{ "id": "croatia", "destination": "croatia", "name": "Croatia", "route_label": "from Split", "kind": "classic", "question": "What is a good 7-day sailing itinerary in Croatia from Split?", "answer": "A classic 7-day sailing itinerary in Croatia from Split starts and ends in Split and goes Split → Šolta (Maslinica) → Vis → Hvar (Pakleni Islands) → Korčula → Brač (Milna) → Split: 6 legs and about 128 nautical miles in straight lines between the stops (our calculation; you will sail further). By our rules the best month for it is September, when the mean wind at Split is 7 knots (our calculation from NASA POWER data); ACI Marina Split publishes a daily berth of €190 in July and August for a boat up to 13 m, and doubles it for catamarans (€380 on weekdays, our arithmetic).", "answer_markdown": "A classic 7-day sailing itinerary in Croatia from Split starts and ends in Split and goes Split → Šolta (Maslinica) → Vis → Hvar (Pakleni Islands) → Korčula → Brač (Milna) → Split: 6 legs and about 128 nautical miles in straight lines between the stops (our calculation; you will sail further). By our rules the best month for it is September, when the mean wind at Split is 7 knots (our calculation from NASA POWER data ([NASA POWER](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/docs/services/api/temporal/monthly/), checked 28 Oct 2026)); ACI Marina Split publishes a daily berth of €190 in July and August for a boat up to 13 m, and doubles it for catamarans (€380 on weekdays, our arithmetic) ([ACI (Adriatic Croatia International Club)](https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Split_prices.pdf), checked 29 Oct 2026).", "canonical_url": "https://catamaranindex.com/itineraries/croatia/", "markdown_url": "https://catamaranindex.com/itineraries/croatia.md", "api_url": "https://catamaranindex.com/api/itineraries/croatia.json", "destination_url": "https://catamaranindex.com/croatia/", "best_time_url": "https://catamaranindex.com/best-time/croatia/", "true_cost_url": "https://catamaranindex.com/true-cost/croatia/", "licence_url": "https://catamaranindex.com/licence-by-country/croatia/", "book_url": "https://catamaranindex.com/go/samboat?dest=croatia&pos=api", "checked": "2026-10-29", "basis": { "status": "editorial", "note": "A common loop of the central Dalmatian islands.", "sources": [] }, "stops": [ { "index": 0, "name": "Split", "lat": 43.5026, "lon": 16.4308, "kind": "marina", "kind_sources": [ { "id": "it_aci_split", "name": "ACI (Adriatic Croatia International Club)", "title": "ACI Marina Split: prices", "url": "https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Split_prices.pdf", "checked": "2026-10-29", "note": "Marina operator's own price list, linked from https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-split/ (\"VIEW PRICES\"). The document prints no year. Daily wet berth by length; +100% for catamarans and trimarans; +10% on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in the 1 Jul–31 Aug column.", "tier": "official" } ], "rules": [], "fees": [] }, { "index": 1, "name": "Šolta (Maslinica)", "lat": 43.3991, "lon": 16.2066, "kind": "not_verified", "kind_sources": [], "rules": [], "fees": [] }, { "index": 2, "name": "Vis", "lat": 43.0434, "lon": 16.1655, "kind": "not_verified", "kind_sources": [], "rules": [], "fees": [] }, { "index": 3, "name": "Hvar (Pakleni Islands)", "lat": 43.1624, "lon": 16.3938, "kind": "marina", "kind_sources": [ { "id": "it_aci_palmizana", "name": "ACI (Adriatic Croatia International Club)", "title": "ACI Marina Palmižana: prices", "url": "https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Palmizana_prices.pdf", "checked": "2026-10-29", "note": "Linked from https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-palmizana/. No year printed. Catamarans +50%, or +100% on a daily wet berth from 1 June to 30 September. The off-season column covers 1 Jan–31 Mar only.", "tier": "official" } ], "rules": [], "fees": [] }, { "index": 4, "name": "Korčula", "lat": 42.9584, "lon": 