Blogs and News about Reef Island of the San Juan Islands, Washington State.
Last updated on Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Feeling Restless in Fajardo | Lucky EscapeWe were blessed with a day of good weather (before this current front hit us) so we sailed approximately 2 hours from Marina Cay to Anegada - a destination that we could not previously go to when chartering given its tricky entrance as it is a " reef island ". .... The Reality - Sailed for 9 days, to lose our centerboard, and finally be towed into Fajardo from just outside San Juan inlet in "small craft advisory conditions" as our engine died (read previous sailblog entry ! ...
Blog title…Kayaking Camping and Whales, OH MY!We got into our kayaks and headed south in the San Juan Channel on the west shoreline of Jones island and into spring passage where Orca's Island was to our north and a very small island named Reef Island was to our south. ...
Top Ten Vacation Destinations in the CaribbeanNext on my list would be Islands with historical and architectural appeal and the first place to go to is definitely San Juan in Puerto Rico. The Spanish colonial influence could be best seen in design of their buildings and the ...
Cozumel AdventuresBarracuda & San Juan Reefs Depth: Deep: 70 to 110 feet. Skill level: Expert. On the north side of the island, these two reefs can be dove safely by only small groups of experience current divers using a hand held ascent line. ...
The top ten tourist destinations in the CaribbeanThe next one will snorkel in one of the largest coral reef island in the Turks and Caicos. So dive in the Bahamas and enjoy the abundance of marine species. After my underwater adventure will be my next adventure, you discover the ...
Life On Orcas Island: Down at the Deer Harbor DockThe easiest access from Orcas Island to San Juan Island and the Gulf Islands is from Deer Harbor. It is a south facing harbor and is very protected. In addition, Deer Harbor gets the most sunshine and the least rain of any location on Orcas . ... If you are kayaking, take a day trip around Reef Island out to Yellow Island, owned by the Nature Conservancy and carpeted with flowers each spring. Spend the night on Jones Island and look for cactus. I promise they are there! ...
monday - june 1 - aground on yellow island reef (23 nm)next up was north pass just north of reef island (you would think i would have learned something by the crappy names of these places). having just come though pole pass, north pass was giant. the problem, of course, became the wind. ...
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They loaded up the truck and moved to Bellingham: Day trip to ... Mike was working, so I took a solo day trip to Orcas Island, one of the gorgeous San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington. The island is named for "Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo", the Viceroy of Mexico who sent an exploration expedition to the ... Starfish on the bottom of Reef Island Around Yellow Island, a ecological preserve. Madrona tree - amazing tree whose bark performs photosynthesis. Crow Valley on Orcas - most of the island if VERY rural ...
san juan kayak trip we had a little problem crossing to jones island since we misread the current atlas but after a brief stop on reef island to wait for the currents to change we made it to jones. we spend two nights on jones and used the second day to ...
