Melito di Porto Salvo, a small town with a population of about 11 000 is situated amongst citrus orchards on the slopes of a hill on the W bank of the Fiumara di Melito and close to its mouth. Local knowledge is necessary for the anchorage. Anchorage can be obtained close W of the mouth of Fiume di Melito about 370 m offshore in depths of about 29 m. Owing to the steep slope of the bottom the holding ground is not good.