--- title: "Stončica bay mooring buoys, Vis" description: "Stončica bay on Vis has mooring buoys. Leave before a bura; see shelter, depth, the operator and where to go if full." url: https://olasail.com/places/stoncica/ updated: 2026-10-07 --- > The Markdown copy of https://olasail.com/places/stoncica/, 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: “Stoncica beach bay on Vis island, Croatia” by [dronepicr](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stoncica_beach_bay_on_Vis_island,_Croatia_(48693830941).jpg), [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), resized Mooring buoys and a beach restaurant, Vis # Stončica bay Stončica is a buoy bay at the northeast tip of Vis, about 4 NM east of Vis town, sheltered from every wind but the bura, its operator says. (Measured by us, 7 Oct 2026) Don't stay the night if a bura, the cold northeast wind, is forecast. €42 a night on a buoy in 2023, 10 to 15 m. Current price: unknown. [Tell us about the buoy price at Stončica](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/#fact=stoncica.price) (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) 5 to 6 m depth in the south of the bay, sand (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) All 24 facts on this page name their source, the latest checked on 7 Oct 2026: 9 from the operator, 4 from official sources, 4 measured by us and 7 from third-party sources, such as pilot books and magazines, so treat those 7 as a guide. See every source 9 From the operator (operator) 4 Official source (official) 4 Measured by us (measured) 7 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 in Stončica bay Can we stay here tonight? Yes, on a buoy, in season. Its dates are unknown. [Tell us about the season at Stončica](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/#fact=stoncica.season) - Fee: The 2026 price: unknown. [Tell us about the buoy price at Stončica](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/#fact=stoncica.price) - Getting a buoy: In 2023 a buoy cost €42 a night for a boat of 10.01 to 15 m (€30 up to 10 m, €65 for 15.01 to 20 m), in cash only, paid when you start using the buoy. A night runs to noon the next day, and a day stay until 5 pm costs half. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) - Buoys: Number of buoys: unknown. [Tell us about the number of buoys at Stončica](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/#fact=stoncica.buoys) Depth: 5 to 6 m in the south of the bay, on sand. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) Longest boat: unknown. [Tell us about the longest boat at Stončica](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/#fact=stoncica.maxLength) - Wind: Rt Stracine, the cape to the west, shelters the bay from the waves of the tramontana and the afternoon maestral. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) Open to the bura. The bay is well sheltered from every other wind, the operator says. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) Our advice: don't stay the night here if a bura is forecast. It can arrive at night. [The forecast for the bay](https://olasail.com/places/stoncica/#wx) · [Shelter by wind](https://olasail.com/places/stoncica/#bura) - Water, fuel: Water and fuel: unknown. [Tell us about the water and fuel at Stončica](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/#fact=stoncica.water) Vis town is 4 NM away. - Restaurant: Restaurant Stončica stands on the only sandy beach on the north coast of Vis. (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) Cards? Unknown. [Tell us about the card payment at the konoba at Stončica](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/#fact=stoncica.cards) [How restaurant berths work](https://olasail.com/moorings/restaurant-moorings/) - Rubbish: In 2023 the buoy fee included taking your dry rubbish from the boat, and the receipt says so. (From the operator, 5 Oct 2026) - On our routes: A swim stop on day 2 of [Seven days from Split](https://olasail.com/routes/split-seven-days/#day-2), from Maslinica to Vis town. - Contact: Gradina Vis d.o.o., which holds the concession for the anchorage. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) Office: [+385 21 711 121](tel:+38521711121). (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) ## Phone, VHF and position for Stončica bay €42 a night on a buoy in 2023, 10 to 15 m (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) [Call the operator](tel:+38521711121) - Phone: [+385 21 711 121](tel:+38521711121) (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) The office of Gradina Vis d.o.o. - VHF: Unknown [Tell us about the VHF channel at Stončica](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/#fact=stoncica.vhf) - Position: 43°04.13′N 016°14.59′E (Measured by us, 29 Sep 2026) Approximate: the middle of the buoy field in the inner bay, read off OpenStreetMap. Not a waypoint. - Chart: 100‑22, 100‑25, MK‑17 (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) From HHI, the Hydrographic Institute [Open in a map app](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.068833,16.243167) [Report a change](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/) ## Shelter by wind in Stončica bay Shelter by wind, as the operator, Gradina Vis d.o.o., describes it. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) The winds below are the bura from the northeast, the tramontana from the north, the maestral, the summer afternoon wind from the northwest, and the jugo from the southeast. - Bura from the northeast: Open to the bura. The bay is well sheltered from every other wind, the operator says. