La Vallée des Mérous (Grouper Valley)

The site lies at the southern mouth of the Gulf of Ajaccio, just north of Pointe de l'Isolella, with the Isolella peninsula and the south coast shielding it from the SE-S-E sectors and the inner gulf enclosing it to the east. The exposed window is the open sea to the west and southwest: WSW-W is fully open and the SW carries the region's dominant Libeccio wind-sea, the main wave-maker here. The NW-N sector is moderately open toward the gulf mouth and can build under Mistral/Tramontana. This is a wind-fetch Mediterranean regime with no true ocean swell, so the site works in calm and gentle conditions but is quickly stirred by a sustained SW Libeccio or a NW blow, which also reinforces the drop-off's current and forces dives to be cancelled.