Two Brothers (Adelfoi Islets)

The dive sits in the channel between Megalo and Mikro Adelfi, roughly 10 km ESE of Alonissos in open Aegean water. From this pin the summer Meltemi and the whole N-to-E arc are blocked by Mikro Adelfi and the bulk of Alonissos and Peristera to the north and northeast, while Megalo Adelfi and the Alonissos landmass shut down the SW-W-NW sectors. The one open swell window faces ESE through SSE - peaking to the SE, consistent with the wall's orientation - and takes easterly-to-scirocco fetch, with only the ESE partly shadowed by distant Skantzoura some 12 km off. Conditions are wind-driven at this microtidal Mediterranean site, and the limiting factor is the exposed open-water crossing, which is cancelled when the Meltemi blows hard even though the channel itself lies in its lee.