Central Dalmatia

Typical afternoon wind

3–4 Beaufort · Maestral

Passage lengths

1–3 hours

Suits

First charter

Season

May–October

The busiest charter water in the world, and for good reason: dozens of islands within a couple of hours, flat seas and a dependable afternoon breeze.

The Maestral is a north-westerly thermal that fills in late morning, holds at 2 to 4 on the Beaufort scale and drops away by evening, which makes mooring easy at the end of the day. Islands sit close together in sheltered channels, so a week here is a series of short comfortable legs. The fleet is enormous and the infrastructure is the best in the Adriatic.

A typical week

1. Day 1 Split or Trogir to Milna on Brač
2. Day 2 Hvar town and the Pakleni islands
3. Day 3 Vis
4. Day 4 Komiža and the Blue Cave at Biševo
5. Day 5 Back towards Hvar or Šćedro
6. Day 6 Bol on Brač
7. Day 7 Split

Roughly 90 to 110 nautical miles over the week

Worth the detour

• Vis and the Blue Cave at Biševo
• Hvar town and the Pakleni islands
• Bol and the Zlatni Rat spit
• Konoba dinners on Šolta

Watch out for

• August is genuinely crowded, book berths ahead
• The Bora can arrive quickly in the shoulder season
• Some bays are ACI or concession moorings, not free anchoring

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