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Passage Island & Sisters Island

There are limited but good anchorages around Passage island. Superb fishing, diving and snorkelling here.

  • A

PASSAGE WEST

20 miles from Chiryatapu

PASSAGE WEST. 11°10.85N, 92°40.45E

Anchor due west of the small rocky point on Passage Island. (If you look carefully you can see a sand patch here which is clearly visible in 18 metres of water.) Anchor in the middle of this sand patch. There is excellent fishing, diving and snorkelling here.

  • B

PASSAGE EAST

19 miles from Chiryatapu

PASSAGE EAST. 11°11.10N, 92°40.70E

Anchor in 20 metres clear of the reef on a sandy bottom.

  • C

THE SISTERS

22 miles from Chiriyatapu

THE SISTERS. 11°08.40N, 92°43.60E

Anchor to the northwest of the southern point of Sisters. This is a great anchorage during calm weather (March and April) but it is very rolly the rest of the time. There is a pristine white coral and sand beach here with some spectacular rock pools at the northeastern end of the beach.

The Sisters anchorage – Photo by Paul Johnson

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