We arrived here in Warderick Wells on New Year's Day. Warderick Wells is the headquarters of the Exuma Land and Sea Park (a Bahamian 'National' Park).
The north mooring field here is unusual in that it contains 22 moorings lined up in a natural channel. You have to tell the park your length and draft so they can assign an appropriate mooring. Outside the channel, the harbor is virtually all a shallow flat, some of which actually dries at low tide. It is very well protected with pretty much 360 degree protection from the wind and seas - something unusual here in the Exumas. It is THE place to be in northern Exumas to weather a strong cold front.
The configuration does have its disadvantages in that there is frequent traffic passing VERY close to your boat. We also had the joy of being on a mooring near the wreck of a small sailboat from years ago that is on the snorkel map. So we also had numerous dinghy loads of snorkelers looking for the wreck right near our boat.
All and all it is a very busy place and not our favorite stop so far in the Exumas.
We did, however, see a Bananaquit, a small yellow bird indigeous to the Bahamas.
Tomorrow we will venture out into the Exuma Sound for a 10-12 mile trip to Cambridge Cay, where we have been told there is some extraordinary snorkeling.
Tom
Warderick Wells
Exuma, Bahamas
Map Cruise 2012-13
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