--- title: "Stari Grad town quay, Hvar: fees, berths and shelter" description: "Stari Grad town quay on Hvar: the port fee for a 12 m boat, water, power and diesel on the quay, the long bay in a bura, and where to go if it's full." url: https://olasail.com/moorings/stari-grad-town-quay/ updated: 2026-10-07 --- > The Markdown copy of https://olasail.com/moorings/stari-grad-town-quay/, 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/) Photo: “Yacht Line Up, Stari Grad - Hvar Island” by [Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yacht_Line_Up,_Stari_Grad_-_Hvar_Island_(5970792722).jpg), [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), resized 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. €60 a day on the town quay, 12 m boat (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) All year one port fee in every month (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) 486 m of quay in the port (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) 13 NM from ACI Marina Palmižana (Measured by us, 26 Sep 2026) All 28 facts on this page name their source, the latest checked on 7 Oct 2026: 5 from the operator, 19 from official sources and 4 measured by us. See every source 5 From the operator (operator) 19 Official source (official) 4 Measured by us (measured) Written by [Domagoj Franc](https://olasail.com/about/people/domagoj-franc/), editor. Reviewed by [Ivor Benko](https://olasail.com/about/people/ivor-benko/), skipper. Published 7 Oct 2026. [Report a change](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/) ## Tonight on Stari Grad town quay Can we stay here tonight? Yes, all year, if there is room on the quay. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - 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, 26 Sep 2026) Metres count whole, so a 12.3 m boat pays for 13 m. A catamaran pays twice the rate per metre. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - Paying: You pay the port authority's attendant in the port, in cash or by card, and get an invoice. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - Booking: Unknown. [Tell us how to book a berth at Stari Grad](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/#fact=starigrad.booking) [Booking town quays and buoy fields](https://olasail.com/moorings/booking-a-berth/#quays) - 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, 25 Sep 2026) - The quay: The port has 486 m of quay. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) 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, 26 Sep 2026) [Stern-to on a quay, step by step](https://olasail.com/moorings/med-mooring/#stern-to) - Water, power: The port supplies power, water and diesel, and mechanics, electricians and other boat repairers work in town. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - Fuel: Diesel from the port, the port authority says. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - 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, 26 Sep 2026) - 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, 26 Sep 2026) Port phones: [+385 91 176 5290](tel:+385911765290) and +385 91 220 0002, the numbers the port authority gives for the port. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) 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, 26 Sep 2026) ## Port office and position for Stari Grad €60 a day on the town quay, 12 m boat (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [Call the port](tel:+385911765290) - Port: [+385 91 176 5290](tel:+385911765290) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) One of two numbers on the port authority's page - Position: 43°11.08′N 016°35.68′E (Measured by us, 29 Sep 2026) Approximate: off the town quay, read off OpenStreetMap. Not a waypoint. - Harbour office: [+385 21 765 060](tel:+38521765060) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) The harbourmaster's office in Stari Grad, weekdays [Open in a map app](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.184667,16.594667) [Report a change](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/) ## Shelter by wind on Stari Grad town quay 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. - Bura from 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, 6 Oct 2026) - Strong winds from 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, 26 Sep 2026) - Long waves with 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, 6 Oct 2026) 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, 26 Sep 2026) [HHI nautical charts](https://www.hhi.hr/en/products-and-services/nautical-charts) (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) What our sources say, not a forecast and not for navigation. [Bura, jugo and maestral explained](https://olasail.com/croatia/weather-and-winds/#winds) ## 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](https://meteo.hr/prognoze_e.php?section=prognoze_specp¶m=jadran) (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) 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](https://olasail.com/croatia/weather-and-winds/#reading-the-forecast) [Weather data by Open-Meteo.com](https://open-meteo.com/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Grouped into parts of the day by OlaSail. ## Stari Grad town quay on our routes - Night 5 of [Seven days from Split](https://olasail.com/routes/split-seven-days/#day-5) ends on this quay, after the way round the west end of Hvar from the Pakleni Islands. - [Day 6](https://olasail.com/routes/split-seven-days/#day-6) leaves from here across the Hvar channel to [ACI Marina Milna](https://olasail.com/moorings/aci-marina-milna/) on Brač. Swim stops on the way: [Swim and lunch stops on a week from Split](https://olasail.com/routes/split-seven-days/swim-stops/#day-6). - Every harbour and bay on the island: [Hvar by boat](https://olasail.com/places/hvar/). ## Keep planning [Route Seven days from Split A Saturday to