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Visiting yachts moored stern-to along the town quay in Stari Grad, their passerelles down onto the stone quay, with the water and power posts along its edgePhoto: “Yacht Line Up, Stari Grad - Hvar Island” by Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, resized
The waterfront of Stari Grad across the inner harbour: old stone houses with red roofs, small boats moored along the quay in front of them and wooded hills behind

Town quay, Hvar

Stari Grad town quay

Stari Grad town quay is the public quay at the head of the long Stari Grad bay on the north coast of Hvar, a county port. A 12 m boat pays €60 a day in port fees in 2026: one port fee in every month.

€60a day on the town quay, 12 m boat (Official source, )
All yearone port fee in every month (Official source, )
486 mof quay in the port (Official source, )
13 NMfrom ACI Marina Palmižana (Measured by us, )
Stari Grad town quay
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All 28 facts on this page name their source, the latest checked on : 5 from the operator, 19 from official sources and 4 measured by us.

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5 From the operator (operator)19 Official source (official)4 Measured by us (measured)

Written by Domagoj Franc, editor. Reviewed by Ivor Benko, skipper.

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Tonight on Stari Grad town quay

Can we stay here tonight? Yes, all year, if there is room on the quay. (Official source, )

Fee
Stari Grad is a class I.B county port: €5 a metre a day for a boat of 10.01 to 15 m, so €60 for a 12 m boat on the town quay, all year. (Official source, )Metres count whole, so a 12.3 m boat pays for 13 m. A catamaran pays twice the rate per metre. (Official source, )
Paying
You pay the port authority's attendant in the port, in cash or by card, and get an invoice. (Official source, )
Buoy or anchor
In a public port's anchorage you pay the berth fee less 30% on a buoy, or less 50% at anchor. (Official source, )
The quay
The port has 486 m of quay. (Official source, )Stari Grad bay is the largest bay on Hvar, deep and wide. The ferry port and the town harbour are in its southeast. A light on the breakwater of the ferry port marks the way in. (Official source, )Stern-to on a quay, step by step
Water, power
The port supplies power, water and diesel, and mechanics, electricians and other boat repairers work in town. (Official source, )
Fuel
Diesel from the port, the port authority says. (Official source, )
Ashore
Shops and a market, a health centre, a vet, a post office and cash machines. Ferries to Split, a catamaran to Jelsa and buses across the island. (Official source, )
Contact
Stari Grad is a county port open to public traffic, run by the Split-Dalmatia County Port Authority, at the head of the long Stari Grad bay. (Official source, )Port phones: +385 91 176 5290 and +385 91 220 0002, the numbers the port authority gives for the port. (Official source, )Harbour office: the harbourmaster's office in Stari Grad, Šetnica Don Šime Ljubića 1: +385 21 765 060, weekdays 7 am to 3 pm. (Official source, )

Shelter by wind on Stari Grad town quay

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The town quay lies at the head of Stari Grad bay, the largest bay on Hvar. The county's anchorage study sends boats from the outer bay here in strong winds. Its wind notes describe coves in the bay, not the quay itself.

OpenSome swellShelteredWedges show where the wind blows from
Burafrom the northeast
In strong winds, boats further out in Stari Grad bay should seek shelter in Stari Grad itself. In Zavala, a cove on the Kabal shore 1.7 NM north-west of the town, the bura and jugo can blow hard but raise no high waves, though a north-westerly makes a rough sea; Tiha, further out, is a good anchorage in all winds of moderate strength. (Official source, )
Strong windsfrom any side
A shelter for the bay. In strong winds, boats in Luka Tiha, further out in Stari Grad bay, should seek shelter in Stari Grad. (Official source, )
Long waveswith a front from the west
Rarely, when a weather front passes from the west, the sea in Stari Grad bay can rise and fall in long waves about ten minutes apart and more than 1 m high, which can be dangerous for boats on moorings. (Official source, ) The study says this for Zavala, a cove on the Kabal shore of the same bay, 1.7 NM north-west of the town. Our advice: if a strong front from the west is forecast, leave slack in your lines and stay on board.

