Percorso Archeologico Subacqueo di Le Castella

The trail lies in shallow water just south of the Le Castella peninsula on the Ionian coast, facing the open sea through an ESE-to-W arc centred on the south and south-west. It takes a direct hit from the Scirocco (S-SE) and from open Ionian swell out of the S-SW, which build the largest waves here. The Le Cannella coast a few kilometres to the east knocks down easterly seas, while the Aragonese castle headland and the Calabrian mainland shadow the northern and north-western sectors. Because it is only 4-5 m deep and within 200 m of shore, even a moderate sea makes it surgy and turbid, so it is dived in calm, settled conditions.