Brioni Wreck

The wreck lies off the SE-facing cape of Ravnik islet, with the islet and the bulk of Vis wrapping around from the west through north, so the whole landward arc from WSW through W and NW to N is shadowed and calm. The open swell window faces the southeast to east quadrant, straight out into the open Adriatic. This is the Jugo (Scirocco) exposure — the SE has the longest fetch along the Adriatic's NW-SE axis and builds the largest, longest waves here, with the ESE and E also wide open. To the south, Ravnik's southern lobe and the SE tip of Vis give partial shelter, and the offshore Bura (Bora) from the NE blows off the island as a gusty offshore wind with only short channel fetch reaching the site. The wreck is deep enough that surface sea rarely reaches it, but a Jugo or any building SE-E sea makes the boat work over the cape untenable and closes the dive.