Portugal
Dias islandOuranoupoli
al límitehoy expuesto al mar de fondo de frente (nivel ciudad)
- ventana
- The season opens on the first of June, but the best time here is September and October: the water is still warm and visibility on the drop is at its best. Work from first light to midday, before the daily wind gets up. Night hunting is banned nationwide, from sunset to sunrise, and that is not up for discussion.
- marea
- The level moves a couple of tens of centimetres here and changes nothing for hunting. Flow is what counts: off the island's north and south tips the water squeezes and runs noticeably faster than along the flanks. After several days of northerly that drift builds — on the drop hold a rock and watch where your buoy is being pulled.
- abrigo
- Dias is a separate islet west of Ammouliani, and the shelter comes from Ammouliani itself: it blocks the east and north-east, which is where the wind here usually comes from. On a northerly you work the south side of the island, on a southerly you move round to the north. West, across the gulf towards Sithonia, stays open.
- condiciones
- Come on a light easterly or in a flat calm: the 15–45 m drop needs clear water and gives you nothing when it is murky. The north-east vardaris pushes a short, nasty wave down the gulf and on the exposed side of the island it simply carries you off the spot. Anything over force three from the west cancels the trip too.
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