17.1367, "kind": "marina", "kind_sources": [ { "id": "it_aci_korcula", "name": "ACI (Adriatic Croatia International Club)", "title": "ACI Marina Korčula: prices", "url": "https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Korcula_prices.pdf", "checked": "2026-10-29", "note": "Linked from https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-korcula/. No year printed. Catamarans and trimarans +100%.", "tier": "official" } ], "rules": [], "fees": [] }, { "index": 5, "name": "Brač (Milna)", "lat": 43.3262, "lon": 16.4481, "kind": "marina", "kind_sources": [ { "id": "it_aci_milna", "name": "ACI (Adriatic Croatia International Club)", "title": "ACI Marina Milna: prices", "url": "https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Milna_prices.pdf", "checked": "2026-10-29", "note": "Linked from https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-milna/. No year printed. Catamarans +50%, or +100% on a daily wet berth from 1 June to 30 September.", "tier": "official" } ], "rules": [], "fees": [] } ], "legs": [ { "day": 1, "from": "Split", "to": "Šolta (Maslinica)", "distance_nm": 11.6 }, { "day": 2, "from": "Šolta (Maslinica)", "to": "Vis", "distance_nm": 21.4 }, { "day": 3, "from": "Vis", "to": "Hvar (Pakleni Islands)", "distance_nm": 12.3 }, { "day": 4, "from": "Hvar (Pakleni Islands)", "to": "Korčula", "distance_nm": 34.8 }, { "day": 5, "from": "Korčula", "to": "Brač (Milna)", "distance_nm": 37.4 }, { "day": 6, "from": "Brač (Milna)", "to": "Split", "distance_nm": 10.6 } ], "total_distance_nm": 128.1, "distance_method": "Great-circle distance between OpenStreetMap (Nominatim) coordinates, Earth radius 6,371.0088 km, 1 nm = 1.852 km. Straight lines: the sailed distance is longer.", "weather": { "reference_point": { "place": "Split", "lat": 43.508, "lon": 16.44, "elevation_m": 212.42 }, "months": [ { "month": 1, "name": "January", "mean_temp_c": 7.5, "mean_wind_kn": 9 }, { "month": 2, "name": "February", "mean_temp_c": 8.9, "mean_wind_kn": 8.9 }, { "month": 3, "name": "March", "mean_temp_c": 10.4, "mean_wind_kn": 8.7 }, { "month": 4, "name": "April", "mean_temp_c": 13.5, "mean_wind_kn": 7.8 }, { "month": 5, "name": "May", "mean_temp_c": 17.6, "mean_wind_kn": 7 }, { "month": 6, "name": "June", "mean_temp_c": 23.1, "mean_wind_kn": 6.1 }, { "month": 7, "name": "July", "mean_temp_c": 25.9, "mean_wind_kn": 6.4 }, { "month": 8, "name": "August", "mean_temp_c": 26.1, "mean_wind_kn": 6.4 }, { "month": 9, "name": "September", "mean_temp_c": 21.6, "mean_wind_kn": 6.9 }, { "month": 10, "name": "October", "mean_temp_c": 17.3, "mean_wind_kn": 7.4 }, { "month": 11, "name": "November", "mean_temp_c": 13.1, "mean_wind_kn": 9 }, { "month": 12, "name": "December", "mean_temp_c": 9.5, "mean_wind_kn": 8.4 } ], "source": "NASA POWER monthly, 2016–2025 means (our calculation)" }, "best_months": { "best_weather": [ "June", "July", "August", "September" ], "sweet_spot": [ "September" ], "families": [ "June", "July", "August" ], "windiest": [ "January", "February", "November" ], "rules": { "best_weather": "Warm (≥ 20 °C) and outside the Atlantic hurricane season (1 June–30 November, NOAA) or Tahiti's wet season (November–April, Tahiti Tourisme). Not given where we have no season or rainfall source.", "sweet_spot": "Best-weather months that are not among the 3 priciest months (our rule).", "families": "The calmest best-weather months by mean wind (our suggestion; mean wind is not gusts or sea state).", "wind": "The windiest months by mean wind speed at our reference point (our ranking)." } }, "marina_examples": [ { "marina": "ACI Marina Split", "source": { "id": "it_aci_split", "name": "ACI (Adriatic Croatia International Club)", "title": "ACI Marina Split: prices", "url": "https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Split_prices.pdf", "checked": "2026-10-29", "note": "Marina operator's own price list, linked from https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-split/ (\"VIEW PRICES\"). The document prints no year. Daily wet berth by length; +100% for catamarans