Unchartered rock Preveza

[noelex]

I have been told by a friend that there is an uncharted rock that catches a lot of boats out near Preveza in the North Ionian, Greece. Unfortunately he didn’t know the location. Apparently the location of the rock, in a warning notice outside the office of Actio marine.


I will be traveling to Preveza in the next couple of days and plan to anchor in the area prior to being hauled out.


Does anyone know the approximate location of this rock?

 

[cozzykim]

I have been told by a friend that there is an uncharted rock that catches a lot of boats out near Preveza in the North Ionian, Greece. Unfortunately he didn’t know the location. Apparently the location of the rock, in a warning notice outside the office of Actio marine.


I will be traveling to Preveza in the next couple of days and plan to anchor in the area prior to being hauled out.


Does anyone know the approximate location of this rock?

There's one just under the surface between Meganissi and Skorpios - If you're in the bay at Spartachori looking at Skorpios it's along your line of sight about halfway between the two islands IIRC.

If this is the one you're thinking of then I've been told that attempts to mark it have been made by various people but that, for whatever reason, the locals remove any mark!

 

[annamals]

remember seeing the info note and then promptly forgot about it, but that was in May this year. Perhaps call Aktio Marine and ask them to read out the note? Locally there's some debate about whether or not the rock is actually there.

 

[KellysEye]

>Locally there's some debate about whether or not the rock is actually there.

It is definitely there, one year we set out to find it - which is fairly easy if you go carefully.

 

[cozzykim]

>Locally there's some debate about whether or not the rock is actually there.

It is definitely there, one year we set out to find it - which is fairly easy if you go carefully.

Seconded, I had it as a NOT waypoint on my phone GPS (unfortunately my daughter now has that phone so I can't quote the exact lat/lon), IIRC it's not exactly uncharted, there's a depth ring around it on the chart so you can avoid it if you're keeping your eye on the depth sounder.

Please try not to hit the one we're NOT talking about

 

[affinite]

suggest you email the yard at aktiomar@hol.gr. Be interested to hear what you find out. Rgds

 

[Cariadco]

Do you mean this one?

There's a rock, just below the surface, between Fort Gaios on Paxos and Lakka, apparently just about half way, but I've never seen it.

 

[Happydaze]

The notice in the phone booth outside the office at Aktio describes Dangerous Rock- unmarked, near Zika's hotel. A group of about 10 in a 30 meter radius with min depth o.6 meters in a position of 38 deg. 57.925 N 20deg. 45.432 E. I've not found them but it's not something I look for. Hope this helps.

 

[charles_reed]

There's one just under the surface between Meganissi and Skorpios - If you're in the bay at Spartachori looking at Skorpios it's along your line of sight about halfway between the two islands IIRC.

If this is the one you're thinking of then I've been told that attempts to mark it have been made by various people but that, for whatever reason, the locals remove any mark!

There is a patch of rocks just off the hotel in Preveza. The OP isn't referring to the reef off Skorpios.

 

[cozzykim]

There is a patch of rocks just off the hotel in Preveza. The OP isn't referring to the reef off Skorpios.

Hmm, yes just looking at it on GE from the posted L/L, didn't know there were some there.

 

[Davy_S]

There's a rock, just below the surface, between Fort Gaios on Paxos and Lakka, apparently just about half way, but I've never seen it.

I have! it is just off Longos, I drove over it in a small boat, saw it clearly, the flotilla crews warn you about it, there is also one off Gaios, cant think of the name without digging charts out, but we saw a small coaster aground on it a couple of years ago.

 

[jimbaerselman]

Ionian Rocks!

Four rocks regularly damage boats each year. In order of priority:

1. Italian boats rushing from Lakka to Gaios to grab an early berth routinely hit a 1.3m rock just SE of Loggos, Paxos, each year. Referred to above. Tickled it with a Wayfarer keel many times.

2. Random boats hit a rock (1.8M?) lying just off the route from Gaios, Paxos, to Parga, about half way across. 'Ifalos Paxi' if I remember. Seen it, not touched it. Mapping error here about 400m out of kilter, so put a big ring round it.

3. Charter boats coasting east along the mainland into Zaverda (Inland Ionian) like to make friends with an isolated lump standing a little further off shore than the average about 2nm from Zaverda. Not far to go, so collision artists rarely sink . . . as long as they moor in a shallower part of the harbour.

4. And everone has commented on the Heiromitis shoal, presumably put in place by the owners of Skorpios to sink incoming invaders from Meganisi. Bin there, stood on it. Usually a stick, buoy or can on it until the weather blows it away.

