Cape Vani (Akrotiri Vani)

Cape Vani sits on the exposed north-west tip of Milos, jutting north into the open Aegean, so the site takes the full brunt of the summer Meltemi. The N–NW–NNW sector is wide open to fetch running down from the northern Aegean and neighbouring Cyclades, which is why the reef is only dived in calmer windows; the WNW and NNE flanks are also largely open. The bulk of the Milos peninsula to the south shields the whole S–SE arc (SSE–SSW effectively blocked), and the headland's eastern rock arm and the small offshore islet cut down E–ESE swell, while the peninsula's south-western flank partly shadows the WSW–SW. In short, it is calm and diveable in southerly weather but quickly exposed and choppy when the north-westerlies pick up.