- prozor
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- plima
- High water: the tidal platforms and pools fill and you can get past the barrier; at low tide it all dries out with no water to swim.
- zaklon
- The nearshore rock barrier breaks the bigger waves — the most sheltered entry in the area. Shielded from moderate NW swell, but not from due-west swell.
- uvjeti
- Diveable more often than the exposed points thanks to the rock barrier: swell up to ~1.5 m, light E/NE wind. Visibility swings with sediment from the pools and weed.
- opasnost
- The dominant danger is entrapment/impact on the barrier rocks as swell builds: it's calm inside, but on the barrier crest the wave throws you onto sharp rock. Urban beach — many bathers.
- pristup
- In town, by the Forte da Areosa (Castelo Velho); parking close, to the water across the rock platforms. Rocks slippery with weed.
Known OWD dive site 'Pedras Ruivas' — octopus, wrasse, fish in holes. The beach core is concessioned/lifeguarded: hunting banned by the beach in season, hunt on the reefs to the side.
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