--- title: "Anchoring in Croatia: rules, fees and who can charge" description: "Croatia's anchoring rules in 2026: how far to keep from beaches, how far out you may lie tied ashore since April 2026, and who may charge you at anchor." url: https://olasail.com/moorings/anchoring-rules-and-fees/ updated: 2026-10-07 --- > The Markdown copy of https://olasail.com/moorings/anchoring-rules-and-fees/, from OlaSail, a planning reference for sailing in Croatia, not for navigation. Every page: https://olasail.com/llms.txt [Report a change](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/#page=Anchoring%20in%20Croatia%3A%20the%20rules%2C%20the%20fees%20and%20who%20can%20charge%20you) # Anchoring in Croatia: the rules, the fees and who can charge you You may anchor for free anywhere that isn't a concession anchorage, a public port or a park, if you stay 150 m from a natural beach. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) Keep your swinging circle 50 m outside an organised beach's rope line. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) Keep clear of cables and marked no-anchoring areas. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) Only a concession holder or a port authority may charge you to anchor. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) 150 m from a natural beach (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) 50 m from a beach's rope line (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) Under 70 m the boat from the shore, tied ashore (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) 50% of the berth fee, at anchor in a port (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) Photo: “Ocean near Maslinica on Solta in Croatia” by [Lennartbj](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ocean_near_Maslinica_on_Solta_in_Croatia.jpg), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), resized All 40 facts on this page name their source, the latest checked on 5 Oct 2026: 5 from the operator, 29 from official sources, 3 measured by us and 3 from third-party sources, such as pilot books and magazines, so treat those 3 as a guide. See every source 5 From the operator (operator) 29 Official source (official) 3 Measured by us (measured) 3 Third-party source (third party) 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). Published 7 Oct 2026. Before you drop the anchor - Keep clear of beaches. Stay 150 m off a natural beach, and keep your swinging circle 50 m outside a beach's rope line. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) - Check the chart for no-anchoring areas, cables and pipes, and follow the harbourmaster's bans. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) - Tied ashore, stay tied ashore, no part of the boat or its gear may be 70 m or more from the shore. The anchor chain counts from the tip of the bow or stern to the point where it enters the water (Article 53) from the shore. The limit was 50 m until 24 Apr 2026. The change came into force on 25 Apr 2026. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [What changed since 2025](https://olasail.com/journal/what-changed-since-2025/) - Only two can charge you: a concession holder or a port authority. Ask for their card, the certified price list and an invoice. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) Graphic: OlaSail, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Official source: Narodne novine 52/2025 and 40/2026, and gov.hr (Nautics). Checked 26 Sep 2026. Read the graphic as text - Natural beach. No anchoring within 150 m of a natural beach, under the 2025 ordinance. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) - Organised beach. Keep your whole swinging circle at least 50 m from the rope line of an organised beach (Article 53). (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) - Tied ashore, no part of the boat or its gear may be 70 m or more from the shore. The anchor chain counts from the tip of the bow or stern to the point where it enters the water (Article 53). (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - Passing a rope line. Under way, keep clear of an organised beach's rope line: at least 50 m in a boat under 15 m, 100 m in a boat of 15 to 30 m, and 300 m at 30 m and over (Article 49). (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - Near the shore. Within 300 m of the shore, in narrow channels and near harbours and anchorages, go no faster than 8 knots (Article 50). (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - Who may charge you. Only a company with a concession for that anchorage, or the port authority inside a public port, may charge you for anchoring. Anywhere else, nobody may. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) - The collector. The collector must show a card with the concession grantor and holder, or the port authority, the card number and their own name. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) - Price list and invoice. They must show a price list certified by the county, and give you an invoice. Keep it aboard until you leave Croatian waters. 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Anchoring rules in Croatia, 2026, at a glance
