Although there is no chandlery, CITC hardware store, which overlooks the harbour, has a range of ropes and marine paint. Avarua Harbour is popular with yachtsmen from the end of April until October - outside the cyclone season . The Cook Islands does not have a long range weather forecast. We get daily forecasts from Fiji. In the wet season, from December to March, daily temperatures can rise to 28C or more.
Rain is preferable to no rain - it keeps things looking green.
The northern group islands of Manihiki and Penrhyn are suffering from lack of water at the moment. This picture shows the position of Rarotonga. Go to Monterey to see the latest. The Weather Underground has daily forecasts for places all over the world, including Rarotonga.