COMMANDER SHOAL POET SAUNDERS. 337 



Commander shoal extends northward for 1,500 yards from the 

 southern side of the bay at 1y% miles eastward of Oiirson point, and 

 has 5 feet least water over it at a place from which the west extreme 

 of Cible point bears 111°, distant 1,060 yards, and Gull islet bears 86°. 

 Commander shoal is composed of bowlders, and soundings of less than 

 5 fathoms extend 350 yards northward of these rocks. Cible point 

 lies 1^^ miles eastward of Ourson point, and Cible shoal extends 300 

 yards from it ; the point is the only cliff in the ba3\ 



Rock. — A patch with 3 fathoms of water over it is located north- 

 eastward of Commander shoal with the west extreme of Cible point 

 bearing 158°, distant 840 yards, and Gull islet bearing 102°. 



Gull shoal, nearly 400 yards off Gull point, which lies east-north- 

 eastward 800 yards from Cible point, has 5 feet of water over it. 



Anchorage. — There is anchorage in the bay in 7 to 20 fathoms 

 of water, mud bottom ; in the eastern part of the bay the stream from 

 the Torrent may be sufficientlj'^ strong to keep a vessel riding athwart 

 a good breeze. 



Directions. — Pass in mid-channel southwestward of Robinson 

 island and bring a round hummock, 266 feet high, to bear 243° ; keep 

 it on this bearing astern and when past Ourson point, anchor clear of 

 the shoals. 



Tides and tidal streams.— It is high water, full and change, at 

 Hawke bay at llh. Om. : springs rise 6 feet, neaps 4 feet. The tidal 

 streams are strong in Hawke harbor. During the flood tide the 

 stream from the Torrent sets toward the northern shore. 



Water can be conveniently taken from the stream between Cible 

 and Gulf points. At the head of the bay there is good salmon and 

 trout fishing in the season, and deer may be shot in the vicinity. 



Ice. — Hawke bay freezes late in November or early in December, 

 and the ice breaks up between April 20 and May 10. 



Keppel harbor, eastward of Keppel island and within Keppel 

 point, is 1 mile long and nearly ^ mile wide, but shoal water extends 

 ^ mile from the head. 



Directions. — Pass rather more than 200 yards southward of 

 Keppel island and Morue spit ; when the harbor opens keep in jnid- 

 channel and anchor in 6 fathoms water, at about 600 yards within the 

 entrance. An anchorage much frequented by fishermen is between 

 Saunders point and Morue spit in 11 fathoms water, mud or sand 

 bottom. 



Port Saunders entrance is northeastward of Keppel island and 

 400 yards wide betAveen Saunders point on the south and Two Hills 

 point, a wooded hill with a double summit, on the north, and the 

 harbor extends eastward 2^ miles, with an average width of ^ mile. 

 (See Caution at p. 333.) 



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