Relitto del Caccia P-40 (Torre Astura)

The wreck sits in shallow sandy water on the west-southwest side of the Torre Astura peninsula, at the southern end of the Rome coast on the open Tyrrhenian Sea. The mainland and the castle peninsula shelter it from the N through E, so northerly Tramontana and Grecale winds, and the NW Mistral, largely blow offshore here. The exposed window is the SW-S quadrant facing the open Tyrrhenian: the SW-SSW Libeccio direction has the longest fetch and drives the biggest waves and surge onto this shallow flat, with the S and W also open. Scirocco from the SE reaches it only partially, softened by the Circeo headland further down the coast. Because the site is only a few metres deep, even moderate southwesterly wind-sea quickly stirs the sand, kills visibility and can shut the dive down.