--- title: "Zlatni Rat beach from your own boat: where to stop" description: "Zlatni Rat beach by your own boat: where to stop outside the swim line, wind on either side, the rules, Bol harbour and nearby nights." url: https://olasail.com/places/zlatni-rat/ updated: 2026-10-07 --- > The Markdown copy of https://olasail.com/places/zlatni-rat/, 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: “Luftbild vom Strand Zlatni rat mit Blick auf den Berg Vidova Gora in Bol, Kroatien” by [dronepicr](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luftbild_vom_Strand_Zlatni_rat_mit_Blick_auf_den_Berg_Vidova_Gora_in_Bol,_Kroatien_(48608808291).jpg), [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), cropped and resized Beach and swim stop by Bol, on Brač # Zlatni Rat from your own boat Zlatni Rat is the pebble spit just west of Bol, on the south coast of Brač, and a line of buoys closes its beach to boats. In season boats anchor off either side, outside that line: the east side in the afternoon maestral, the west side in a jugo. Keep off the seagrass and the cable on the east side, and spend the night in Bol harbour, 1 NM (Measured by us, 7 Oct 2026) away. 22.5 NM from Split, about 4 h (Measured by us, 7 Oct 2026) 14 NM from Milna (Measured by us, 7 Oct 2026) 16.5 NM from Hvar town (Measured by us, 7 Oct 2026) 1 NM from Bol harbour (Measured by us, 7 Oct 2026) All 28 facts on this page name their source, the latest checked on 7 Oct 2026: 2 from the operator, 18 from official sources, 7 measured by us and 1 from a third-party source, such as a pilot book or a magazine, so treat that one as a guide. See every source 2 From the operator (operator) 18 Official source (official) 7 Measured by us (measured) 1 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/) ## Boat access and anchoring at Zlatni Rat Can you anchor off Zlatni Rat? In settled weather, outside the swimming line, on the side away from the wind. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - Which side: In season 20 to 30 boats a day anchor off the two sides of the spit: on the east side, in Potočine bay, in a maestral, and on the west side, in Paklina bay, in a jugo. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - Swimmers: The beach is closed off for swimmers by a line of buoys. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - The bottom: Pebbles close in, then seagrass down the slope to 26 m on the east side. On the west side the seagrass is broken by patches of sand, gravel and reef. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) Drop the anchor on sand, not in the seagrass. - Pipe and cable: On the east side, off the Hotel Bretanida, a pipe and cable run out to sea, with a sign that bans anchoring. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - Buoys: There is no buoy field: the study found only a few concrete blocks laid without a concession, and advised leaving Zlatni Rat out of the county's anchorages. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - Fast boats: The fast boats on the Split, Bol and Jelsa line pass close by. About 300 m off the tip a yellow buoy with a light is passed on its south side. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - From Bol: A boat line runs from the centre of Bol to a pontoon at the start of the beach in Potočine bay, about every 15 minutes with up to 40 people, and half as often after 4 pm. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - The spit: Zlatni Rat is a pebble spit on the south coast of Brač, just west of Bol. It changes shape and position with the wind. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) ## Zlatni Rat's position and nearest harbour 1 NM from Bol harbour (Measured by us, 7 Oct 2026) - Off the tip: 43°15.19′N 016°38.05′E Approximate: 250 m off the tip of the spit, read off OpenStreetMap. The Zlatni Rat pin on our maps marks the spit itself. Not a waypoint. (Measured by us, 29 Sep 2026) - Which side: East in a maestral, west in a jugo (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - Bottom: Seagrass to 26 m (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - The night: [Bol harbour](https://olasail.com/places/zlatni-rat/#alt-bol), €60 a day in the harbour, 12 m boat (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [Open in a map app](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.253167,16.634167) [Report a change](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/) ## The rules at Zlatni Rat Keep outside the swimming line and off the seagrass. The spit is a protected landscape and the sea round it a Natura 2000 site. - Protected: The spit and its beach lie inside the Zlatni Rat significant landscape (register number 147). The sea round it is the Natura 2000 site HR3000120, kept for its sand and seagrass. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - Near swimmers: Under way, keep clear of an organised beach's rope line: at least 50 m in a boat under 15 m, 100 m in a boat of 15 to 30 m, and 300 m at 30 m and over (Article 49). (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [Rope lines and lines ashore](https://olasail.com/moorings/anchoring-rules-and-fees/#shore) - Natural beaches: No anchoring within 150 m of a natural beach, under the 2025 ordinance. (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) [Anchoring near beaches](https://olasail.com/moorings/anchoring-rules-and-fees/#beaches) - Pipe and cable: Keep your swinging circle clear of underwater cables, pipes and outfalls (Article 53). (Official source, 25 Sep 2026) [Where anchoring is forbidden](https://olasail.com/moorings/anchoring-rules-and-fees/#forbidden) - Seagrass: Seagrass (Posidonia) is a strictly protected species in Croatia, and anchoring in its meadows badly damages it. Drop the anchor on sand. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) ## Wind and sea at Zlatni Rat Settled weather only. Open to the bura, and above all to southerly and south-westerly winds, which raise a rough sea. The spit juts into the narrowest part of the Hvar channel, so north-westerly, westerly and south-westerly winds blow harder round it. In a maestral boats anchor off the east side of the spit, and in a jugo off the west side. (Official source, 28 Sep 2026) Plan B. If a southerly or a bura is forecast, don't stop off the spit. Take a berth in [Bol harbour](https://olasail.com/places/brac/#bol) and walk to the beach, or go on to [Milna](https://olasail.com/places/brac/#milna). Our [guide to the winds](https://olasail.com/croatia/weather-and-winds/) explains the maestral, the jugo and the bura. ## Wind and sea, next 3 days Off the tip of Zlatni Rat, in the Hvar channel. 