tuesday, so we think this will work out for better weather everywhere.

We're focused on atolls where we can dive with a dive master, and also looking for pearls so we're settled on making our landfall at the north pass of Fakarava (Google that!). After Fakarava we'll probably proceed on to Toau, Rangiroa and Tikehau, and we might add Manihi into the mix after Toau depending on our time. Apparently the Bastille Day festivities go on for weeks, so we're concerned that the week of the 11th might find a lot of government offices closed. With that in mind, we'd like to be in Papeete by July 6-7 to finish our customs processing for New Morning, and receive our long stay visas.