Graphic: OlaSail, CC BY 4.0. Official source: Narodne novine 52/2025 and 40/2026, and gov.hr (Nautics). Checked 26 Sep 2026.
[PNG, 1600 × 1588 px](https://olasail.com/media/anchoring-rules-2026.png) [SVG](https://olasail.com/media/anchoring-rules-2026.svg) [SVG for phones](https://olasail.com/media/anchoring-rules-2026-portrait.svg) This is the 2026 version. We never change a published file: when a rule or a figure changes, we publish a new one. The text on this page is not under this licence. [How we license our graphics](https://olasail.com/about/photos/#graphics) ## Can I anchor here? Answer a few Yes or No questions about the spot you have in mind. Each one follows the rule text or the official guidance, and says how to find the answer. 1. 1 Do the chart or the harbourmaster forbid anchoring here? Official charts mark no-anchoring areas, and harbourmasters publish their bans on the Ministry’s website. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) Your answer: 2. 2 Are you inside a national park or a nature park? Kornati, Telašćica, Mljet and Lastovo are the ones most crews reach. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) Your answer: 3. 3 Is there a beach within 150 m of your swinging circle? Measure to the edge of your swinging circle: the chain on the bottom plus your boat’s length, all round the anchor. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) Your answer: 4. 4 Does that beach have a rope line of buoys? A rope line marks an organised beach. A beach without one may be a natural beach in the town’s plan, and there is no single list to check. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) Your answer: 5. 5 Is there a cable, pipe or outfall nearby? They are marked on the chart. Your swinging circle must stay clear of them. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) Your answer: 6. 6 Is it a concession buoy field, or inside a harbour? Only these may charge you. The Ministry’s free nIS app shows public ports and nautical anchorages. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) Your answer: ## What the rules say about beaches The rule is Croatia's maritime safety ordinance, published in Narodne novine, the official gazette, as number 52/2025. It applies to every boat, not only to cruise ships, as some forums still say. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) [Read the ordinance](https://olasail.com/moorings/anchoring-rules-and-fees/) The ministry changed the ordinance in April 2026, in Narodne novine 40/2026. The beach distances for boats stayed the same, and boats tied ashore may now lie further out: [lines ashore, below](https://olasail.com/moorings/anchoring-rules-and-fees/#shore). [What changed since 2025](https://olasail.com/journal/what-changed-since-2025/) An organised beach, with a rope line Keep the edge of your swinging circle at least 50 m outside the rope line. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) A natural beach Anchor at least 150 m from its shore, measured to your swinging circle. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) No anchoring Your swinging circle Not to scale. Not for navigation. - Natural beach: No anchoring within 150 m of a natural beach, under the 2025 ordinance. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) A natural beach is one that the town or municipality's spatial plan declares and marks as a natural sea beach (Article 45). (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) There is still no official list of natural beaches, and they aren't marked on charts or signposted from the sea. (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) Treat any beach without a rope line as natural, unless you know otherwise. - Organised beach: Keep your whole swinging circle at least 50 m from the rope line of an organised beach (Article 53). (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) - Swinging circle: Your swinging circle is the chain lying on the bottom plus the length of your boat, all round the anchor (Article 45). (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) - Lines ashore: You may not tie ashore inside a beach's waters, organised or natural, or where an underwater cable or pipe comes ashore (Article 53). (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) How these rules apply at the swim spots we cover, each on its own page: [Stiniva beach by