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FormicoliCapo Vaticano
οριακάσήμερα εκτεθειμένο κατά μέτωπο στη φουσκοθαλασσιά (επίπεδο πόλης)
- παράθυρο
- The 500 m from used beaches is measured from the water's edge, and here the shore is 40 m from the mark: in bathing season do the arithmetic before getting in. With Ponente in the forecast the useful window shortens by itself, long before sunset. The orders are online on the website of the Capitaneria responsible. The afternoon wind often closes the day before the light does.
- παλίρροια
- Between the shore and five metres of water there are 580 m, and no tide shifts that line appreciably. Swell from the west moves more water in ten minutes than the tide moves in six hours. At Capo Vaticano the local currents depend more on the shape of the bottom than on the hour. If the current is faster than your easy pace, it is already too much.
- καταφύγιο
- The coast here runs NE–SW and opens to the west: that is what decides which forecast to read. In Ponente the detached rocks break the swell but hand it back confused, and that crossed sea tires you more than a clean wave. At Capo Vaticano the old rule holds: watch the sea for ten minutes, then decide. A metre of long swell from the west is worth more than two metres of short chop raised inshore.
- συνθήκες
- The useful band lies between the 530 m of the ten-metre line and the 1000 m of the twenty: that strip is where you work. With 200 m reached about 4300 m out, the limit of the day is set by your breath and not by the distance. At Capo Vaticano it pays to come out feeling you stopped early. Even green water is workable; white streaks are suspension that will not clear.
- κίνδυνος
- In Ponente the passage between the shoal and the coast becomes the most dangerous part of the route. Marked set nets are left alone: getting caught in a net on breath-hold is the most dangerous thing in the whole day. At Capo Vaticano floating lines are seen late: keep an eye above you as well. A day given up is never a mistake.
- πρόσβαση
- In Ponente the crossing out to the shoal is worth thinking about twice, because on the way back you will have it against you. With the shore 40 m away and five metres of water at 580 m, the band to cross is a short one. At Capo Vaticano many accesses cross private property: if it is signed, look for another one. Leave the place as you found it.
Offshore rocky bank; grouper and dentex, long swim, calm only.
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