and trimarans; +10% on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in the 1 Jul–31 Aug column.", "tier": "official" }, "up_to_13m_eur": { "apr_jun_sep_oct": 180, "jul_aug": 190, "off_season": 158 }, "multihull_rule": "Catamarans and trimarans: all wet and dry berth prices +100%", "catamaran_eur_by_month": [ 316, 316, 316, 360, 360, 360, 380, 380, 360, 360, 316, 316 ], "weekend": { "surcharge_pct": 10, "days": "Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays", "jul_aug_catamaran_eur": 418 } }, { "marina": "ACI Marina Palmižana (Pakleni Islands)", "source": { "id": "it_aci_palmizana", "name": "ACI (Adriatic Croatia International Club)", "title": "ACI Marina Palmižana: prices", "url": "https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Palmizana_prices.pdf", "checked": "2026-10-29", "note": "Linked from https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-palmizana/. No year printed. Catamarans +50%, or +100% on a daily wet berth from 1 June to 30 September. The off-season column covers 1 Jan–31 Mar only.", "tier": "official" }, "up_to_13m_eur": { "apr_jun_sep_oct": 150, "jul_aug": 158, "off_season": 114 }, "multihull_rule": "Catamarans and trimarans +50%, except a daily wet berth from 1 June to 30 September: +100%", "catamaran_eur_by_month": [ 171, 171, 171, 225, 225, 300, 316, 316, 300, 225, null, null ], "note": "The off-season column is headed 1 January–31 March only; November and December are not listed." }, { "marina": "ACI Marina Korčula", "source": { "id": "it_aci_korcula", "name": "ACI (Adriatic Croatia International Club)", "title": "ACI Marina Korčula: prices", "url": "https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Korcula_prices.pdf", "checked": "2026-10-29", "note": "Linked from https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-korcula/. No year printed. Catamarans and trimarans +100%.", "tier": "official" }, "up_to_13m_eur": { "apr_jun_sep_oct": 144, "jul_aug": 150, "off_season": 112 }, "multihull_rule": "Catamarans and trimarans: all wet and dry berth prices +100%", "catamaran_eur_by_month": [ 224, 224, 224, 288, 288, 288, 300, 300, 288, 288, 224, 224 ] }, { "marina": "ACI Marina Milna (Brač)", "source": { "id": "it_aci_milna", "name": "ACI (Adriatic Croatia International Club)", "title": "ACI Marina Milna: prices", "url": "https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Milna_prices.pdf", "checked": "2026-10-29", "note": "Linked from https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-milna/. No year printed. Catamarans +50%, or +100% on a daily wet berth from 1 June to 30 September.", "tier": "official" }, "up_to_13m_eur": { "apr_jun_sep_oct": 142, "jul_aug": 148, "off_season": 108 }, "multihull_rule": "Catamarans and trimarans +50%, except a daily wet berth from 1 June to 30 September: +100%", "catamaran_eur_by_month": [ 162, 162, 162, 213, 213, 284, 296, 296, 284, 213, 162, 162 ] } ], "rules": [], "fees": [], "not_verified": [ "Berth, buoy or quay fees at Maslinica and Vis.", "Fees for anchoring or buoys in the Pakleni Islands outside the ACI marina.", "Croatian tourist tax per night for charter guests (see the true-cost page)." ], "status_legend": { "official": "Read in an official text: government, park or port authority, or an operator's own published price list.", "secondary": "From a newspaper, NGO, guide, charter company or community map; not official.", "not_verified": "We could not confirm it. We leave it open rather than guess, and never add it to a total." }, "source_counts": { "official": 4, "secondary": 1 }, "derived": "distance_nm, total_distance_nm, catamaran_eur_by_month and best_months are our calculation; weather means are our calculation from NASA POWER data.", "sources": [ { "id": "it_aci_split", "name": "ACI (Adriatic Croatia International Club)", "title": "ACI Marina Split: prices", "url": "https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Split_prices.pdf", "checked": "2026-10-29", "note": "Marina operator's own price list, linked from