Soverato

Soverato is a town in the province of Catanzaro in Calabria located in the southern part of the Gulf of Squillace. It is called the Pearl of the Ionian Sea, because with its beauty it is considered the most attractive tourist hub in the entire gulf. The port is located on the coast of the town of the same name and consists of an equipped beach with the possibility of mooring at buoy fields managed by the company Rancraft Yachts Spa. There is also a pier called Marina Uno, and buoy fields are located one to the north and one to the south exclusively during the summer season.

Boats can be moored either at the jetty or on land, with a total of 40 places in the water and 100 on land. The maximum length allowed for mooring in the sea is 30 meters, and services offered are not numerous, however there is the possibility of repairs and guarding. There is also car parking, and ashore there is no shortage of things to do.

The town is very touristy and boasts one of the cleanest stretches of sea in the Ionian Sea. In addition to the splendid sea, the country is characterized by the ruins of Magna Graecia and numerous stupendous nature parks that dot the entire area. The Ionian Sea is among the deepest seas, with an average depth of 4,000 meters that in the Peloponnese area exceeds 5,000 meters. Along the coasts of the inlets of Taranto and the Gulf of Squillace the water depth is not excessively high and the seabed is rather irregular.

The Gulf is very windy, with winds coming from the northern and southern quadrants and frequent spring swells that cease during the summer season. In spring, libeccio and sirocco blow, while in winter grecale and tramontana often cause violent gales. In summer the wind dies down, however, navigation is made difficult by the thermal differences from one location to another. Landing can be complicated by local winds, which is why the Ionian Sea is considered one of the most treacherous in Italy.

Because of the difference in salinity with the Tyrrhenian Sea, the currents are often quite violent, because from the Strait of Messina there are exchanges between deep and shallower currents, which together with the alternating tides cause very violent waves. These particularly adverse conditions do not make the stretch of the Ionian Sea near Soverato an attractive destination for scuba diving and fishing enthusiasts, which become more interesting and profitable going toward the Gulf of Taranto.