In direct contrast to the high winds of yesterday it is flat calm with no wind and we have a gentle motor up to the Cavalli islands. The calm conditions encourage us to head straight to the Rainbow Warrior where we plan to briefly drop anchor and dinghy over to the black buoy which marks the top of the wreck. This is our second visit to the spot. Last year we arrived and the fog rolled in so we rolled on to Whangaroa. This time the stars are in alignment except for one detail. The black buoy tied to the wreck had gone. No buoy to tie the dinghy to and no dive. This is a major disappointment especially as we'd been given precise waypoints by friends who dived it two weeks ago.
We kept our wetsuits on and dive kit in the dinghy and headed off to our night time anchorage from there the same friends had given us the location of where to find scallops. Except when we got in the water all we saw was kelp. No scallops and the second disappointment of the day.
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