boat](https://olasail.com/places/stiniva/), [Zlatni Rat from your own boat](https://olasail.com/places/zlatni-rat/) and [the Blue Lagoon on Drvenik Veli](https://olasail.com/places/drvenik-blue-lagoon/). ## Other places you may not anchor - Marked on the chart: No anchoring where official charts and publications mark it forbidden, or where the harbourmaster has banned or limited it (Article 53). (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) - Cables and pipes: Keep your swinging circle clear of underwater cables, pipes and outfalls (Article 53). (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) - National parks: In a national park or a nature park, a boat must keep to the limits set by the park authority's own rules (Article 72). (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - Seagrass: Seagrass (Posidonia) is a strictly protected species in Croatia, and anchoring in its meadows badly damages it. Drop the anchor on sand. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - If you get it wrong: Anchoring where it is forbidden is a maritime offence with heavy fines. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) ## Lines ashore, tenders and speed Tying a stern line to a rock or a tree is normal in Croatian bays. The ordinance limits how far out you may lie, and the limit changed in April 2026. How to do it, with the crew's jobs: [Lines ashore in Med mooring, step by step](https://olasail.com/moorings/med-mooring/#lines-ashore). Tied ashore, no part of the boat or its gear may be 70 m or more from the shore. The anchor chain counts from the tip of the bow or stern to the point where it enters the water (Article 53). (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) The limit was 50 m until 24 Apr 2026. The change came into force on 25 Apr 2026. [Lines ashore: what changed](https://olasail.com/journal/what-changed-since-2025/#shore) For a 12 m boat, a line ashore of up to about 55 m keeps you inside the 70 m limit, with a metre or two of chain from the bow to the water. (Measured by us, 26 Sep 2026) - A beach's rope line: Under way, keep clear of an organised beach's rope line: at least 50 m in a boat under 15 m, 100 m in a boat of 15 to 30 m, and 300 m at 30 m and over (Article 49). (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) The April 2026 changes moved only seaplanes, from 300 m to 100 m. For boats the distances are the same as in 2025. [Before and after, rule by rule](https://olasail.com/journal/what-changed-since-2025/#before-after) - Coming close to the shore: Keep off the shore itself: at least 50 m in a boat under 15 m, 150 m in a boat of 15 to 30 m and 300 m at 30 m and over, except to enter or leave a harbour, anchor or moor, and then slowly (Article 49). (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - Speed: Within 300 m of the shore, in narrow channels and near harbours and anchorages, go no faster than 8 knots (Article 50). (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - The tender: A tender carried as your yacht's equipment may go up to 500 m from it, except to carry people or things to the nearest landing (Article 49). (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) ## Who can charge you, and how much This is where most arguments start. The official answer is short. Only a company with a concession for that anchorage, or the port authority inside a public port, may charge you for anchoring. Anywhere else, nobody may. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) What sailors report is messier, so we keep their reports apart, in [What sailors told us](https://olasail.com/moorings/anchoring-rules-and-fees/#sailors). Mooring fees depend on the place. At [Vinogradišće buoys](https://olasail.com/moorings/vinogradisce-buoys/), the published tariff says €7 a metre a night from 1 Jun to 20 Sep, so €84 for a 12 m boat, and €5 a metre in April, May and from 21 Sep to 20 Oct. VAT is included. Booking a buoy costs €30 in high season and €15 in low season. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) The list on the website prints no year and still gives prices in kuna too, so it may be the list of 2023. At [Hvar town quay](https://olasail.com/moorings/hvar-town-harbour/), Nautički centar Hvar charges €40 a day on the quay for a boat of 10 to 14.99 m, with help mooring, water, power and two 90-litre bags of rubbish. A catamaran is charged as if it were 1.5 times its length. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) With the county's port fee, about €136 a day for a 12 m monohull on the town quay in 2026: the county's port fee of €96 and Nautički centar Hvar's charge of €40. (Measured by us, 26 Sep 2026) For a marina night, see [the Central Dalmatia prices](https://olasail.com/moorings/marinas/) and [the charter week cost guide](https://olasail.com/charter/cost/). - Who may charge: Only a company with a concession for that anchorage, or the port authority inside a public port, may charge you for anchoring. Anywhere else, nobody may. