Sveti Ivan na pučini

The islet is the outermost and southernmost of the Rovinj archipelago, so it is markedly exposed on its seaward side. The whole arc from the southeast through south, southwest and west to WNW is wide open to the Adriatic with effectively unlimited fetch, and takes the full run of a Jugo (Sirocco) blowing up the long SE-to-NW axis, which builds the largest waves here. The inner archipelago islets to the north and north-northwest give partial shelter from those directions, while the mainland and Rovinj peninsula to the east and northeast strongly reduce the landward sectors, so a Bura (Bora) from the NE arrives fierce but with little wave fetch on this side. The dive is comfortable in most conditions except a Southerly or Westerly sea, when swell wraps straight onto the exposed western boulder reef.