Tautira Bay

Tautira Bay (alternate: Cooks Anchorage) (lat 17°45' S, long.

It is reached through a gap in the reef about half a mile wide, with deep water, with Tautira point giving it protection from winds from north-east.

The bay is clear, except a small patch of 2 fathoms 600 feet (180 m) southward of the point of reef on the western side.

The best anchorage is at about 1,200 feet (370 m) from the shore in 8.5 fathoms, sand, with the extreme of Tautira Point bearing 45°.

[3] Port Pihaa is the deep basin, from 1,800–2,400 feet (550–730 m) wide and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, between the barrier reef and the shore, extending from Tautira Bay to Pihaa Point, with depths nearly everywhere of from 16 to 19 fathoms, sand and mud.