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. ## When to go to Zlatni Rat In the morning, before the afternoon maestral fills in. Later in the day, a berth in Bol harbour and a walk along the seafront is the calmer way to the beach. - Boats from Bol: A boat line runs from the centre of Bol to a pontoon at the start of the beach in Potočine bay, about every 15 minutes with up to 40 people, and half as often after 4 pm. (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) - On our route: By way of Zlatni Rat, day 6 of our week from Split, Stari Grad to Milna, is about 24 NM instead of 15 NM. (Measured by us, 26 Sep 2026) [Day 6, Stari Grad to Milna](https://olasail.com/routes/split-seven-days/#day-6) - From Stari Grad: About 10 NM from Stari Grad, out of its long bay and across the Hvar channel, about 1½ h at 6 knots. (Measured by us, 7 Oct 2026) ## Help keep this page right Sailed here this season? Tell us what you found. We check it with the source before anything changes. [Report a change](https://olasail.com/about/corrections/#page=Zlatni%20Rat%20from%20your%20own%20boat) [Other ways to help](https://olasail.com/about/contribute/) ## 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/) [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/) [Sailing in Croatia Best time to sail in Croatia Which month suits your crew: wind, crowds, sea temperature and prices](https://olasail.com/croatia/best-time-to-sail/) [Sailing in Croatia Safety at sea: who to call Who to call, what to say on the radio, and where the fast ferries run](https://olasail.com/croatia/safety-and-emergencies/) [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 Zlatni Rat 28 facts from 14 sources, last checked 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 Milna: its page on aci-marinas.com](https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-milna/) (Milna: shelter in the bay) (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 2.4.1 on Zlatni rat (Zlatni Rat: where boats anchor, the swimming area, the seabed, the pipe and cable, buoys, the lit buoy off the tip, the boat line from Bol, the spit, protection, wind and sea) (Official source, 28 Sep 2026) [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 (Bol: the harbour fee. Stari Grad: the town quay fee) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [Changes to the maritime safety ordinance, Narodne novine 40/2026](https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2026_04_40_495.html), Article 3 (Passing an organised beach's rope line) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) [Institute for Environment and Nature: Seagrasses (Morske cvjetnice), under the Nature Protection Act](https://www.haop.hr/hr/morske-cvjetnice) (Seagrass) (Official source, 26 Sep 2026) Show all 14 sources Show fewer sources [Split-Dalmatia County Port Authority: the port of Bol](https://www.lusdz.hr/o-nama/popis-luka-pod-nadleznoscu-lusdz/luka/1198) (Bol: what is ashore) (Official source, 26 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, cables and pipes) (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) Our route tool: our planning line by sea, with varying clearance near the coast and harbour approaches (Zlatni Rat: distance from Bol harbour, distance from Split, distance from Milna, distance from Hvar town, distance from Stari Grad) (Measured by us, 7 Oct 2026) [OpenStreetMap node 429833537, Zlatni rat](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) (Zlatni Rat: position off the tip) (Measured by us, 29 Sep 2026) Our route tool: Stari Grad to Zlatni Rat and Zlatni Rat to Milna, against our day 6 line (Zlatni Rat: the detour on day 6) (Measured by us, 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=143&type=2), Pilot entries: Bol (Bol: shelter) (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 212, "Bol" (Bol: shelter) (Third-party source, 28 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 - Bol, island of Brač. Photo: “Luftbild vom Strand Zlatni rat mit Blick auf den Berg Vidova Gora in Bol, Kroatien” by [dronepicr](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luftbild_vom_Strand_Zlatni_rat_mit_Blick_auf_den_Berg_Vidova_Gora_in_Bol,_Kroatien_(48608808291).jpg), [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), cropped and resized - Bol, Brač, Zlatni Rat from the sea. Photo: “J32 692 Zlatni Rat, Vidova Gora” by [Falk2](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J32_692_Zlatni_Rat,_Vidova_Gora.jpg), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), resized - Brač, the view from Vidova Gora. Photo: “J32 664 Bol, Zlatni Rat” by [Falk2](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J32_664_Bol,_Zlatni_Rat.jpg), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), resized - Bol, Brač, the harbour. Photo: “J32 688 Hafen Bol” by [Falk2](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J32_688_Hafen_Bol.jpg), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), cropped and resized - 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 - 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 - 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 - Milna, island of Brač. Photo: “Milna, kikötő - panoramio” by [Sztudva Gyöngyi](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milna,_kik%C3%B6t%C5%91_-_panoramio.jpg), [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), cropped and resized ## Nearby [Brač by boat Bol, Milna and the bays of the south coast 1 NM (Measured by us, 7 Oct 2026) to Bol](https://olasail.com/places/brac/) [Hvar by boat Stari Grad, Hvar town and the bays across the channel 10 NM (Measured by us, 7 Oct 2026) to Stari Grad](https://olasail.com/places/hvar/) [Seven days from Split Our week through Šolta, Vis, Hvar and Brač Day 6 Stari Grad to Milna](https://olasail.com/routes/split-seven-days/)