Saturday sailing week from Split to Šolta, Vis, Hvar and Brač: the distance each day, where to sleep, and a Plan B for the wind.](https://olasail.com/routes/split-seven-days/) [Moorings Booking a berth, and when to arrive How far ahead to book, which places take bookings, and when the rest fill up](https://olasail.com/moorings/booking-a-berth/) [Moorings Med mooring, step by step How to moor stern-to on a town quay or in a marina, pick up a buoy and tie ashore](https://olasail.com/moorings/med-mooring/) [Moorings Anchoring rules and fees Where you may anchor, and who may charge you for it](https://olasail.com/moorings/anchoring-rules-and-fees/) [Charter planning What a sailing week really costs The boat, marinas, buoys, fuel, food and the deposit, added up](https://olasail.com/charter/cost/) [Sailing in Croatia Bura, jugo and maestral: which forecast? How the main winds behave, and which forecast to read each morning](https://olasail.com/croatia/weather-and-winds/) ## Sources for Stari Grad town quay 28 facts from 17 sources, last checked 7 Oct 2026. [ACI Marina Vrboska's price list for 2026](https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Vrboska_prices.pdf) (The ACI Marina Vrboska price) (From the operator, 7 Oct 2026) [ACI Marina Palmižana's price list for 2026](https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Palmizana_prices.pdf) (Palmižana: the marina price) (From the operator, 7 Oct 2026) [ACI Marina Milna's price list for 2026](https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Milna_prices.pdf) (The ACI Marina Milna price) (From the operator, 7 Oct 2026) [ACI Marina Vrboska: its page on aci-marinas.com](https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-vrboska/) (Vrboska: the season) (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) [ACI Marina Palmižana: its page on aci-marinas.com](https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-palmizana/) (Palmižana: the marina season) (From the operator, 25 Sep 2026) [Split-Dalmatia County's anchorage plan (Plan rasporeda nautičkih sidrišta), adopted 29 Apr 2024](https://moreikrs.hr/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Plan-rasporeda-nautickih-sidrista-Splitsko-dalmatinske-zupanije.pdf), 2.3.12 Tiha and 2.3.18 Zavala (pp. 123 to 134) and 2.3.18 Zavala (p. 134) (Stari Grad: shelter in a bura, long waves in the bay) (Official source, 6 Oct 2026) Show all 17 sources Show fewer sources [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 8 and 14 and Article 16 (Stari Grad: the town quay fee, the season. Catamaran fees in county ports, paying in a county port) (Official source, 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), section 1, section 4.4.9, 4.4.8 Luka Tiha and 4.4.9 Zavala (pp. 277 to 288) and section 4.4.8 (Stari Grad: the length of the quay, the bay, shelter in a bura, long waves in the bay. Stari Grad as a shelter) (Official source, 6 Oct 2026) [Split-Dalmatia County Port Authority: the port of Stari Grad](https://www.lusdz.hr/o-nama/popis-luka-pod-nadleznoscu-lusdz/luka/1231), "Sve za brod" (Stari Grad: water, power and diesel, what is ashore, who runs the quay, the port's phone numbers) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure: harbourmaster's office in Stari Grad: address, phone and hours](https://mmpi.gov.hr/default.aspx?id=13980) (Stari Grad: the harbourmaster's office) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [gov.hr, Nautics: concessioned anchorages and fees (the government nautical guide)](https://gov.hr/en/nautics/1558) (Fees in a public port, official charts, who may charge you) (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) [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) [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 (The 150 m anchoring rule) (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) Our route tool: our planning line by sea, with varying clearance near the coast and harbour approaches (Stari Grad: distance to Vrboska by sea, distance to Milna by sea) (Measured by us, 7 Oct 2026) [Our map, from OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) (Stari Grad: position) (Measured by us, 29 Sep 2026) Our route tool: the shortest line by sea between the two harbours, from the table of harbour distances measured on 26 Sep 2026 (Palmižana: distance to Stari Grad) (Measured by us, 26 Sep 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. - Not paid for: The port authority doesn't pay to be listed or checked. We read its own pages and fee rules. (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) ## Photos on this page - Stari Grad town quay, Hvar. Photo: “Yacht Line Up, Stari Grad - Hvar Island” by [Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yacht_Line_Up,_Stari_Grad_-_Hvar_Island_(5970792722).jpg), [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), resized - Stari Grad harbour, Hvar. Photo: “Stari Grad harbour 2017 P02” by [Fallaner](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stari_Grad_harbour_2017_P02.jpg), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), resized - Vrboska and ACI Marina Vrboska, north coast of Hvar. Photo: “Aerial image of Vrboska, island of Hvar (view from the south) - 2024” by [Carsten Steger](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_image_of_Vrboska,_island_of_Hvar_(view_from_the_south)_-_2024.jpg), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), cropped and resized - ACI Marina Palmižana, Sveti Klement, Pakleni Islands. Photo: “Palmizana - panoramio” by [Dejan Sekuloski](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palmizana_-_panoramio.jpg), [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), cropped and resized - ACI Marina Milna, island of Brač. Photo: “Milna - ACI marina” by [Silverije](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milna_-_ACI_marina.jpg), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), cropped and resized