--- title: "Palmižana buoys in Vinogradišće bay: prices and shelter" description: "The mooring buoys in Vinogradišće bay at Palmižana, Pakleni Islands: a night's price from the operator, how to reserve, the rules and shelter by wind." url: https://olasail.com/moorings/vinogradisce-buoys/ updated: 2026-10-07 --- > The Markdown copy of https://olasail.com/moorings/vinogradisce-buoys/, 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: “PALMIŽANA - panoramio” by [sanja mm](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PALMI%C5%BDANA_-_panoramio.jpg), [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), cropped and resized 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. €84 a summer night, 12 m boat (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) 3.9 ha the buoy field (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) 4 NM to Hvar town by sea (Measured by us, 7 Oct 2026) 1 Apr to 20 Oct the season on its list (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) All 29 facts on this page name their source, the latest checked on 7 Oct 2026: 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. See every source 13 From the operator (operator) 11 Official source (official) 3 Measured by us (measured) 2 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. Published 7 Oct 2026. [Report a change](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/) ## 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, 26 Sep 2026) - Price: €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. Reserving a buoy costs €30 in summer and €15 in spring and autumn, on top of the night. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) A day stop from 11 am to 4:30 pm costs €40 in summer and €30 in spring and autumn. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) A second boat on the same buoy costs 50% more, the list says. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) - Booking: Call [+385 91 171 8242](tel:+385911718242) or email sidriste.vinogradiste@gmail.com to reserve a buoy. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) [Booking town quays and buoy fields](https://olasail.com/moorings/booking-a-berth/#quays) - Paying: Pay in cash or by card: Visa, Diners, American Express or Mastercard. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) - The field: One buoy field of about 3.9 hectares in the middle of the bay, on concrete blocks, and three small piers along the shore. Several small restaurants stand at the head of the bay. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) As the county found it in 2019. In 2024 there were 43 buoys in Vinogradišće bay. (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) [How mooring buoys work](https://olasail.com/moorings/#buoys) · [Picking up a mooring buoy, step by step](https://olasail.com/moorings/med-mooring/#buoy) - Rules: Inside the buoy field: no anchoring on your own anchor except in an emergency, 3 knots at most, no waste water over the side, and no drones or fireworks. Cameras watch the field. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) - Water, power: Unknown. [Tell us about the water, power and showers at Vinogradišće](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/#fact=palmizana.facilities) - Rubbish: Sorted rubbish is collected and included in the price. Unsorted rubbish costs extra. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) - Ashore: Restaurants at the head of the bay, and a sandy beach. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - Contact: GIP, a catering business based at Palmižana, runs the buoy field in Vinogradišće bay. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) The county's concession map shows no concession at Vinogradišće in 2026, though the operator's rules of March 2018 call it a concession field. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) Phone: [+385 91 171 8242](tel:+385911718242). Email: sidriste.vinogradiste@gmail.com (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) ## Phone and position for the Vinogradišće buoys €84 a summer night, 12 m boat (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) [Call the buoy field](tel:+385911718242) - Phone: [+385 91 171 8242](tel:+385911718242) (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) The buoy field, from its website - Position: 43°09.42′N 016°23.37′E (Measured by us, 29 Sep 2026) Approximate: the middle of the buoy field, read off OpenStreetMap. Not a waypoint. - Harbour office: [+385 21 741 007](tel:+38521741007) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) The harbourmaster's office in Hvar, weekdays [Open in a map app](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.15724,16.3894) [Report a change](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/) ## 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 southerlies from 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, 26 Sep 2026) 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](https://more.hr/blog/zasto-pakleni-otoci-tako-silno-privlace-nauticare-i-sto-u-tom-akvatoriju-dozivjeti/) (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) 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)](https://peljar.cvs.hr/) (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) Our skipper reviewer hasn't checked this yet. - Bura, maestral from the northeast and northwest: Sheltered, the county's study says, in the words above. