Moonrise over Wafer Bay

We left Bahia Iglesia about mid-day yesterday. The wind had calmed and turned east, so we hoped that Wafer would be protected and not too swelly.

We still had to recover our 2 dive tanks that we had left with Jody our divemaster--he said he could fill them for us.

And we needed to run the watermaker, which requires the engine to run. So we set up for making water and pulled anchor and motored the 6 miles around to Wafer. It was wonderfully better than we last left it. Still some swell, but very gentle. And a nice breeze blowing up the valley, keeping our stern into the swell.

"Our" mooring was occupied, so they told us to anchor, but it must be in sand. It took several passes around the bay, and me jumping in with mask and fins, to find the sandy spot. Most of the bay is very rocky. I also found a wreck on the bottom (maybe 2). Dave wants to take a quick snorkel this morning to investigate. (and thanks Roger for sending the map).

Though the rangers had told us there was wifi/internet here, we'd not bothered to check it out before when conditions were so miserable. But I was pleasantly surprised to get a whiff of a signal from the boat. I did get connected, but tenuously. Dave and I finally loaded the laptop in the dinghy and dinghied to just outside the surf line. Dave holding the antenna while I read the signal (head under a t-shirt to block out the sun). It was pretty comical, but we did manage to get all our internet
mail...I am now up to date on the small boat facility plans at MYC, and what my 'favorite sellers' on EBay have to offer this week.

But the important part was that we got some weather downloads. It looks like mild weather from here to Ecuador. All the red feathers on the GRIB files are gone, and there aren't many blue feathers (no wind).

By the way, someone in Golfito showed me a new weather site that's pretty cool... http://www.passageweather.com

We got our tanks back, thanked Isaac and Jody for their hospitality, and said goodbye to the nice folks at Cocos Island.

We enjoyed a nice dinner last night (without having to clutch our plates to keep them from flying off the table), and watched the moon rise over Wafer Bay.