Port Olry to Elephant Island, Vanuatu

           Next swim was Port Olry to Elephant Island. It had been quite windy but today we hired a car and went to the north of the island to find this dream like beach. At first sight it looked an easy swim across to Elephant Island. The 3 of us set off, Will choosing a different point to start and me swimming holding the camera. After 10 mins hard swimming we were making little progress and I realized we had a challenge on our hands as the tide was coming in. Halfway across I found a shallow reef to stand on and was going to call a return but I could see Will already over halfway there, so we had to go on. Choppy water and currents can be daunting but when the water is 27oC it doesn’t seem too bad. We searched the island for the rare ‘coconut crab’ but only found a large shell. We had a more relaxed return swim- but had spent nearly an hour swimming.