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- plima
- The right question on this coast is not what the tide is doing but what swell has been through. With a range that small the entry rock sits at the same level at any hour. At Chia the level changes little, but the current towards the south can be noticeable in the channels. If the current takes you past the 740 m of the ten-metre line, head straight back for land.
- zaklon
- You are in the lee in Tramontana; the moment the wind goes south, the water under the shore dirties. In a bay like this the shelter is a few tens of metres wide, tucked against the windward point rather than in the middle of the arc, and in a hard Ostro not even that. With the wind from the north at your back you can work; with the swell from the south in your face you look and go home. A metre of long swell from the south is worth more than two metres of short chop raised inshore.
- uvjeti
- The transit out to the good ground is long enough that it has to be counted on the way back too. The 10 m contour runs about 740 m from the shore and is the practical reference for this entry. If you cannot see the bottom, you do not know what is over your head on the way up. At Chia the inshore current shifts the murk within hours: waiting sometimes works better than moving.
- opasnost
- With Ostro into the mouth of the bay the water leaves through the middle and comes back along the sides: keep it in mind for the return. The mark falls inside the perimeter of the Capo Spartivento AMP: a full ban on breath-hold spearfishing, and the only thing left to do is swim and look. Keep in mind the 40 m that separate you from the coast when you decide on the last descent. While you are inside the perimeter of the Capo Spartivento AMP the speargun stays at home: the penalty is certain and the rule has no local versions.
- pristup
- At Chia the entry at the head of the cove is the one that holds up best even in a made-up sea. With the shore 40 m away and five metres of water at 650 m, the band to cross is a short one. From the entry point to the shore there are 40 m, and they are the metres that weigh most on the return. An access that is comfortable in a flat sea can be unusable half an hour later.
Rock and sand; gilthead, easy entry, open to the S/SW.
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