Primavera Wreck

The wreck lies on the sheltered southern lee side of Berlenga Grande, with the island mass blocking the dominant NW-N-W Atlantic groundswell that batters the exposed northern and northwestern cliffs. Its protected position leaves it open mainly to swell and wind-waves arriving from the south through southwest (S-SSW-SE), and to local southerly weather. This shadowing is precisely why the Primavera can be dived when the more exposed Berlengas sites cannot.