Capo Enfola (Scoglio della Nave)

The Scoglio della Nave sits off the exposed northern tip of Capo Enfola on Elba's north coast, wide open to the Ligurian and northern Tyrrhenian Sea. The whole N-NW-W arc is unshielded, so this is a fully exposed site whenever the dominant Mistral/Tramontana blows from the NW-N or a Ponente sets in from the west — those directions build the wind-sea that shuts the dive down. The Enfola promontory rises immediately to the south, blocking the S-SSE-SE sector almost completely, so Libeccio (SW) and Scirocco (SE) leave the rock comparatively calm; the Portoferraio peninsula coast curving away to the east gives partial shelter from the E. As with all the western Mediterranean there is no true ocean groundswell here — the sea state is locally generated over fetch, and the site works best in settled summer conditions between northerly blows.