Punta Lena

Punta Lena sits off Stromboli's north-east coast, with the volcano's cone rising behind it to the south-west, so the SSW-through-W sectors are fully shielded and even a due-S sea arrives clipped by the island's eastern shore. Everything else is open Tyrrhenian: from the NW right around through N and E to the SE the site looks at open water, with the long Maestrale (NW) and Tramontana (N) fetches and easterly weather landing straight on the wall — only the NNE-NE line is very slightly broken by the Strombolicchio stack, and the WNW arrives partly clipped by the island's northern point. There is no true ocean groundswell here, but this is one of the more exposed faces of the island: a northerly or easterly blow builds chop and surge over the 12 m plateau and reinforces the current, so operators run the site only in settled weather.