--- title: "Safety and limits: not for navigation" description: "OlaSail is a planning guide, not a navigation source. The emergency numbers, and the official marine forecast, charts and notices to use at sea." url: https://olasail.com/about/safety/ updated: 2026-10-07 --- > The Markdown copy of https://olasail.com/about/safety/, from OlaSail, a planning reference for sailing in Croatia, not for navigation. Every page: https://olasail.com/llms.txt # Safety and limits OlaSail helps you plan. It is not for navigation, so at sea use the official charts, the official forecast and the harbourmaster. Everything on this site is for planning a week and choosing where to stay. The skipper in charge of the boat makes the decisions at sea. What to do in an emergency, in a storm or near a fast ferry is in our guide [Safety at sea in Croatia](https://olasail.com/croatia/safety-and-emergencies/). Published 7 Oct 2026. Written by [Domagoj Franc](https://olasail.com/about/people/domagoj-franc/), editor. Reviewed by [Ivor Benko](https://olasail.com/about/people/ivor-benko/), skipper (Croatian skipper's licence, category C). All 7 facts on this page name their source, the latest checked on 26 Sep 2026: 7 from official sources. See the sources Emergency at sea 112 112 for any emergency (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) 195 195 for sea rescue (MRCC Rijeka) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) VHF 16 VHF channel 16 to ask for help at sea (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) At sea, 112 puts your call through to MRCC Rijeka, the sea rescue centre. Free from a landline or a mobile, day and night. On this page On this page - Not a navigation source - Official sources at sea - Our limits - Sources - Read next ## What "not for navigation" means We are not a chart, a forecast or a harbour office, and nothing here replaces them. In practice: - Maps: They show where places are. They are not charts, and they leave out rocks, shallows, marks and lights. - Routes and distances: Rounded, along a planning line. The line is not a safe track to steer. - Positions: Approximate, the middle of a bay. Never a waypoint. - Shelter: What we or our sources saw on given days. Not a forecast for tonight. - Prices and seasons: For planning. Each shows its year and check date, and each can change. - Berths and buoys: We don't know whether one is free tonight. ## The official sources to use at sea These are the sources that count once you are on the water. We link to them and never copy their charts or forecasts. - Weather: [DHMZ marine forecast](https://meteo.hr/prognoze_e.php?section=prognoze_specp¶m=jadran), from DHMZ marine forecast for the Adriatic (English). (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) Read it every morning, and the evening before each crossing. The marine forecast for small craft, by area of the Adriatic, for the next 12 and the following 12 hours Which wind does what, and how to pick tonight's harbour: [Bura, jugo and maestral](https://olasail.com/croatia/weather-and-winds/) - Charts: The Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia (HHI) makes and publishes Croatia's nautical charts, on paper and as electronic charts (ENC). (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) [HHI nautical charts](https://www.hhi.hr/en/products-and-services/nautical-charts) - Notices to mariners: HHI publishes Notices to Mariners every month. Its website version is not the official one: the official paper edition comes by subscription. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) [HHI Notices to Mariners](https://www.hhi.hr/en/e-services/notice-to-mariners) - Harbourmasters: If you are unsure of the rules at an anchorage, call the local harbourmaster's office. The offices' numbers are on the Ministry of the Sea's website. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) [The government nautical guide](https://gov.hr/en/nautics/1558) ## Our limits Every figure on this site is for planning only. Prices, rules and seasons change, and even a fact we checked last week can be wrong by the time you arrive. The skipper in charge of the boat decides where to go and where to stay, from the official forecast, the chart and what they can see. If our page and what you see disagree, trust what you see, and tell us. Every page about weather, anchoring, safety or a route is read by our skipper reviewer, and the page names who. A sailor's report never settles a safety question on its own. [Report a safety problem](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/) ## Sources 7 facts from 6 sources, last checked 26 Sep 2026. [gov.hr: 195, the maritime search and rescue service](https://gov.hr/en/195-maritime-search-and-rescue-service/1188) (The emergency number, the distress channel) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure: Search and rescue at sea: MRCC Rijeka keeps a 24-hour watch on 195](https://mmpi.gov.hr/search-and-rescue-7010/7010) (The sea rescue number) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [DHMZ marine forecast for the Adriatic (English)](https://meteo.hr/prognoze_e.php?section=prognoze_specp¶m=jadran) (The marine forecast) (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) [Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia: HHI nautical charts (products and services)](https://www.hhi.hr/en/products-and-services/nautical-charts) (Official charts) (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) [gov.hr, Nautics: concessioned anchorages and fees (the government nautical guide)](https://gov.hr/en/nautics/1558) (Official charts, the harbourmasters' offices) (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) [Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia: Notices to Mariners e-service](https://www.hhi.hr/en/e-services/notice-to-mariners) (Notices to mariners) (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) (From the operator) (Official source) (Seen by us) (Seen by a sailor) (Measured by us) (Sources disagree) (Third-party source) [How we check](https://olasail.com/about/how-we-check/#labels) ## Read next [Bura, jugo and maestral The winds, the summer storms and which forecast to trust](https://olasail.com/croatia/weather-and-winds/) [Anchoring in Croatia The rules, the fees and who can charge you](https://olasail.com/moorings/anchoring-rules-and-fees/) [What changed since 2025 How far out you may lie tied ashore, the beach rules and fees at anchor](https://olasail.com/journal/what-changed-since-2025/) [Safety at sea in Croatia Emergency calls, storms and fast ferries](https://olasail.com/croatia/safety-and-emergencies/)