- παράθυρο
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- παλίρροια
- It is worth telling a real tide from a wind surge: the second one shows, the first almost never does. There is no tidal window to wait for: you get in when the sea allows it. In a hard Grecale the water piles up inshore and drains away sideways. If you feel current, work out the way back before going any further.
- καταφύγιο
- On a straight stretch everything that enters the sector arrives unfiltered, and the sea can be read from land in two minutes. The open sea lies to the northeast: in Grecale the swell works straight onto the entry, while from the southwest you stay in the lee of the land. At Lerici-Tellaro the swell forecast matters more than the wind forecast on this stretch. Alone it counts double: no shelter is worth an uncertain way back.
- συνθήκες
- On flat, shallow ground it is the structure that counts and not the depth. The first stretch is nearly always the worst: you cross it and judge afterwards. At Lerici-Tellaro the good days are few and have to be taken when they come. By 680 m from the shore you already know whether it is worth going on.
- κίνδυνος
- The law asks for the marker in sight and a maximum radius of 50 m: it is also the only thing that makes you visible to anyone under way. On a straight coast the alongshore current moves you without your noticing. With Grecale strengthening the margin is spent without your noticing. The way back from 680 m out is longer than it looks once you are tired.
- πρόσβαση
- On a straight stretch the entry is not a point but a choice among many. The mark sits about 10 m from the coastline: the useful water starts practically under the shore. At Lerici-Tellaro the return is planned on the afternoon swell, not on the morning one. An access that is comfortable in a flat sea can be unusable half an hour later.
Archipelago of spurs, 'Le Nere' holes; sheltered by hills to the E, open to Libeccio/Sirocco.
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