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) Our advice: don't stay the night here if a bura is forecast. It can arrive at night. - Tramontana, maestral from the north and northwest: Sheltered from their waves. Rt Stracine, the cape to the west, shelters the bay from the waves of the tramontana and the afternoon maestral. (From the operator, 26 Sep 2026) Cape Stracine shelters the bay from the strong waves of the afternoon maestral, the operator says. (From the operator, 30 Sep 2026) - Jugo from the southeast: Sheltered. The bay is well sheltered from the jugo, the operator says. (From the operator, 30 Sep 2026) What our sources say, not a forecast. ## Wind and sea, next 3 days For Stončica bay. Don't stay the night here if a bura is forecast. 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. ## 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 Stončica bay 24 facts from 17 sources, last checked 7 Oct 2026. [Gradina Vis d.o.o.: price list for the Stončica anchorage (Cjenik usluga, Sidrište Stončica), in force from 1 Jan 2023](https://gradinavis.hr/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Stoncica-cjenik.xlsx), rows "Pristojba za sidrenje" and "Način plaćanja" and Note under the price list: the receipt for the buoy fee also confirms that your dry rubbish was taken (Stončica: the buoy price in 2023, rubbish collection) (From the operator, 5 Oct 2026) [Gradina Vis d.o.o.: its anchorages page (Stončica and the others it holds)](https://gradinavis.hr/sidrista/), Stončica section, second paragraph, Stončica section, first paragraph and the anchorage page (Stončica: depth and bottom, shelter in summer winds, shelter in a bura, who holds the anchorage concession, the phone number, shelter in a maestral, shelter in a jugo, the holding) (Official source, 5 Oct 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), 2.4.5 Stončica (p. 152) (Stončica: the holding) (Official source, 5 Oct 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), 5.4.8 Stončica (pp. 336 to 339) and section 5.4.1 (Stončica: the holding. Komiža: shelter on the buoys) (Official source, 5 Oct 2026) [Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia: Notices to Mariners e-service](https://www.hhi.hr/en/e-services/notice-to-mariners) (Stončica: the charts) (Official source, 26 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) Show all 17 sources Show fewer sources [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 (Stončica: distance to Vis town, distance to Komiža, distance to Rukavac) (Measured by us, 7 Oct 2026) [OpenStreetMap node 3586018805, a mooring buoy in Stončica bay, and the coastline round it](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) (Stončica: position) (Measured by us, 29 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=1647&type=2), Pilot entries: Luka Vis (Vis town: shelter, shelter on the Kut side) (Third-party source, 28 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=1648&type=2), Pilot entries: Kut (Vis town: shelter, shelter on the Kut side) (Third-party source, 28 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=1397&type=2), Pilot entries: Zaljev Komiža (Komiža bay: shelter. Komiža: shelter, shelter on the buoys) (Third-party source, 28 Sep 2026) [Dalmacija Danas: Nevrijeme poharalo Vis](https://www.dalmacijadanas.hr/video-nevrijeme-poharalo-vis-vjetar-izbacio-jedrilicu-na-obalu-stradali-brodovi-i-katamaran/), paragraphs 1 and 2 (the storm of 3 Aug 2025) (Komiža bay: shelter. Komiža: shelter, shelter on the buoys) (Third-party source, 28 Sep 2026) [Imray, Adriatic Pilot (8th edition, 2020), Supplement No. 1, May 2024](https://www.imray.com/media/2u2nljgc/2024-adriatic-supplement.pdf), entry for book page 145, "Komiža" (Komiža bay: shelter. Komiža: shelter, shelter on the buoys) (Third-party source, 28 Sep 2026) [More magazin: Vis, pučinski otok koji otkrivaš tek kad usporiš](https://more.hr/blog/otok-vis-cudesan-pucinski-otok/), Stončica paragraph and "Od Budihovca ka Komiži", paragraph 2 (Stončica: the konoba on the beach. Rukavac: shelter) (Third-party source, 26 Sep 2026) [Vis Tourist Board: Stončica](https://www.vis-tourism.com/hr/istrazite/stoncica/), paragraph 3 (Stončica: the konoba on the beach) (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=629&type=2), Pilot entries: Rukavac (Rukavac: 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. Croatian skipper's licence, category C. - Next check: Before the 2027 season (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 - Stončica, east coast of Vis. Photo: “Stoncica beach bay on Vis island, Croatia” by [dronepicr](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stoncica_beach_bay_on_Vis_island,_Croatia_(48693830941).jpg), [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), resized - Stončica bay, east coast of Vis, from the sea. Photo: “Stončica Bay from sea - panoramio” by [bobanv](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ston%C4%8Dica_Bay_from_sea_-_panoramio.jpg), [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), cropped and resized - Kut, Vis town, island of Vis. Photo: “J32 421 Vis-Stadt, Lučica” by [Falk2](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J32_421_Vis-Stadt,_Lu%C4%8Dica.jpg), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), resized - Rukavac, south coast of Vis. Photo: “J32 450 Rukavac” by [Falk2](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J32_450_Rukavac.jpg), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), resized - Komiža, island of Vis. Photo: “Aerial view of Komiza Town Harbour on Vis island, Croatia” by [dronepicr](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Komiza_Town_Harbour_on_Vis_island,_Croatia_(48608822587).jpg), [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), cropped and resized