- ventana
- The first hours after sunrise are the good ones: the town is still asleep, the boats are not out and the water stands. By ten the shuttles to Therma and back start running, and the breeze fills in during the afternoon. Season is June, then September and October; May is closed across Greece, and from sunset to sunrise it is banned.
- marea
- Tide decides little here — the level moves ten to forty centimetres. What you do notice is the hot mineral water of the Therma springs seeping into the sea: close in you swim through warm plumes where the water shimmers and layers, and the picture wobbles as if through glass. Further out it fades away.
- abrigo
- The port sits on the south side of the island with a ridge over a thousand metres high above it, so the north meltemi passes overhead. Down at the rock reef in front of town the water stays nearly flat on a northerly. What is open here is south and south-east, and swell from there runs straight onto the stones.
- condiciones
- The perfect day here is a settled north or north-east — the harder it blows on the far side of the island, the calmer it is on this one. A light south-west still works. South and south-east kill the spot: the wave hits at the entry, sand comes off the shallow slabs and visibility drops to a couple of metres.
- peligro
- The port itself is the main problem: three hundred metres off the moles and moored vessels are not yours, and ferries to Piraeus, Samos and Fourni call here. Get in well away from the harbour and keep your buoy visible. People bathe at the Therma pools, so two hundred metres from swimmers is out too. Dive-centre boats work these same reefs.
- acceso
- Shore is the simple option: park on the Agios Kirykos waterfront, walk east or west out of the harbour area and climb down over the rocks — boots, the slabs are slippery. Therma is ten kilometres of asphalt, or a small boat from the port. The house reefs start about fifty metres out; the outer ridges are easier from a boat.
Arrecife rocoso + arrecifes domésticos en el puerto SE, base de centro de buceo (Ikaria + Fourni) — a sotavento. Desde tierra/barco.
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