Ah. But they're all charted! Must be that hotel bunch . . .

 

[noelex]

Perhaps call Aktio Marine and ask them to read out the note? .

Thanks for the suggestion. I did just that and spoke to a very nice and helpful lady who told me that the rock in question was at 38.57.935 N 20.45.432 E with 0.5M depth over it. Well done Aktio for helping out (Just as Happydays said, thanks, unfortunately the post was a fraction too late, when I was out of internet range)
As I am now anchored close to the rock it was nice to know where it was.
Thanks to everyone who took the trouble to reply. There is nothing worse than entering an anchorage with the knowledge there is an uncharted hazard waiting to rip the bottom out of your boat.
This forum is great.
Cheers John

 

[BobnLesley]

Zaki's Rock

The shoal noted on the board at Aktio is the one across the straits from the yard, on the Preveza Town side; immediately north of the town quay/yacht harbour is the new(ish) fishing boat harbour and it's about another 400-500m north of the entrance to that and comes out from the shore immediately in front of Zaki's Hotel. You'll need to get to within about 100 -150m of the shore to hit it and will have been in less than 2m of water for a good 100-150m before that, so it takes some serious effort to go aground on it.

Whilst here, Re: the Heiromitis shoal between Skorpios & Meganissi; when I anchored off and snorkelled over this a couple of years ago, I found that there was a minimum of 2.5m over any of the naturally occuring rocks - enough for most yachts to float in - so the only the only hard bit that you're likely to hit is the assortment of concrete blocks that have been put in, presumeably to secure buoys to, which are about 1.5m below the surface.

 

[Ken_Irby]

Just talked to a bloke on the next boat called "Steve Cronin" . Says he knows you and

Four rocks regularly damage boats each year. In order of priority:

1. Italian boats rushing from Lakka to Gaios to grab an early berth routinely hit a 1.3m rock just SE of Loggos, Paxos, each year. Referred to above. Tickled it with a Wayfarer keel many times.

2. Random boats hit a rock (1.8M?) lying just off the route from Gaios, Paxos, to Parga, about half way across. 'Ifalos Paxi' if I remember. Seen it, not touched it. Mapping error here about 400m out of kilter, so put a big ring round it.

3. Charter boats coasting east along the mainland into Zaverda (Inland Ionian) like to make friends with an isolated lump standing a little further off shore than the average about 2nm from Zaverda. Not far to go, so collision artists rarely sink . . . as long as they moor in a shallower part of the harbour.

4. And everone has commented on the Heiromitis shoal, presumably put in place by the owners of Skorpios to sink incoming invaders from Meganisi. Bin there, stood on it. Usually a stick, buoy or can on it until the weather blows it away.

Ah. But they're all charted! Must be that hotel bunch . . .

...what you usually post is spot on. Since he and I are currently both in Gaios and heading south AND we both know that area very well, I have great pleasure in agreeing with him - and you.
Chas on Kentrina's (pron Kedrina BTW) login so not necessarily her point of view

 

[lille_bee]

I have a photo (somewhere) of My much Better Half HWMBO, actually STANDING on the Hieromiti Shoal, knee-deep in water, and he is 5'8" tall; so I'd take BobnLesley's "1.5m below the surface" as a conservative estimate, "not to be used for navigational purposes" as they say...
(I wish I could find that photo, but it was taken in the pre-digital era, when my archiving & catalogueing consisted of shoeboxes in the attic...)

 

[Ken_Irby]

Hiefromits Shoal

I have a photo (somewhere) of My much Better Half HWMBO, actually STANDING on the Hieromiti Shoal, knee-deep in water, and he is 5'8" tall; so I'd take BobnLesley's "1.5m below the surface" as a conservative estimate, "not to be used for navigational purposes" as they say...
(I wish I could find that photo, but it was taken in the pre-digital era, when my archiving & catalogueing consisted of shoeboxes in the attic...)

I am looking at it at this moment (Sorry NOT your photo!) and there is currently a white flag on a red pole flapping madly in the S-SW F6-7 blowing.
Chas on Kentrina's login

 

[lille_bee]

Hieromiti shoals

I spent an evening looking through my shoeboxes and I found this picture of the shoals, taken in september 2003, I think:

Speaks for itself, I'd say...

 

[jimbaerselman]

Was that a masthead pennant?

 

[Mark-1]

I spent an evening looking through my shoeboxes and I found this picture of the shoals, taken in september 2003

Couldn't resist getting this last Monday: