Taxiarchis Wreck

The wreck lies in Taxiarchis Bay on the southeast flank of the Nea Kameni cone, deep inside the Santorini caldera, so there is no real ocean swell at any time. The volcanic cone rises immediately to the west and northwest and blocks those sectors hardest, while the bay opens across the sheltered caldera basin toward the east and southeast. The only meaningful exposure is summer Meltemi (N-NW) wind-chop, which the cone's northern shoulder only partly screens, plus the short fetch generated across the caldera itself.