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) The Ministry's free nIS app shows public ports and nautical anchorages. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) In 2024 Split-Dalmatia County adopted a plan of 69 places for managed anchorages, with 109 buoy fields for up to 1,857 boats. It is the basis for future anchorage concessions. (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) - What it costs: In a public port's anchorage you pay the berth fee less 30% on a buoy, or less 50% at anchor. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) The fee goes by the boat's overall length, for each day or part of a day. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) In the Split-Dalmatia county ports, catamarans pay twice the rate per metre. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [Catamaran or monohull: the week's berth fees](https://olasail.com/charter/catamaran-vs-monohull/#week) - The collector: The collector must show a card with the concession grantor and holder, or the port authority, the card number and their own name. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) They must show a price list certified by the county, and give you an invoice. Keep it aboard until you leave Croatian waters. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) - What it costs in a county port: In [Vinišće, west of Trogir](https://olasail.com/places/trogir/#vinisce): about €10 a night at anchor for a 10 m boat, by our sum: the berth fee in a class III county port like Vinišće is €2 a metre, and you pay half at anchor with no moorings. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) A boat of 10.01 to 15 m pays €3 a metre, so €1.50 at anchor. SeaHelp reported a receipt for €15.15 for a 10 m boat on 1 Aug 2026, which is the €3 rate for a boat just over 10 m. Ask to see the price list, and keep the receipt. What a news report found: in summer 2026 the county port authority charged €15.15 a night to anchor a 10 m boat in Vinišće and €21.24 for a 14 m boat: half the berth fee, plus a 1% waste fee. (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) ### If someone asks you to pay 1. Ask for their card. It names the concession holder or the port authority, the card number and the collector. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) 2. Ask for the price list, certified by the county. The fee goes by your boat's length. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) 3. Pay only against an invoice, and keep it aboard until you leave Croatia. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) 4. No card? You don't have to pay. Outside a concession or a public port, nobody may charge you. Note the time and the boat, and tell the nearest harbourmaster's office. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) ## Step by step: Stončica bay [Stončica](https://olasail.com/places/stoncica/), on the northeast tip of [Vis](https://olasail.com/places/vis/), is a concession anchorage. Gradina Vis d.o.o. holds the concession (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026), so a fee inside it is legal. In 2023 a buoy cost €42 a night for a boat of 10.01 to 15 m (€30 up to 10 m, €65 for 15.01 to 20 m), in cash only, paid when you start using the buoy. A night runs to noon the next day, and a day stay until 5 pm costs half. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) Inside the buoy field, use a buoy. The Town of Vis spatial plan sets five anchorages with buoys: Stončica, Rukavac, Veli Budikovac, Ravnik and Ruda. Inside them you moor on a buoy, not on your own anchor. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) Outside it, anchoring is free if the beach rules allow it. In the Town of Vis, the spatial plan treats all the shore outside its building areas as natural beaches. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) The Town of Vis plan's land-use map shows no settlement building area at Stončica bay, and marks an anchorage in the bay. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) So the beach is very likely a natural beach, with the natural-beach distance outside the buoy field. One hatched area at the head of the bay has no class on the map, so our skipper reviewer confirms it before we say so. A 12 m boat with 30 m of chain on the bottom swings 42 m round its anchor, so near a natural beach drop the anchor at least 192 m from the shore. (Measured by us, 26 Sep 2026) Depth in the bay: 5 to 6 m in the south of the bay, on sand. