7-day sailing itinerary in Croatia: from Dubrovnik
7-leg, about 120 nm route in Croatia, from Dubrovnik: day-by-day stops, distances, marinas, park rules, wind by month and best months. Sourced.
Legs
7
Day by day below
Best months
September
Our rule on NASA POWER
Checked
29 Oct 2026
4 official, 2 secondary sources
A popular 7-day sailing itinerary in Croatia from Dubrovnik starts and ends in Dubrovnik and goes Dubrovnik → Mljet (Okuklje) → Mljet (Polače) → Lastovo (Zaklopatica) → Korčula → Mljet (Sobra) → Šipan (Šipanska Luka) → Dubrovnik: 7 legs and about 120 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 Dubrovnik is 7 knots (our calculation from NASA POWER data); boats pay a Mljet National Park ticket of €100 a day for an 11–17.99 m vessel from June to September (€50 the rest of the year, bought at the park).
Checked 29 Oct 2026. Adapted from The Globe Sailor's sample itinerary; not yet reviewed by a sailor. Distances are straight lines between the stops (how we calculate); fees are labelled official, secondary or not verified (labels). Your charter base will brief you on the route, depths and conditions.
Day by day
| Day | From → to | Distance (straight line, our calculation) | The Globe Sailor's distance | Overnight | What to know |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Dubrovnik (ACI Marina Dubrovnik, Komolac) → Mljet (Okuklje) | 20.4 nm | 22 nm | not verified | – |
| Day 2 | Mljet (Okuklje) → Mljet (Polače) | 13.3 nm | 15 nm | not verified | [Secondary source] Polače is the gateway to Mljet National Park, according to The Globe Sailor's itinerary. (The Globe Sailor) Fees: see the fees table. |
| Day 3 | Mljet (Polače) → Lastovo (Zaklopatica) | 22.1 nm | 25 nm | not verified | [Not verified] Lastovo Islands Nature Park rules and fees for boats: not verified. |
| Day 4 | Lastovo (Zaklopatica) → Korčula (ACI Marina Korčula) | 16.0 nm | 22 nm | marina (ACI price list) | – |
| Day 5 | Korčula (ACI Marina Korčula) → Mljet (Sobra) | 24.3 nm | 25 nm | not verified | – |
| Day 6 | Mljet (Sobra) → Šipan (Šipanska Luka) (via Saplunara: daytime stop, not in our distance) | 11.7 nm | 11 nm | not verified | – |
| Day 7 | Šipan (Šipanska Luka) → Dubrovnik (ACI Marina Dubrovnik, Komolac) (via Lopud: daytime stop, not in our distance) | 12.1 nm | 16 nm | marina (ACI price list) | – |
Total: about 120 nm in straight lines over 7 legs (our calculation). The Globe Sailor gives 136 nm for its own legs (our sum). On Day 6 its figure (11 nm) is slightly below our straight line (11.7 nm); we show both.
Our note: Day headings from The Globe Sailor's sample itinerary; the base marina is our choice.
Distances between the stops
The longest hop is Korčula → Mljet (Sobra) at about 24.3 nm; the shortest is Mljet (Sobra) → Šipan (Šipanska Luka) at about 11.7 nm (our reading of the table). Coordinates are OpenStreetMap's, rounded to 4 decimals.
| Stop | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|
| Dubrovnik (ACI Marina Dubrovnik, Komolac) | 42.6707 | 18.1249 |
| Mljet (Okuklje) | 42.7259 | 17.6679 |
| Mljet (Polače) | 42.7855 | 17.3779 |
| Lastovo (Zaklopatica) | 42.7725 | 16.8762 |
| Korčula (ACI Marina Korčula) | 42.9584 | 17.1367 |
| Mljet (Sobra) | 42.7369 | 17.5989 |
| Šipan (Šipanska Luka) | 42.7280 | 17.8629 |
Coordinates © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL (OpenStreetMap (Nominatim geocoder), checked 29 Oct 2026).
Marinas, moorings and fees on this route
Daily wet berth in EUR for a boat up to 13 m (a boat over 12 m and up to 13 m long), as printed by each marina operator. The price lists print no year; we read them on 29 Oct 2026 from the links on each marina's page. We do not know any particular charter catamaran's length: check yours with the base.
| Marina | Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct | Jul–Aug | Off season | Catamaran rule (printed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACI Marina Dubrovnik (Komolac) | €136 | €144 | €108 | Catamarans and trimarans: all wet and dry berth prices +100%; +30% on Fridays and Saturdays in the 1 Jul–31 Aug column |
| ACI Marina Korčula | €144 | €150 | €112 | Catamarans and trimarans: all wet and dry berth prices +100% |
Catamaran examples (our arithmetic on the marina's price list: the printed rate × its printed multihull surcharge, "up to 13 m" row):
| Marina | Apr–May, Oct | June | Jul–Aug, weekday | Jul–Aug, weekend | September | Off season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACI Marina Dubrovnik (Komolac) | €272 | €272 | €288 | €374.40 (Fri–Sat) | €272 | €216 |
| ACI Marina Korčula | €288 | €288 | €300 | none printed | €288 | €224 |
Weekend surcharges: ACI Marina Dubrovnik (Komolac): +30% on Fridays and Saturdays in the 1 July–31 August column. Other marinas here print none. Marina berths are one example of what a night costs, not a total: see what we could not verify for the stops without a tariff.