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) 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, 26 Sep 2026) The bay is part of the Natura 2000 site Pakleni otoci. Much of its sandy floor is covered with Posidonia seagrass. (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 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](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. ## The Vinogradišće buoys on our routes - Day 4 of [Seven days from Split](https://olasail.com/routes/split-seven-days/#day-4) 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](https://olasail.com/routes/split-seven-days/#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](https://olasail.com/places/pakleni-islands/). The island they lie off: [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 Anchoring rules and fees Where you may anchor, and who may charge you for it](https://olasail.com/moorings/anchoring-rules-and-fees/) [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/) [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/) [Charter planning What a sailing week really costs The boat, marinas, buoys, fuel, food and the deposit, added up](https://olasail.com/charter/cost/) ## Sources for the Vinogradišće buoys 29 facts from 16 sources, last checked 7 Oct 2026. [GIP: Vinogradišće anchorage: its website and price list](https://vinogradisce.com/), "Anchorage price list", high and low season (Vinogradišće: the buoy price, the season, reserving a buoy, a day stop, two boats on one buoy, the phone number, email, rubbish, who runs the buoys) (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) [GIP: Vinogradišće anchorage: rules for order in the anchorage](https://vinogradisce.com/2018/03/15/pravilnik/) (Vinogradišće: paying, the rules in the buoy field) (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) [ACI Marina Palmižana: its page on aci-marinas.com](https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-palmizana/) (Palmižana: shelter in the marina, the marina season) (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), section 4.4.1.4 (Shelter in Vinogradišće bay. Vinogradišće: the buoy field, hazards on the way in, protected sea bed) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [Split-Dalmatia County's maritime domain map (PUPD), concessions layer and register](https://adria-gis.com/pupd/), Layers pd__koncesije, pd__lucice, pu__plan_upravljanja and pu__podloge within about 500 m of 43.1572 N 16.3894 E (Vinogradišće: the concession) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure: harbourmaster's office in Hvar: address, phone and hours](https://mmpi.gov.hr/default.aspx?id=13978) (Hvar town: the harbourmaster's office) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) Show all 16 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 (Hvar town: the town quay fee) (Official source, 26 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) [gov.hr, Nautics: concessioned anchorages and fees (the government nautical guide)](https://gov.hr/en/nautics/1558) (Official charts, who may charge you) (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 (Vinogradišće: distance to Hvar town by sea. Palmižana: distance to Vinogradišće by sea) (Measured by us, 7 Oct 2026) [OpenStreetMap node 5684514736, Uvala Vinogradišće, and the coastline round it](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) (Vinogradišće: position) (Measured by us, 29 Sep 2026) [More magazin: Zašto Pakleni otoci tako silno privlače nautičare](https://more.hr/blog/zasto-pakleni-otoci-tako-silno-privlace-nauticare-i-sto-u-tom-akvatoriju-dozivjeti/), Section "Uvala Vinogradišće, koncesionirano sidrište" (Vinogradišće: how many buoys) (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) [More magazin: Zašto Pakleni otoci tako silno privlače nautičare](https://more.hr/blog/zasto-pakleni-otoci-tako-silno-privlace-nauticare-i-sto-u-tom-akvatoriju-dozivjeti/) and [CV Sistemi (SmArtNav): peljar.cvs.hr: Prvi hrvatski on-line peljar Jadranskog mora (online Adriatic pilot)](https://peljar.cvs.hr/) (Vinogradišće: shelter) (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) [CV Sistemi (SmArtNav): peljar.cvs.hr: Prvi hrvatski on-line peljar Jadranskog mora (online Adriatic pilot)](https://peljar.cvs.hr/show_place_info.php?id=726&type=2), Pilot entries: Vinogradišće (Vinogradišće: shelter) (Third-party source, 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 buoy field's operator doesn't pay to be listed or checked. We read its own website. (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 - Vinogradišće bay, south side of Sveti Klement, Pakleni Islands. Photo: “PALMIŽANA - panoramio” by [sanja mm](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PALMI%C5%BDANA_-_panoramio.jpg), [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), 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 - Hvar town, island of Hvar. Photo: “The Spanish Fortress in Hvar, Croatia” by [Steve Jurvetson](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Spanish_Fortress_in_Hvar,_Croatia.jpg), [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), cropped and resized