Pecio San Cristobal

Sheltered from the north and west by the Almuñécar coastline and the Peñones de San Cristóbal rocks rising to the NE, so the landward sectors are effectively blocked. The site lies open to the south and southeast, where the longest Mediterranean fetch produces the largest wind-waves driven by Levante (E) and warm Scirocco/Sirocco (S-SE) winds; a southwesterly Libeccio swell also reaches the sandy bottom. Being a microtidal Mediterranean site there is no meaningful ocean groundswell, only locally generated wind-wave.