| Fee | Amount | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mljet National Park vessel ticket, 1 day, 7.00–10.99 m, bought at the park | €35 (Jan–May, Oct–Dec) · €70 (Jun–Sep) (Per vessel, not per person; valid until noon the next day. On the webshop: €25 · €60.) | official | Mljet National Park (JU NP Mljet) |
| Mljet National Park vessel ticket, 1 day, 11.00–17.99 m, bought at the park | €50 (Jan–May, Oct–Dec) · €100 (Jun–Sep) (Per vessel, not per person; valid until noon the next day. On the webshop: €40 · €90.) | official | Mljet National Park (JU NP Mljet) |
| Mljet National Park vessel ticket, 1 day, 18.00–24.99 m, bought at the park | €80 (Jan–May, Oct–Dec) · €160 (Jun–Sep) (Per vessel, not per person; valid until noon the next day. On the webshop: €70 · €150.) | official | Mljet National Park (JU NP Mljet) |
| Mljet National Park visitor ticket, adult | €20 (1 Jan–31 May, 1 Oct–31 Dec) · €30 (1 Jun–30 Sep) (Children 8–18: €5 · €8; under 7 free. Includes one return solar-boat trip to St Mary's islet.) | official | Mljet National Park (JU NP Mljet) |
Fees are examples and are not added together: they depend on the boat's length, the day and where you actually stop. Every other cost of the week, per person: true cost of a week in Croatia.
Park and anchoring rules
- Mljet (Polače): [Secondary source] Polače is the gateway to Mljet National Park, according to The Globe Sailor's itinerary. (The Globe Sailor)
- Lastovo (Zaklopatica): [Not verified] Lastovo Islands Nature Park rules and fees for boats: not verified.
More on moorings and parks: snorkelling and diving in Croatia.
Wind and weather by month on this route
Mean air temperature and mean wind at one reference point, Dubrovnik (42.650, 18.090), for this route. Our verdict column applies our best-time rules to that point (how).
| Month | Mean air temperature | Mean wind | Our verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10 °C | 10 kn | Cool |
| February | 11 °C | 9 kn | Best value · Cool |
| March | 12 °C | 9 kn | Best value · Cool |
| April | 15 °C | 8 kn | Best value · Cool |
| May | 18 °C | 7 kn | Mild |
| June | 23 °C | 6 kn | Peak price · Warm |
| July | 26 °C | 7 kn | Peak price · Warm |
| August | 27 °C | 7 kn | Peak price · Warm |
| September | 23 °C | 7 kn | Sweet spot |
| October | 19 °C | 8 kn | Mild |
| November | 15 °C | 9 kn | Mild |
| December | 12 °C | 9 kn | Cool |
Windiest month: January (10 kn); calmest: June (6 kn) at Dubrovnik (our reading of NASA POWER means). Mean wind is not gusts or sea state. The grid cell at Dubrovnik has an elevation of 144 m and includes land, so temperatures are indicative only. The reference point for this route (Dubrovnik, 42.650, 18.090) was pulled on 29 Oct 2026 with the same method as the destination pages. Seasonal hazards by month (storms, strong-wind days, rain): weather risk in Croatia. Air temp = NASA POWER monthly mean 2 m air temperature (T2M); wind = monthly mean 10 m wind speed (WS10M), converted from m/s to knots (kn) with 1 m/s = 3600/1852 kn. For each calendar month we average the 2016–2025 values (10 full years). POWER's meteorological grid is ½° latitude by ⅝° longitude (roughly 55 × 50 km at these latitudes), so one cell cannot show local sea breezes or coast-to-hill temperature differences. They are our calculation of average conditions, not a forecast, not gusts, and not sea conditions. Mean wind is lower than the peak winds you will feel on the water. Weather data obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) Project, funded through the NASA Earth Science Division (pulled 2026-10-28) (NASA POWER, checked 28 Oct 2026). We changed the data: we averaged the monthly values for 2016–2025 and converted wind from m/s to knots (our calculation).
Best months for this route
- Best weather: June, July, August, September (our rule: warm, and outside the hurricane or wet season where we have a source).
- Sweet spot: September (our rule: best weather, and not one of the three priciest months).
- Calmest, for families: June, July, August (our suggestion: the calmest best-weather months by mean wind).
- Windiest, for keen sailors: January, February, March (our ranking).
Full month-by-month comparison with prices: best time to charter in Croatia.
What this week costs
12 Knots' average weekly catamaran price is €6,685 in September and €9,324 in July (asking prices, updated October 2026) (12 Knots, checked 27 Oct 2026). All-in per person for 4, 6 or 8 people: true cost of a week in Croatia.
Do I need a licence or a skipper?