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) Fine sand only at the head of the bay, down to 4 m. Elsewhere the bottom is rocky or stony to about 10 m, then seagrass (Posidonia) to 18 m, with fine muddy sand in the deepest middle of the bay. (Official source, 5 Oct 2026) [Mooring page Stončica bay mooring buoys In 2023 a buoy cost €42 a night for a boat of 10.01 to 15 m (€30 up to 10 m, €65 for 15.01 to 20 m), in cash only, paid when you start using the buoy. A night runs to noon the next day, and a day stay until 5 pm costs half. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) The fee, shelter by wind, and where to go if it's full. Open its page](https://olasail.com/places/stoncica/) Every buoy field and harbour we have checked is in [Where to stay the night](https://olasail.com/moorings/). ## Help keep this page right Found something different on the water this season? Tell us what you found. We check it with the source before anything changes. [Report a change](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/#page=Anchoring%20in%20Croatia%3A%20the%20rules%2C%20the%20fees%20and%20who%20can%20charge%20you) [Other ways to help](https://olasail.com/about/contribute/) ## Sources 40 facts from 20 sources, last checked 5 Oct 2026. [GIP: Vinogradišće anchorage: its website and price list](https://vinogradisce.com/), "Anchorage price list", high and low season (Vinogradišće: the buoy price) (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) [Nautički centar Hvar: Service price list for the port of Hvar and its anchorage, 2026 (file of 11 Aug 2026)](https://nchvar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Nauticki_centar_Hvar_price_list_ENG.pdf), sections I and VII (Hvar town: the port charge on the quay) (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) [Gradina Vis d.o.o.: its anchorages page (Stončica and the others it holds)](https://gradinavis.hr/sidrista/) (Stončica: who holds the anchorage concession, depth and bottom) (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) [Gradina Vis d.o.o.: price list for the Stončica anchorage (Cjenik usluga, Sidrište Stončica), in force from 1 Jan 2023](https://gradinavis.hr/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Stoncica-cjenik.xlsx), rows "Pristojba za sidrenje" and "Način plaćanja" (Stončica: the buoy price in 2023) (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) [More i krš and the Faculty of Maritime Studies in Split: Split-Dalmatia County's anchorage study, phases I and II (2019)](https://moreikrs.hr/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Studija-sidrista-Splitsko-dalmatinske-zupanije-%E2%80%93-I.-i-II.-faza-podloga-za-prostorni-plan-Splitsko-dalmatinske-zupanije.pdf), 5.4.8 Stončica, seabed protection (pp. 336 to 339) (Stončica: the bottom outside the buoy field) (Official source, 5 Oct 2026) [Changes to the maritime safety ordinance, Narodne novine 40/2026](https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2026_04_40_495.html), Article 6 and Article 3 (Lying tied ashore, passing an organised beach's rope line, the 2026 changes to the ordinance) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) Show all 20 sources Show fewer sources [Institute for Environment and Nature: Seagrasses (Morske cvjetnice), under the Nature Protection Act](https://www.haop.hr/hr/morske-cvjetnice) (Seagrass) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [Split-Dalmatia County Port Authority: Port fee rules (Pravilnik o lučkim pristojbama) of 21 Jun 2023, with the 2025 and 2026 changes](https://www.lusdz.hr/Portals/0/adam/Documents/4T8EmwsaZUyU-OIRrV9Ykw/Files/Pravilnik%20o%20lu%C4%8Dkim%20pristojbama/PRAVILNIK%20O%20LU%C4%8CKIM%20PRISTOJBAMA%202023.pdf), Articles 5 and 14; Table IX (Catamaran fees in county ports, the fee in Vinišće) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [The Town of Vis spatial plan, changes of April 2017 (text)](https://www.gradvis.hr/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IDPPUG-Vis.pdf), Article 77 and Article 7 (The planned anchorages on Vis, natural beaches in the Town of Vis) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [The Town of Vis spatial plan, 2017 changes, sheet 1: land use (1:25,000)](https://www.gradvis.hr/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1.Kori%C5%A1tenje-i-namjena-povr%C5%A1ina.pdf), sheet 1, Stončica bay (U. Stončica) (Whether Stončica's beach is a natural beach) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [The maritime safety ordinance (Pravilnik o sigurnosti pomorske plovidbe), Narodne novine 52/2025](https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2025_03_52_685.html), Article 53 and Article 50 (The 150 m anchoring rule, distance from an organised beach, cables and pipes, no-anchoring areas on the chart, speed near the shore, national parks and nature parks, the swinging circle, what a