Apatki, northern entrance

With light winds we drifted from Manihi to Apataki. And again we were lucky: We found the tide nearly at slack when we entered. Most of the time the currents in these atolls are outgoing on the western, the leeward part of the atoll.
The anchorage on the norther side of Apataki is shown in different publications, protected from the wind by a huge reef area. In reality this protecting reef does not exist, nore does the annchorage. Again we had to search for acceptable depths very close to the coral shore. But there we found a lovely spot of the world in calm conditions and surrounded by marvellous snorkeling sites.