Mooring buoys, Pakleni Islands
Vinogradišće bay buoys, Palmižana
The Vinogradišće buoys are a paid buoy field in the bay below Palmižana, on the south side of Sveti Klement in the Pakleni Islands. The operator's list gives €84 a night for a 12 m boat in summer, and the bay is open to the south and southwest.
All 29 facts on this page name their source, the latest checked on : 13 from the operator, 11 from official sources, 3 measured by us and 2 from third-party sources, such as pilot books and magazines, so treat those 2 as a guide.
Written by Domagoj Franc, editor. Reviewed by Ivor Benko, skipper.
Tonight on the Vinogradišće buoys
Can we stay here tonight? Yes, on a buoy, from 1 Apr to 20 Oct, unless a southerly is forecast. (From the operator, )
Shelter by wind in Vinogradišće bay
Vinogradišće bay opens to the southwest, on the side of Sveti Klement that faces the open sea. What the county's anchorage study says, wind by wind, is below.
- Jugo and southerliesfrom the southeast to the southwest
- Open. Open to the southwest. Well sheltered from every wind but those from the south, and the inner bay is sheltered from the southeast too. The islet of Stambedar, 0.5 NM southwest of the entrance, breaks some of a southwesterly. (Official source, )
Our cautious answer: Treat the bay as open to the jugo, and leave if one is forecast.
Sheltered from every wind except southerlies: More magazin: Zašto Pakleni otoci tako silno privlače nautičare (Third-party source, )
Sheltered from the bura and the jugo, open to the south-west. An unmarked 4 m shoal lies east of Stambedar islet: CV Sistemi (SmArtNav): peljar.cvs.hr: Prvi hrvatski on-line peljar Jadranskog mora (online Adriatic pilot) (Third-party source, )
- Bura, maestralfrom the northeast and northwest
- Sheltered, the county's study says, in the words above. (Official source, )
The approach. East of the islet of Stambedar are the Pločice rocks and an unmarked shoal of 4 m. The head of the bay is shallow. (Official source, )
The bay is part of the Natura 2000 site Pakleni otoci. Much of its sandy floor is covered with Posidonia seagrass. (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 the Pakleni Islands. Any southerly reaches the buoys.
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 the Vinogradišće buoys are full or a southerly comes
Open to a strong SW to W. (From the operator, ) On the north side of the same island, open 1 Apr to 31 Oct. (From the operator, )
€96 a day on the town quay, 12 m boat (Official source, ) The town quay and buoys, with a port charge on top.
Anchoring instead? Not inside the buoy field. (From the operator, ) 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
The Vinogradišće buoys on our routes
- Day 4 of Seven days from Split ends at Palmižana. Our line stops in the ACI marina bay on the north side; these buoys are its other way to spend the night.
- On day 5, the beach at the head of Vinogradišće bay is a swim stop before you leave for Stari Grad.
- The other bays and the marina: the Pakleni Islands by boat. The island they lie off: Hvar by boat.
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.
Vinogradišće bay, Sveti Klement
Walking a few minutes over the hill from the marina in late August 2025, they found Vinogradišće bay with its beach, restaurants and a large field of buoys, and planned to take a buoy there instead of a marina berth on their next visit.
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Sources for the Vinogradišće buoys
29 facts from 16 sources, last checked .
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- Written by
- Domagoj Franc, editor
- Reviewed by
- Ivor Benko, skipper.
- Not paid for
- The buoy field's operator doesn't pay to be listed or checked. We read its own website.
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