natural beach is, lines ashore at beaches, the anchoring ordinance, coming close to the shore, the tender) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [gov.hr, Nautics: concessioned anchorages and fees (the government nautical guide)](https://gov.hr/en/nautics/1558) (Who may charge you, fees in a public port, the collector's card, price lists and invoices, the nIS app, fines, fees by length) (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) Our sum from Article 53 as changed in 2026: the shore line, plus the boat's length, plus the chain from the bow down to the water (How long a line ashore can be) (Measured by us, 26 Sep 2026) Our sum of the county port authority's fee and Nautički centar Hvar d.o.o.'s 2026 port charge (Hvar town: a day on the town quay, in all) (Measured by us, 26 Sep 2026) Our sum from Article 45's swinging circle and Article 53's 150 m (Where to drop the anchor near a natural beach) (Measured by us, 26 Sep 2026) [Boote magazine: Croatia, new safety regulation leaves questions unanswered](https://www.boote-magazin.de/en/travel-and-charter/charter/croatia-new-security-regulation-leaves-questions-unanswered/), "Natural bathing areas not listed anywhere" (A list of natural beaches) (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) [Morski.hr: Skandal na Rabu (MRCC and natural beaches)](https://www.morski.hr/skandal-na-rabu-pomorska-policija-i-mrcc-uvjeravali-kupace-da-gliser-smije-sidriti-medu-ljudima-zakon-ih-potpuno-demantira/), the reader's account of MRCC's answer (A list of natural beaches) (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) [HRT Radio Split: Predavanje i okrugli stol o županijskim nautičkim sidrištima](https://radio.hrt.hr/radio-split/vijesti/predavanje-i-okrugli-stol-o-zupanijskim-nautickim-sidristima-11553047), paragraph 1 (The county's plan of anchorages) (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) [HRT Magazin: Posidonija, morska livada, sve se više uništava zbog sidrenja](https://magazin.hrt.hr/price-iz-hrvatske/posidonija-morska-livada-sve-se-vise-unistava-zbog-sidrenja-11611015), the county official's quotes (The county's plan of anchorages) (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) [SeaHelp news: anchoring fees in Vinišče](https://www.sea-help.eu/en/news-general/anchoring-fees-vinisce-croatia/), Sections "How are the fees calculated?" and "Legal basis" (Vinišće: the anchoring fee in 2026) (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) Photos on this page - Saskinja bay near Maslinica, island of Šolta. Photo: “Ocean near Maslinica on Solta in Croatia” by [Lennartbj](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ocean_near_Maslinica_on_Solta_in_Croatia.jpg), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), resized - Stončica, east coast of Vis. Photo: “Stoncica beach bay on Vis island, Croatia” by [dronepicr](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stoncica_beach_bay_on_Vis_island,_Croatia_(48693830941).jpg), [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), resized - Pakleni islands, off Hvar town. Photo: “Pakleni otoci - panoramio (4)” by [Dejan Sekuloski](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pakleni_otoci_-_panoramio_(4).jpg), [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), resized - Stiniva Bay, south coast of Vis. Photo: “Aerial view of the Adriatic Sea at Stiniva Bay on Vis island in Croatia” by [dronepicr](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_the_Adriatic_Sea_at_Stiniva_Bay_on_Vis_island_in_Croatia_(48608804397).jpg), [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), resized - Uvala Šešula, next to Maslinica, island of Šolta. Photo: “Šolta Maslinica Hrvatska Uvala Šešula 2019 08a” by [Joadl](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C5%A0olta_Maslinica_Hrvatska_Uvala_%C5%A0e%C5%A1ula_2019_08a.jpg), [CC BY-SA 3.0 AT](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/at/deed.en), resized - A seaside restaurant terrace in Zaostrog, Dalmatia. Photo: “Fishing-themed restaurant terrace, Zaostrog, Croatia (PPL1-Corrected) julesvernex2” by [Jules Verne Times Two](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fishing-themed_restaurant_terrace,_Zaostrog,_Croatia_(PPL1-Corrected)_julesvernex2.jpg), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), resized - Stiniva Bay, south coast of Vis. Photo: “Luftbild von der Bucht Stiniva auf der Insel Vis in Kroatien” by [dronepicr](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luftbild_von_der_Bucht_Stiniva_auf_der_Insel_Vis_in_Kroatien_(48608286123).jpg), [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), resized (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) 40 facts, last checked 5 Oct 2026. 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