Relitto di Pomonte (Elviscot Wreck)

The wreck lies in the small W/WSW-facing bay at Pomonte on Elba's exposed southwest coast, open to the Tyrrhenian Sea across the W-SW-S sector. As a microtidal Mediterranean site the main hazard is wind-wave, and the worst conditions come from the Libeccio (SW) and Ponente (W) - the same storm fetch that drove the Elviscot onto the Ogliera rock - with the Scirocco/Ostro adding swell from the south. The bulk of the island and Monte Capanne block everything from the landward E-NE-SE quadrant, and the Scoglio dell'Ogliera, which sits seaward of the wreck, partly shadows the NW Mistral wrap.