The fishermen's shore on the west side of Marsaxlokk bay, below the Ballut wetland. It is a working waterfront with swimming off the rock.
Some chop. The wind is WNW at 16 km/h.
This is the working side of Marsaxlokk bay, below the Ballut wetland. The shore is rock and concrete, and fishing boats are hauled out and repaired here. People swim off it, but it is a waterfront first and a swimming spot second.
The wetland behind is a protected site and worth ten minutes on the way past, particularly during the migration months. Nothing is provided at the water itself. The bay is deep and enclosed, so only a south-easterly reaches this shore with any weight behind it.
It is sheltered from the south-west round to the south-east. There is no open water on those bearings for a wind to build a swell across. It is open to the south-south-east, where the sea runs for kilometres before it reaches this shore. A wind out of the south to the south-south-west has some water to work with but not the full run.
Measured as metres of open water on each bearing out from the shore. This is the bay’s own geography and it does not change; whether it is swimmable this afternoon is the reading at the top of the page, which also weighs how hard the wind is actually blowing.
The nearest alternatives, which usually face a different way.
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