July 16, 2015
At last we had perfect conditions to anchor off the famous floating bar (and pizzaria), Cloud 9. It used to float in view of the famous surfing area, Cloudbreak, and thus was filled with surfing types. Unfortunately, after some politics, they had to find a new location.
Well, they managed to find a great one! On the downside, it’s no longer in view of the famous surf break. On the upside, it’s in clear water with the most beautiful shades of tropical blues and a snorkeling area nearby. It may no longer have all the surfers, but it’s still very popular with the younger set and thus filled with beautiful bodies in swim trunks and bikinis. There’s a sprinkling of families and older people; so we didn’t feel totally out of place. In fact, we had a great time people watching, drinking great Mai Tais and eating very good pizza.
My biggest problem was the large-breasted girl in the string bikini who kept ending up in my photos of people jumping off the balcony! She was a distraction from the subject, and took me a long time to get a shot without her in it. It was mildly annoying, but I’m sure a lot of guys would love to have my “problem.”
If you like good pizza, strong drinks, a fun afternoon in the midst of a floating party, jumping off balconies in relative safety, swimming in beautiful blue water, relatively good (so we hear) snorkeling, having the adventure of doing something really different, or just watching the latest swim fashions modeled by remarkably good-looking young people, then you will enjoy Cloud Nine. –Cyndi (doing a rare current post).
Click to enlarge and scroll, and no I didn’t put in a photo of the large-breasted bikini babe who kept getting in the way of my shots!
For Reference: Here’s an interactive Google Map with Cloud 9 and Musket Cove.
Waypoints, for reference:
(We’ve just started adding waypoints to posts, in part, because some people are selling pretty expensive, pretty sloppy, pretty incomplete guides. Like others, we need to add a disclaimer so I’ll paraphrase the disclaimer that comes up on my chartplotter each time I turn it on: These are for entertainment only. You’d be a total idiot to rely in them!)
Cloud 9 is at 17° 47.780 S, 177° 08.283 E
We moored picked up one of their moorings at 17° 47.729 S, 177° 08.295 E
We anchored at 17° 47.693 S, 177° 08.320 E
Approach Waypoints (text file): CLOUD 9
