Relitto Mohawk Deer (Mohawk Deer Wreck)

The wreck lies on the open south-facing cliff coast of the Portofino promontory, so its exposed window is the S-SSW-SW sector out into the Ligurian Sea, which is fully open and takes the full force of the Libeccio (SW) — the wind that historically drove the ship ashore and continues to batter this coast, having collapsed the bow in a 2018 storm. Scirocco from the SE also reaches the site along a long fetch, while the promontory's steep landmass to the north completely shelters it from the Tramontana and Mistral (N-NW), which blow offshore here and can flatten the surface. There is no true ocean swell in this basin — seas are locally wind-generated over fetch — but a sustained Libeccio or Scirocco blow builds surface chop and surge that, combined with the depth, will close the site out.