With Covid restricting all international travel last year, my explorer soul was yearning for an adventure. Off the grid, with a great potential for wind and waves, the Abrolhos had been on my adventurer radar for a long time. All of the 122 islands are uninhabited; the only transient residents apart from the migrating birds and sea life are around 120 licensed fishermen, their families and deckhands. 22 designated islands serve as their temporary base to fish from commercially. There are no accommodation facilities for tourists on the islands and camping is prohibited. The only way to see the Abrolhos is by boat or light aircraft — we went for the boat option. Our crew consisted of skipper Mick (lifelong surfer and boat builder), my wild Aussie windsurfing husband Corey, and Scotty Bauer, a legendary surf photographer.
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