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Adriatic passage charts

Winds Croatia

Climate data
wind roses Adriatic
Croatian coasts

Wind rose example:
Calms:  2%
from N:  ~6% 6Bft
from NE:  0
from E:  ~6% 4Bft
from SE:  ~11% 5Bft
from S:  ~5% 4Bft
from SW:  ~24% 6Bft
from W:  31% 6Bft
from NW: v~14% 6Bft
~  means you have to make an estimate.

Top 25 largest islands and location

Adriatic & Dalmatian coasts

The Adriatic consists of:

• The east coast of Italy:
  this shallow western shore of the Adriatic Sea is mostly very wearisome, with hardly any picturesque or worthwhile ports. Notable exceptions are – from south to north – The medieval harbour of Otranto, Monopoli (south of Bari), Molfetta (north of Bari), Trani, Manfredonia, anchorages in the nature reserve of the Tremiti islands and the river harbour of Cesenatico.
• Italian Venice to Trieste coast:
  this northernmost part of the Adriatic is uncomfortably shallow, with many ugly marinas to avoid. Do, however, visit Muggia, Grignano (Miramare castle), Duino, Laguna di Marano, Laguna di Grado and of course Trieste and Venice.
• Slovenia:
  the tiny stretch of coastline south of Trieste with just three, but very worthwhile ports; Piran, Izola and Koper/Capodistria.
• Croatia (including the 20 km seaboard of Bosnia-Herzegovina):
  a much indented coast with a myriad of islands and isles. This epitome of cruising grounds is only surpassed by Greece and Turkey.
• Montenegro:
  a small but lovely area with ports like Petrovac na Moru, Sveti Stefan anchorage, Budva, Bigova, Kotor and the Kotor Gulf.
• Albania:
  this country – adjacent to Corfu – is avoided by all but the most adventurous sailors.

The Dalmatian coast – located on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea – stretches from island of Rab in the north (Chart MK 7) to the Bay of Kotor in the south (Chart MK 27) in Montenegro.

Not only the coastline of Croatia, with important ports like Split, Zadar, Dubrovnik, and Šibenik, but also ~80 larger islands (largest being Brač, Pag and Hvar) and hundreds of smaller islets make up the Dalmatian coast, sailing tips for Croatia – Trogir.