Lia Reef (Lia Bay)

Lia Reef sits off the south-east coast of Mykonos, with the island's bulk to the north and north-west shielding it from the dominant summer Meltemi (N-NW) — the reason the bay is calm and clear through the diving season. The exposed window is the open Aegean to the south, with the S, SSE and SSW sectors fully open; the SE peninsula of Mykonos (toward Dragonisi) blocks the E-ENE, and a headland to the south-west shadows the WSW-W. As a result the reef is quiet in typical Meltemi conditions and is affected mainly by southerly (Scirocco) winds or a distant south swell, which build surface chop and surge from the SE-S-SW and can force dives to be rescheduled.