Épave de la Meulière (Punta Castagna)

The wreck lies in the shallows at the foot of Punta di a Castagna on the southern shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio, tucked into the peninsula's northern flank so it faces out across the gulf mouth to the NW. The Castagna headland and the Corsican coast behind Portigliolo shelter the whole southern arc - from the SW (Libeccio) round through S to the eastern sectors - leaving the site open only through the WNW-NW window across the gulf entrance, with the WSW largely blocked by the point. The energy that reaches it is NW Mistral swell and wind-wave funnelling down and across the gulf, so dives are best on calm days or with easterlies off the land, when this sheltered southern corner is glassy.