https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-split/ (\"VIEW PRICES\"). The document prints no year. Daily wet berth by length; +100% for catamarans and trimarans; +10% on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in the 1 Jul–31 Aug column.", "tier": "official" }, { "id": "it_aci_palmizana", "name": "ACI (Adriatic Croatia International Club)", "title": "ACI Marina Palmižana: prices", "url": "https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Palmizana_prices.pdf", "checked": "2026-10-29", "note": "Linked from https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-palmizana/. No year printed. Catamarans +50%, or +100% on a daily wet berth from 1 June to 30 September. The off-season column covers 1 Jan–31 Mar only.", "tier": "official" }, { "id": "it_aci_korcula", "name": "ACI (Adriatic Croatia International Club)", "title": "ACI Marina Korčula: prices", "url": "https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Korcula_prices.pdf", "checked": "2026-10-29", "note": "Linked from https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-korcula/. No year printed. Catamarans and trimarans +100%.", "tier": "official" }, { "id": "it_aci_milna", "name": "ACI (Adriatic Croatia International Club)", "title": "ACI Marina Milna: prices", "url": "https://aci-marinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACI_Milna_prices.pdf", "checked": "2026-10-29", "note": "Linked from https://aci-marinas.com/marina/aci-milna/. No year printed. Catamarans +50%, or +100% on a daily wet berth from 1 June to 30 September.", "tier": "official" }, { "id": "it_osm_nominatim", "name": "OpenStreetMap (Nominatim geocoder)", "title": "Nominatim search API: coordinates of each itinerary stop", "url": "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/", "checked": "2026-10-29", "note": "Coordinates © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). One query per stop, run by scripts/fetch-stop-coords.mjs; the queries are in src/data/itinerary-stops.json. Community map data, not an official gazetteer.", "tier": "secondary" }, { "id": "nasa_power_monthly", "name": "NASA POWER", "title": "Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources: Monthly API (T2M, WS10M)", "url": "https://power.larc.nasa.gov/docs/services/api/temporal/monthly/", "checked": "2026-10-28", "note": "Monthly point data for 2016–2025 pulled on 28 Oct 2026 with scripts/fetch-weather.mjs (API v2.10.0, community RE, parameters T2M = temperature at 2 m in °C and WS10M = wind speed at 10 m in m/s; meteorological grid ½° × ⅝° per https://power.larc.nasa.gov/docs/methodology/). One request per reference point, in the form https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/temporal/monthly/point?parameters=T2M,WS10M&community=RE&longitude=&latitude=&start=2016&end=2025&format=JSON (coordinates in src/data/weather.ts). Route points for the Dubrovnik and Cyclades itineraries are in src/data/weather-routes.ts (scripts/fetch-route-weather.mjs, pulled 29 Oct 2026). Credit: https://power.larc.nasa.gov/docs/referencing/ . The pages we opened did not state a licence; NASA data is described to us as free for any use. Palma (Mallorca) reference point for the Mallorca vs Ibiza comparison in src/data/weather-routes.ts (scripts/fetch-route-weather.mjs, pulled 29 Oct 2026)." }, { "id": "k12_croatia", "name": "12 Knots", "title": "Catamaran charter in Croatia", "url": "https://12knots.com/en/yacht-charter/destinations/mediterranean-sea/croatia/catamaran-charter/", "checked": "2026-10-27", "note": "Page states \"Updated October 2026\"." } ], "attribution": "Cite \"Catamaran Index\" with a link to the canonical_url of the page the figure comes from, and name the original source listed with it.", "coordinates_licence": "Coordinates © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).", "affiliate_note": "book_url links go through /go/samboat, an affiliate link: Catamaran Index may earn a commission on bookings, at no extra cost to the traveller. It never changes the data." }