Town quay and buoys, Hvar
Hvar town harbour
Hvar town harbour is the harbour of Hvar town, a county port with a short town quay and 15 buoys, run for the port authority by the town's own company. A 12 m boat pays about €136 a day on the quay in 2026, or about €97 on a buoy, and you can book ahead with the port office.
All 36 facts on this page name their source, the latest checked on : 15 from the operator, 14 from official sources, 6 measured by us and 1 from a third-party source, such as a pilot book or a magazine, so treat that one as a guide.
Written by Domagoj Franc, editor. Reviewed by Ivor Benko, skipper.
Tonight in Hvar town harbour
Can we stay here tonight? Yes, if there is room: book ahead in summer. (From the operator, ) Sailors on r/sailing say to arrive by noon. What they said
Shelter by wind in Hvar town harbour
Hvar town harbour faces south, into the channel between Hvar and the Pakleni Islands. The islands break the open sea, but a southerly still reaches the quay.
- Jugo and southerliesfrom the southeast to the southwest
- Hvar harbour is sheltered from the bura but open to the jugo, and is rarely calm, because of jugo swell or the heavy traffic inside it. Our cautious answer: don't plan a night on the Hvar quay if a jugo is forecast, and don't anchor in the middle of the harbour. Our skipper reviewer hasn't checked this yet. (Third-party source, )
No anchoring off Galešnik. No anchoring within 0.6 NM of the islet of Galešnik, at the mouth of the harbour, out to the line from Rt Špartibutin to Rt Kovač. (Official source, )
The port rules. In the port you may not moor without the port office's say-so, swim, fish, refuel, light fires, make noise over 60 dB or clean the hull. Hand in rubbish and oily water before you leave. (From the operator, )
HHI nautical charts (Official source, )
What our sources say, not a forecast and not for navigation. Bura, jugo and maestral explained
Wind and sea, next 3 days
For Hvar town harbour. The harbour faces south.
Model forecast from Open-Meteo.Not an official forecast. Not for navigation.
Official forecast: DHMZ marine forecast (Official source, )
How to read this forecast
Each part of the day shows its strongest hourly wind and gust, and its highest wave, in Croatian time. The words follow the Beaufort scale, and the model can't tell a real bura from any other northeast wind. How to read a model forecast
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, CC BY 4.0. Grouped into parts of the day by OlaSail.
If Hvar town is full or the wind turns
€140 a night in July, 12 m boat (From the operator, ) A marina on Sveti Klement, open 1 Apr to 31 Oct, with taxi boats to Hvar town. (From the operator, )
Vinogradišće bay buoys, Palmižana
Open to the south and southwest (Official source, ) Buoys in a sandy bay on the south side of Sveti Klement, with restaurants ashore.
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€60 a day on the town quay, 12 m boat (Official source, ) At the head of a long bay on the north coast of Hvar, out of a southerly.
View Stari Grad recordAnchoring instead? At anchor in the port's anchorage for more than 12 hours, you pay half the port charge and the port fee. (From the operator, ) No anchoring within 0.6 NM of the islet of Galešnik, at the mouth of the harbour, out to the line from Rt Špartibutin to Rt Kovač. (Official source, ) Anchoring rules and fees
Hvar town harbour on our routes
- Day 4 of Seven days from Split ends in the Pakleni Islands. Hvar town is its other night, for an evening in town.
- On day 5 you can stop here on the way from the Pakleni Islands, or stay the night instead of going on to Stari Grad.
- Every harbour and bay on the island: Hvar by boat. The islands just offshore: the Pakleni Islands.
What sailors told us
From sailors after a night here. They tell us what to check next, and don't count in the checks above.
Hvar town harbour
With no berth booked ahead, one crew stayed off Hvar and took a small inflatable into the port.
Hvar town harbour
From Palmižana in late August 2025 they took the fast water taxi across to Hvar town for the evening and again the next morning. The town was packed, but its wide waterfront and squares took the crowds.
Hvar town harbour
I got to places around noon and found that I usually took the last few docks. I got really lucky at Hvar and got a mooring ball.
Still right? Facts sailors saw still as we say them, by a tap on "Yes, I saw it" or in a dated forum post. Neither changes the fact or its date.
- Yacht berths and buoys: 1 sailor, on Reddit,
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How far ahead to book, which places take bookings, and when the rest fill up
How to moor stern-to on a town quay or in a marina, pick up a buoy and tie ashore
Where you may anchor, and who may charge you for it
The boat, marinas, buoys, fuel, food and the deposit, added up
How the main winds behave, and which forecast to read each morning
Sources for Hvar town harbour
36 facts from 23 sources, last checked .
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- Written by
- Domagoj Franc, editor
- Reviewed by
- Ivor Benko, skipper.
- Not paid for
- Neither the port authority nor Nautički centar Hvar pays to be listed or checked. We read their own pages and price lists.
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