- Typical afternoon wind
- 3–5 Beaufort · Maestral
- Passage lengths
- 2–5 hours
- Suits
- Some seasons
- Season
- May–October
Longer legs than the Split grounds, with walled towns, a green island national park and the Pelješac wine coast.
South of Split the islands thin out and the passages lengthen. The reward is Mljet's national park, Korčula's walled town and Lastovo, which is far enough offshore to stay quiet. Winds follow the same Maestral pattern as the rest of the Adriatic, but the longer exposed stretches mean the sea has more room to build.
A typical week
- Day 1 Dubrovnik to the Elafiti islands
- Day 2 Mljet, Polače and the park lakes
- Day 3 Korčula town
- Day 4 Lastovo
- Day 5 Back to Mljet, Okuklje
- Day 6 Šipan or Lopud
- Day 7 Dubrovnik
Roughly 110 to 130 nautical miles over the week
Worth the detour
- Mljet national park and its saltwater lakes
- Korčula old town
- The Elafiti islands
- Ston oysters and the salt pans
Watch out for
- Dubrovnik berths are the most expensive in Croatia
- The stretch between Mljet and the Elafiti is exposed
- Lastovo needs settled weather, it is a long way back
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