Yes: to skipper a bareboat in Croatia you need a certificate the Croatian ministry recognises, and its May 2026 table accepts any ICC marked valid for "Coastal waters", RYA Day Skipper, Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster certificates, the ASA Bareboat Chartering certificate and the NauticEd SLC, each within set limits on boat size and distance from the coast. More: licence rules for Croatia. No licence? A skipper costs extra: bareboat vs skippered.
See boats in Croatia
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Other route in Croatia
7-day sailing itinerary in Croatia: from Split: 6 legs, about 128 nm (our calculation).
What we could not verify
- Whether a boat's guests need both the Mljet vessel ticket and the per-person ticket (neither price list says).
- Whether Okuklje and Sobra are inside Mljet National Park.
- Lastovo Islands Nature Park fees.
- Quay or buoy fees at Okuklje, Polače, Zaklopatica, Sobra and Šipanska Luka.
How we calculate
Distances: great-circle distance between the OpenStreetMap coordinates of each stop on a sphere of radius 6,371 km, converted at 1.852 km per nautical mile (our calculation). A real passage is longer: headlands, channels, tacking. Best months: the best-time rules (methodology). Catamaran berth examples: the marina's printed rate × its printed multihull surcharge (our arithmetic).
How to read the labels
- [Secondary source]: 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.
- No label: Read in an official text: government, park or port authority, or an operator's own published price list.
Distances, catamaran berth examples, best months and weather means are our calculation and say so. Fees change and depend on the boat's length, the day and where you stop: check with your charter base.
Sources
- The Globe Sailor: Discover the Dalmatian Coast from Dubrovnik (7-day sailing itinerary) (secondary, not official), checked 29 Oct 2026.
- ACI (Adriatic Croatia International Club): ACI Marina Dubrovnik: prices (official), checked 29 Oct 2026.
- ACI (Adriatic Croatia International Club): ACI Marina Korčula: prices (official), checked 29 Oct 2026.
- Mljet National Park (JU NP Mljet): Price list for vessels at Mljet National Park in 2026 (official), checked 29 Oct 2026.
- Mljet National Park (JU NP Mljet): Price list for visitors of Mljet National Park for 2026 (official), checked 29 Oct 2026.
- OpenStreetMap (Nominatim geocoder): Nominatim search API: coordinates of each itinerary stop (secondary, not official), checked 29 Oct 2026.
- NASA POWER: Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources: Monthly API (T2M, WS10M) (official), air temperature and wind at Dubrovnik, 2016–2025 means, our calculation.
- 12 Knots: Catamaran charter in Croatia (secondary, prices), checked 27 Oct 2026.
Method: methodology. Data: JSON.
More on Croatia
- 7-day sailing itineraries: every route compared
- Croatia yacht and catamaran charter: prices, season and licence
- Best time to charter in Croatia
- Weather risk by month in Croatia
- True cost of a week in Croatia
- Snorkelling and diving in Croatia
- Fishing rules in Croatia
- Do I need a licence to rent a boat in Croatia?
- 7-day sailing itinerary in Croatia: from Split
- Catamaran Index home
Frequently asked questions
What is a good 7-day sailing itinerary in Croatia?
A popular 7-day sailing itinerary in Croatia from Dubrovnik starts and ends in Dubrovnik and goes Dubrovnik → Mljet (Okuklje) → Mljet (Polače) → Lastovo (Zaklopatica) → Korčula → Mljet (Sobra) → Šipan (Šipanska Luka) → Dubrovnik: 7 legs and about 120 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 Dubrovnik is 7 knots (our calculation from NASA POWER data); boats pay a Mljet National Park ticket of €100 a day for an 11–17.99 m vessel from June to September (€50 the rest of the year, bought at the park).
How far is it from Korčula to Mljet (Sobra) by boat?
About 24.3 nautical miles in a straight line (our calculation from OpenStreetMap coordinates); the distance you sail is longer.
When is the best time to sail this route in Croatia?
By our rules the best month for this route is September.
Do you pay to moor or anchor on this route in Croatia?
Yes, at marinas and parks where tariffs exist. ACI Marina Dubrovnik (Komolac) publishes a daily berth of €144 in July and August for a boat up to 13 m, doubled for catamarans; ACI Marina Korčula publishes a daily berth of €150 in July and August for a boat up to 13 m, doubled for catamarans. Mljet National Park vessel ticket, 1 day, 7.00–10.99 m, bought at the park: €35 (Jan–May, Oct–Dec) · €70 (Jun–Sep). Mljet National Park vessel ticket, 1 day, 11.00–17.99 m, bought at the park: €50 (Jan–May, Oct–Dec) · €100 (Jun–Sep). Other stops: not verified. Examples only, never added together.
Do I need a licence to sail in Croatia on my own?
Yes: to skipper a bareboat in Croatia you need a certificate the Croatian ministry recognises, and its May 2026 table accepts any ICC marked valid for "Coastal waters", RYA Day Skipper, Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster certificates, the ASA Bareboat Chartering certificate and the NauticEd SLC, each within set limits on boat size and distance from the coast.