LATITUDE 40°39'00''NORTH
LONGITUDE 17°58'00''EAST

COROGRAFY

The port is made up essentially of three parts:

The OUTER PORT is between the mainland to the south, the Pedagne island to the east, the island of S.Andrea to the west and the imposing Punta Riso dam to the north. The whole surface covers 3 million square metres.

The MID PORT is made of the sheet of water before the channel leading to the port (Pigonati channel) and covers a surface of 1.200.000 square metres.

The INNER PORT is made of the natural inlets - seno di Levante and seno di Ponente -, penetrates the town, covering a surface of 727.000 square metres.



METEOROLOGICAL ELEMENTS

Winds:
The winds of Sirocco and Grecale are predominant: The north-west winds are frequent in the good season.
After along period of observation it turns out that in this season the boreal winds are more frequent nearly of the double the Austral winds: but these last ones are stronger.
The Bora reaches to Brindisi with violence only when it is very strong in the northern Adriatic Sea; it is strong in the first two days, therefore it is gone more attenuating and very rarely last more than four days.



Currents and tides:
In the mid port the currents are generally weak ; sometimes they catch up sensitive speeds with the dominant winds or with imminent strong winds.
Outside the port the winds run towards South East along the coast; with strong winds of the I and IV quadrant and in vicinity of tips they catch up considerable speeds.
The tides are little sensitive and catch up their maximum amplitude of cm 44 to the sizigie.