Geography · 38.30°N
The Bay.
Narrow, deep, natural — a harbour withdrawn from the northern wind behind a rock.
Beginnings
A place sheltered behind a rock.
Some places exist not to be found, but to be forgotten. Porto Buffalo is one of them. In the south of Evvia, opposite the Attic coast, a narrow and deep bay reaches into the sea like a finger. The northern wind cannot enter; ships, fishermen and people come here to take shelter.
Anatomy
The shape of the bay, like a decision.
The bay is 250 metres wide, 600 metres deep. At its mouth lies the islet of Daskalio — the place where a rock becomes stone, stone becomes shelter. The water is so clear that a boat's shadow walks across the sand; so shallow your steps can be counted. This geography is not an accident — it feels like a decision: the world came this far, and then stopped.
- Width
- 250 m
- Depth
- 600 m
- Sea level
- 10 m
- Opposite shore
- Attica · Varnavas
Daskalio / Buffalo: a rocky islet at the bay mouth — a natural breakwater.
Village
Sixty-three souls, one bay, countless mornings.
In the 2011 census, the population was 63. Recognised as a settlement since 1940, but the village's memory is much older. In the morning the fishermen gather their nets; in the afternoon the tavernas open their doors; in the evening a silence descends on the bay — a silence that cannot be heard anywhere else.
- Population (2011)
- 63 people
- Settlement since
- 1940
- Municipality
- Kymi–Aliveri
- Region
- Southern Evvia
Gallery
The bay's eyes.
Every photograph is an hour, every hour another colour. Click to enlarge; use arrow keys to navigate.
Moving diary
The breath of the water.
A few seconds of footage — unedited, no music, raw. The real texture of a day.
Personal archive
Unsorted frames.
From the memory of a phone, between before and after the lighthouse — frames without labels yet. You will name them.
Invitation
You don't come here — you withdraw here. Not to open a hotel, but to look at the sea one afternoon. Not for a selfie, but not to appear in any photograph. Porto Buffalo promises you nothing — it is only the reminder of an old saying: the world is small, but shelter is large.