The approach. Stari Grad bay is the largest bay on Hvar, deep and wide. The ferry port and the town harbour are in its southeast. A light on the breakwater of the ferry port marks the way in. (Official source, )

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 Stari Grad. Watch for a bura, and for a strong front from the west.

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 Stari Grad is full or the wind turns

Distances by sea from the town quay, measured with our route tool and rounded (Measured by us, ). Times at 6 knots, or at your own speed if you set one on a route page.

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Vrboska from the air: the long narrow bay running up into the village, its bridges and quays, and the marina pontoons of ACI Marina Vrboska near the mouthPhoto: “Aerial image of Vrboska, island of Hvar (view from the south) - 2024” by Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized

ACI Marina Vrboska

€110 a day in July, 12 m boat (From the operator, ) A marina at the end of a deep, narrow bay further east on Hvar, open all year. (From the operator, )

16 NMabout 2½ h
Yachts on the main pontoon of ACI Marina Palmižana in Luka Palmižana on Sveti Klement, looking out of the cove toward HvarPhoto: “Palmizana - panoramio” by Dejan Sekuloski, CC BY 3.0, cropped and resized

ACI Marina Palmižana

€140 a night in July, 12 m boat (From the operator, ) Round the west end of Hvar, in the Pakleni Islands, open 1 Apr to 31 Oct. (From the operator, )

13 NMabout 2 h
ACI Marina Milna at the head of Milna bay: yachts on the pontoons, boats on the hardstanding by the marina crane, and the bell tower of Milna church behindPhoto: “Milna - ACI marina” by Silverije, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized

ACI Marina Milna, Brač

€128 a day in July, 12 m boat, ACI Marina Milna (From the operator, ) Across the Hvar channel, in a deep inlet on the west end of Brač.

15 NMabout 2½ h

Anchoring instead? 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, ) No anchoring within 150 m of a natural beach, under the 2025 ordinance. (Official source, ) Anchoring rules and fees

Stari Grad town quay on our routes

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.

Stari Grad, Hvar

At the end of May 2025 the harbour in Stari Grad was closed to visiting boats while the town hosted the European open water swimming championships, which the crew only learned the day before. They took a buoy in Milna bay on the south side of Hvar instead and went over to Stari Grad by taxi.

A travel blogger on a 38 ft yacht with a hired skipper, late May 2025One Girl Whole World: a week sailing from Trogir, late May 2025, the Hvar section · By Jessica · Reported · Retold in our words · Account not independently verified

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  • Visiting yachts moored stern-to along the town quay in Stari Grad, their passerelles down onto the stone quay, with the water and power posts along its edgeStari Grad town quay, Hvar. Photo: “Yacht Line Up, Stari Grad - Hvar Island” by Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, resized
  • The waterfront of Stari Grad across the inner harbour: old stone houses with red roofs, small boats moored along the quay in front of them and wooded hills behindStari Grad harbour, Hvar. Photo: “Stari Grad harbour 2017 P02” by Fallaner, CC BY-SA 4.0, resized
  • Vrboska from the air: the long narrow bay running up into the village, its bridges and quays, and the marina pontoons of ACI Marina Vrboska near the mouthVrboska and ACI Marina Vrboska, north coast of Hvar. Photo: “Aerial image of Vrboska, island of Hvar (view from the south) - 2024” by Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized
  • Yachts on the main pontoon of ACI Marina Palmižana in Luka Palmižana on Sveti Klement, looking out of the cove toward HvarACI Marina Palmižana, Sveti Klement, Pakleni Islands. Photo: “Palmizana - panoramio” by Dejan Sekuloski, CC BY 3.0, cropped and resized
  • ACI Marina Milna at the head of Milna bay: yachts on the pontoons, boats on the hardstanding by the marina crane, and the bell tower of Milna church behindACI Marina Milna, island of Brač. Photo: “Milna - ACI marina” by Silverije, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized
€60a day on the town quay
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