With towering rock walls on every side, Punchbowl Cove is one of the scenic highlights of the Misty Fjords National Wilderness. There is a single mooring buoy at the head of Punchbowl Cove and if that is occupied the only anchoring possibility is between the mooring buoy and the southern shore in around 20-25 metres.

In calm conditions this might make a suitable overnight anchorage but when we entered on a clear sunny afternoon there was a very stiff thermal inflow wind blowing into Rudyerd Cove and Punchbowl Cove even though the gradient wind in the main Behm Canal was close to zero. This made the head of the cove a lee shore and we considered it imprudent to anchor under these conditions.