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Island in South Dalmatia

Korčula island by boat

Korčula is a long island in South Dalmatia, south of Hvar and across a narrow channel from the Pelješac peninsula, and by sea its town is closer to Dubrovnik than to Split. For the night there is ACI Marina and the town quay in Korčula town at the east end, Marina Korkyra in Vela Luka at the west end, and smaller harbours at Lumbarda, Brna and Prigradica.

57 NMACI Marina Split to Korčula town, about 9½ h (Measured by us, )
48 NMKorčula town to ACI Marina Dubrovnik, about 8 h (Measured by us, )
26 NMVis town to Vela Luka, about 4½ h (Measured by us, )
30 NMVela Luka to Korčula town, about 5 h (Measured by us, )
Korčula old town on its peninsula seen from the air, with ACI Marina Korčula and the east harbour in front, sailing yachts and gulets at the quays, and the Pelješac mountains across the channelPhoto: “Korčula Old Town, Croatia (2024)” by Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, cropped and resized
The old town of Korčula from the water, with stone houses, a round tower and the bell tower above the town quay, where boats are mooredPhoto: “J36 046 Altstadthalbinsel” by Falk2, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, resized
Vela Luka seen from the water, with stone houses and orange roofs along the waterfront under a wooded hill, and a few small boats moored at the shorePhoto: “J36 120 Vela Luka” by Falk2, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, resized

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

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All 47 facts on this page name their source, the latest checked on : 9 from the operator, 14 from official sources, 9 measured by us and 15 from third-party sources, such as pilot books and magazines, so treat those 15 as a guide.

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9 From the operator (operator)14 Official source (official)9 Measured by us (measured)15 Third-party source (third party)

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Where to spend the night on Korčula

6 places to stay the night. Prices are for a 12 m boat in 2026. Shelter lines name the local winds: the jugo blows from the southeast and the bura from the northeast. What each wind does. Our cautious answer: weather descriptions, not a forecast: read DHMZ's forecast for sailors before you go. Our skipper reviewer hasn't checked this yet.

Open to wind and swellSome swellShelteredNorth is up
Korčula island places
Korčula island placesACI KorčulaKorčula town quayLumbardaBrnaVela LukaPrigradicaACI KorčulaKorčula town quayLumbardaBrnaVela LukaPrigradicaACI KorčulaKorčula town quayLumbardaBrnaVela LukaPrigradicaBadijaACI KorčulaKorčula town quayLumbardaBrnaVela LukaPrigradicaBadijaACI KorčulaKorčula town quayLumbardaBrnaVela LukaPrigradicaBadijaACI KorčulaKorčula town quayLumbardaBrnaVela LukaPrigradicaBadija

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Every place to stay on Korčula, at a glance

The price of a night for a 12 m boat in 2026, as each place's card gives it.

PlaceKindA night, 12 m boat
Korčula old town on its peninsula seen from the air, with ACI Marina Korčula and the east harbour in front, sailing yachts and gulets at the quays, and the Pelješac mountains across the channelACI Marina KorčulaMarina, run by ACI€136 (From the operator, )
The old town of Korčula from the water, with stone houses, a round tower and the bell tower above the town quay, where boats are mooredKorčula town quayQuay€60 (Official source, )
Lumbarda's harbour on a calm morning, with small motor boats tied to a stone pier, houses and pine woods on the hill behind, and a few yacht masts across the bayLumbardaMarinaUnknownTell us about a night in Marina Lumbarda
The harbour at Brna on Korčula, with small wooden and motor boats at a stone quay, a paved waterfront and houses along the shore, and a wooded headland across the bayBrnaAnchorageUnknownTell us about a night on a buoy in Brna
Vela Luka seen from the water, with stone houses and orange roofs along the waterfront under a wooded hill, and a few small boats moored at the shoreVela LukaMarina€124 (From the operator, )
PrigradicaQuay€60 (Official source, )

Wind and shelter on Korčula

The three summer winds, and which harbours each one reaches. Check the forecast before you pick a night, and our guide to the winds for which forecast to trust.

Maestralfrom the northwest

The afternoon sea breeze in summer. Good sailing.

Exposed
Korčula town quay (Third-party source, ), Brna (Third-party source, ) and Vela Luka (Third-party source, )
Some swell
Prigradica (Third-party source, )
Sheltered
ACI Korčula (Third-party source, ), Lumbarda (Third-party source, ) and Badija (Official source, )

Jugofrom the southeast

A warm, wet wind that brings swell.

Exposed
Badija (Official source, )
Some swell
ACI Korčula (Third-party source, )
Sheltered
Lumbarda (Third-party source, ), Vela Luka (Third-party source, ) and Prigradica (Third-party source, )

Burafrom the northeast

Cold, dry and gusty. It can arrive with little warning.

Exposed
Brna (Third-party source, ) and Prigradica (Third-party source, )
Some swell
Badija (Official source, )
Sheltered
ACI Korčula (Third-party source, ), Korčula town quay (Third-party source, ), Lumbarda (Third-party source, ) and Vela Luka (Third-party source, )

Wind and sea, next 3 days

For Korčula town.

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.

