Emporios / Mavra VoliaCosta expuesta — Chios west & north
sin datos- ventana
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- marea
- The shape of the beach matters far more than any tide: the black pebble falls away in a steep ramp, so even a small wave sets up a hard undertow that drags stones across your legs. The tide itself is a couple of tens of centimetres and changes nothing for hunting. After rain the gully behind the beach washes silt down for a day or two.
- abrigo
- Emporios bay is cut into the south shore and the whole bulk of the island covers it from the north: the meltemi passes overhead and only what spills over the ridges reaches the water. It opens due south — with a notias or a south-easterly the swell walks into the throat and runs surf up the black pebbles.
- condiciones
- A northerly is no obstacle here — come even with a fresh meltemi, at 3–20 m the water stands still. South and south-east cancel the day outright: the beach is steep, the pebble drops away at once, the wave hits that wall with a hard backwash, the entry gets dangerous and silt hangs from bottom to surface.
- peligro
