pacific Archives

Pacific Island Navigation

August 12, 2019September 9, 2019

There was a near perfect ripple map on a very windy West Wittering beach yesterday. The different wave patterns on each side of an island…

March 4, 2019March 19, 2019

Something a little different today – a guest blog. I am very grateful to Hye Jung Kim and all the team at Project Wayfinder for…

September 26, 2018January 21, 2019

Last night I was invited by the very nice people at Tourism New Zealand to the opening of Oceania, a wonderful exhibition at the Royal…

May 10, 2016August 19, 2019

A tombolo is a thin strip of sand or shingle that is formed by wave action around an island. The new thin strip of…

January 10, 2014November 26, 2018

Here is an interesting short video about the Polynesian Wayfinders.

May 3, 2010November 10, 2020

I came across this fantastic map showing the direction of Mecca, known as ‘al Qiblah’, from different parts of the world. It shows quite beautifully…