Through 2022 and 2023 we have visited many places throughout French Polynesia.

Comments and feedback have been compiled into one report with some brief notes below.

https://www.noonsite.com/report/french-polynesia-cruiser-report-from-maria/

Moorea – November 2022

We went to Opunohu Bay, it has a very muddy bottom so we decided to anchor on the right side of the pass near the Tiki snorkelling site. There is enough room for around 5 boats to anchor here, but be careful as it’s shallower around the edges.

Point Vaipahu anchorage second visit

September 2019

We walked to the Moorea Tropical Garden, had lunch at 1500 each ( including a juice drink, Then we walked to the waterfall through the tropical gardens, we had flip flops on and it was relatively easy.
There a small cafe opposite the road that leads to Mo’orea tropical gardens. There is also a mini mart, selling eggs, frozen meat , potatoes, onions etc.
If you walk towards the Hilton hotel there’s a coffee shop on the the other side of the road.

There a few boats that are anchored here, they seem to be a permanent feature. The boat called Le Flamboyant ( red hull ) is anchored but he also has a line attached to some old chain and debris on the bottom of the seabed. Because of this he doesn’t swing like the other boats at anchor.

Cooks Bay – anchorage by Maharepa town

October 2019

This is the anchorage mentioned in my previous post but last time we didn’t go ashore. Don’t anchor too close to the private jetty as the owner will come and ask you to move. Apparently he’s been known to call the police . You can take your dinghy and put it on the small beach next to the Moorea Beach Bar ( yellow flags outside) . To get through the coral there is a small channel directly in front of the beach bar , take the dinghy straight ahead and pass between the two white mooring buoys towards the beach club dinghy dock, turn right to put in on the beach. You can only use the dinghy dock if you are eating at the restaurant or getting take away from MBC Next Door.

There were some bins for rubbish by the beach. No recycling but someone had left their recycling in a bag next to the bins.

This is a nice little tourist town , small but well stocked supermarket, 3 banks and numerous snack bars and restaurants.

Our friends on another boat locked their bikes up near the beach club but they were stolen. Admittedly they’d locked them to a bush but someone had dug the bush out. They think someone had a truck and had lifted them on because the wheels were locked together.