Ponui Island Circumnavigation

Date: 8th September 2013
 
Leaders: Robert Brown
 
Cell Phone: 0211391166
 
Vehicle make, model: Toyota Fielder GKH134 Red
 
General Plan
Meeting at Kawakawa Bay 0830, on the water by 0900.  We will paddle past Pakihi Island, noticeable for McCallum's red chip quarry. Paddling up the Western Side of Ponui Island is indented with many small bays and rock gardens that are worth exploring.  Lunch at Chamberlains Bay.  Then paddling down the Easten Coast is more remote with fewer beaches and high cliffs ,look Eastwards and less than 20km away you see Coromandel Peninsula.
 
Latest time of the water: 1630
 
Distance: 35 km
 
Minimum Ability Level: 2B Intermediate
 
Tide: L 0246 0.5m   L1503 0.5
         H 0911 3.2m   H2125 3.2m
 
Weather Parameters: Surf less than 1.5 meters and winder 20 knots
 
Communications: VHF;boat to boat 08, 82 Auckland Coastguard.  Cell phone might have limited range
 
Facilities: Car parking at Kawakawa Bay W/C and ice cream!
 
Equipment: all normal paddling Equipment;
 
Emergency Exit Points: Pkihi Island, Motunau Bay, Third Bay, Bryants Bay, Chamberlains Bay, Te Kawau, Oranga Bay, Green Bay
 
Additional Risk: Boats, Tide/Wind, Hypothermia (excessive cold),Hyperthermia (excessive heat)

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