Swim stops on Korčula by boat

A day stop off Korčula town, in the channel behind Badija. No anchoring within 150 m of a natural beach, under the 2025 ordinance. (Official source, ) Anchoring near beaches

Badija

Badija

A wooded islet with a Franciscan monastery, just east of Korčula town

How to stop
The Ježevica channel off Badija is one of the port authority's anchorages: anchoring there costs €2.50 a metre a day from 1 May to 31 Oct, so €30 for a 12 m boat. (Official source, )
Watch for
The Lučnjak shoal lies off Badija's north coast, marked by a pole, and the passage between Badija and Planjak is shallow and unfit for navigation. The Ježevica channel, between Badija and Korčula, is 4 to 6 m deep at its north entrance, where the Križ shoal (4.9 m) lies on the way in from the north, and at least 5.4 m deep at its south entrance, between Vrnik and Korčula. Inside the channel lie the low rock Baretica, the Plovita shoal, marked by a west cardinal pole, and the Soline shoal (3 m) north-east of Cape Soline. (Official source, )
Rules it out
The Badija side of the Ježevica channel is sheltered from winds from the west round to the north-west, but open to the south-west, south, south-east and east, where a jugo can raise a rough to very rough sea. A strong bura makes a rough sea at the channel's north entrance. (Official source, )

Don't miss on Korčula

The old town of Korčula from the water, with stone houses, a round tower and the bell tower above the town quay, where boats are mooredPhoto: “J36 046 Altstadthalbinsel” by Falk2, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, resized

Korčula old town

A walled town on a small peninsula, its streets laid out like a fishbone. It is a short walk from the town quay and the marina, and the cathedral's bell tower is the landmark as you come in.

Two weeks from Split: Korčula, Lastovo and Mljet on a mapSSplit1Palmižana2Vis town3Vela Luka45Zaklopatica67810Sućuraj11Bol1213MaslinicaTwo weeks from Split: Korčula, Lastovo and Mljet on a mapSSplit1Palmižana2Vis town3Vela Luka4Korčula town5Zaklopatica6Polače7810Sućuraj11Bol12Milna13MaslinicaTwo weeks from Split: Korčula, Lastovo and Mljet on a mapSSplit1Palmižana2Vis town3Vela Luka4Korčula town5Zaklopatica6Polače7810Sućuraj11Bol12Milna13MaslinicaTwo weeks from Split: Korčula, Lastovo and Mljet on a mapSSplit1Palmižana2Vis town3Vela Luka4Korčula town5Zaklopatica6Polače7810Sućuraj11Bol12Milna13Maslinica
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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.

ACI Marina Korčula

A boat owner wrote in January 2026 that in high summer ACI Marina Korčula has often had no free berth for two or three days, and that once they had to leave because it was full.

A motorboat ownerfj96 on boote-forum.de · Posted · Retold in our words · Account not independently verified · Read the reply

ACI Marina Korčula

A motorboat owner who booked ACI Marina Korčula ahead about two years earlier, and had the booking confirmed, found nobody cared about it when they arrived.

A 9 m motorboat ownerRobert on boote-forum.de · Posted · Retold in our words · Account not independently verified · Read the reply

Korčula

Rather than ACI Marina Korčula, one boat owner always moors on the outer mole of the town harbour in the next bay, a five to ten minute walk from the old town.

A boat ownerAlex_1706 on boote-forum.de · Posted · Retold in our words · Account not independently verified · Read the reply

The first and only time I saw 50kts across the deck was when I got caught out in a summer storm off of Korcula. It was my first summer as a charter skipper and I had no idea about summer storms.

A sailoru/plopsicle on Reddit · Posted · Word for word · Account not independently verified · Read the reply

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  • Room for visiting yachts in Korčula town: 1 sailor, on Reddit,

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  • Korčula old town on its peninsula seen from the air, with ACI Marina Korčula and the east harbour in front, sailing yachts and gulets at the quays, and the Pelješac mountains across the channelKorčula town, island of Korčula. Photo: “Korčula Old Town, Croatia (2024)” by Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, cropped and resized
  • The old town of Korčula from the water, with stone houses, a round tower and the bell tower above the town quay, where boats are mooredKorčula old town, island of Korčula. Photo: “J36 046 Altstadthalbinsel” by Falk2, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, resized
  • Vela Luka seen from the water, with stone houses and orange roofs along the waterfront under a wooded hill, and a few small boats moored at the shoreVela Luka, island of Korčula. Photo: “J36 120 Vela Luka” by Falk2, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, resized
  • Lumbarda's harbour on a calm morning, with small motor boats tied to a stone pier, houses and pine woods on the hill behind, and a few yacht masts across the bayLumbarda, island of Korčula. Photo: “Lumbarda - luka” by Silverije, CC0, cropped and resized
  • The harbour at Brna on Korčula, with small wooden and motor boats at a stone quay, a paved waterfront and houses along the shore, and a wooded headland across the bayBrna, south coast of Korčula. Photo: “Sunny Brna” by Muleni, CC0, cropped and resized
  • Pomena harbour on Mljet from above, with the village and its quay on the point, a gulet and a motor yacht at anchor and pine forest all aroundPomena, island of Mljet. Photo: “Pomena” by Jaganjac, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and resized
  • Zaklopatica bay on Lastovo from the hillside above, with the village and its quay on a wooded point and a few boats in the sheltered bayZaklopatica, island of Lastovo. Photo: “Zaklopatica bay - panoramio” by Aleksandar Topuzović, CC BY 3.0, cropped and resized
  • Hvar town harbour full of yachts, with the Pakleni islands beyond, seen from the Spanish fortress (Španjola)Hvar town, island of Hvar. Photo: “The Spanish Fortress in Hvar, Croatia” by Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, cropped and resized

Nearby

Pomena harbour on Mljet from above, with the village and its quay on the point, a gulet and a motor yacht at anchor and pine forest all around
MljetPomena and Polače, at the national park
15 NMfrom Korčula town
Zaklopatica bay on Lastovo from the hillside above, with the village and its quay on a wooded point and a few boats in the sheltered bay
LastovoZaklopatica, night 5 of our two-week route
22 NMfrom Korčula town
Hvar town harbour full of yachts, with the Pakleni islands beyond, seen from the Spanish fortress (Španjola)
HvarSućuraj, night 10 of our two-week route
19 NMKorčula town to Sućuraj