Is Sakarun listed as the whole beach?

No. The listed spot is the flanks of the sandy bay.

Are depths given for Veli Rat?

No numeric depths are listed for the three Veli Rat spots.

What fish are listed at the lighthouse reef?

Dentex and sea bass are listed.

Can I use a recreational licence?

No. Spearguns require the sport sea-fishing licence in Croatia.

Is scuba spearfishing allowed?

No. Croatian spearfishing is freedive only.

Veli Rat (Dugi otok) spearfishing forecast — Croatia

Veli Rat (Dugi otok) · Croatia

5.4

wave 0.4 m

visibility5m

Today — right on the edge — wave, wind and visibility.

Sources: MeteoAlarm · Open-Meteo · Copernicus · Sentinel-2 — high confidence · data 21:45

Sources & confidence

Sources: MeteoAlarm · Open-Meteo · Copernicus · Sentinel-2
Method: spearo sea-state engine: consensus of up to 6 models + satellite clarity (ZSD) + buoy-bias checks
Freshness: Re-read every hour, per coast

Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →

The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.

How we score the water

Our own model

Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.

Swell & wave memory: Height, period and direction of the swell, plus the wake of recent storms — an old storm still stirs the water, and the engine remembers.
Wind & gusts: Speed and gusts, hour by hour — wind speed and an onshore push chop the surface and cut visibility.
Tide phase: Timing and range of the tide, calibrated per coast — big spring tides pull the verdict toward caution.
Water temperature: Sea-surface temperature — sharply cold water vetoes a green verdict.
Currents & outflow: Direction and drift of the current — it pushes you, and it drags turbid coastal water across where you dive.
Rain runoff & air clarity: Rain muddies the water inshore through land runoff, while fog and haze cut visibility at the surface.
Coast shape & exposure: How the coast faces the swell — a sheltered cove keeps the water clean; an exposed, head-on point takes a penalty.

Safety gates

Thunderstorm forecast — an instant red, no exceptions.
An official warning (MeteoAlarm / IPMA) — yellow, or red for the higher ranks.
Missing input data — a would-be green is capped to yellow rather than overstated.
Strong disagreement between forecast models — a green day is pulled back to yellow.
Night hours — where night spearfishing is banned by law the window is forced red; where it is legal (Australia outside NSW, New Zealand, South Africa) it is capped at yellow, never green.

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Veli Rat (Dugi otok) — solo, off the rocks

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caution — solo off the rocks is risky, check on site · wind-wave — choppy surface

wave 0.4 mwind 21, gusts 33 km/hvisibility ~5 mwindow 06:00–18:00

today, best window 06:00–09:00

fish · Visibility 5 m · Water 20.6°C

confidence low · verdict for the selected day

Whole week — tap a day. is driving swell right now.

Solo risk: carry a float · tell someone your plan and exit time · doubt = don't go. A model-based planner; the call is made on site.

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Sunday · today2026-10-25

07:27–18:00 · full moon

▲ 06:00▼ 14:00▲ 21:00▼ 23:00 · 0.3 m

Hours (06→20)

Day's trends

Tide-0.49 m

Wave0.18 m

Wind8 km/h

Water21 °C

fish activity: moonset 06:32 · moderate · moon underfoot 12:00 · high · moonrise 17:17 · moderate · moon overhead 00:00 · high

Conditions window06:00–09:00

caution — solo off the rocks is risky, check on site fish

Hs 0.44 m · calmperiod 2.9 swind 21→33surge 0viz 5 m

0.44 mcalm · up to ~0.88 · 342° at an angle

2.9 sswell moderate

21→33gusts 33 km/h

0weak surge

0.11m/s

5 mrecent swell

20.6°C5 mm + hood

▼14:00tide turn near

Atmosphere39 kmlandmarks visible

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wind-wave — choppy surface
strong wind 21 km/h, gusts 33 — caution
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common dentex
Dentex dentex · 12–40 m
gilthead seabream
Sparus aurata · 2–20 m
dusky grouper
Epinephelus marginatus · 8–40 m · ⛔ closed 1 Jul–31 Aug
Kirnja (grouper): spearfishing for grouper is closed 1 Jul–31 Aug. A vulnerable, slow-growing fish — please release it. National daily limit 5 kg.
European seabass
Dicentrarchus labrax · 0–15 m
white seabream
Diplodus sargus · 0–12 m
striped seabream
Lithognathus mormyrus · 2–20 m

Law

✓Speargun fishing is allowed ONLY with the SPORT sea-fishing licence (dozvola za športski ribolov na moru) — the ordinary does NOT cover it; tourists are eligible. 2026 fees: 1-day €10 / 3-day €25 / 7-day €45 / annual €79.63, plus mandatory HSSRM membership €10. Buy the day/multi-day online at ribarstvo.mps.hr; the annual is issued via HSSRM/clubs.
✓Breath-hold only, from age 16, and daylight only — from sunset to sunrise speargun fishing is prohibited; in the water you must be marked at the surface (ZOMR NN 62/17, čl. 31.).
✓Kirnje (Epinephelus spp., Polyprion americanus, Mycteroperca rubra): closed 1 Jul–31 Aug (Pravilnik NN 64/2023, čl. 5.); outside that season, at most 1 specimen for the whole group (Pravilnik NN 48/2026, čl. 11.). The general daily bag is 5 kg per fisher (ZOMR NN 62/17, čl. 33.). A vulnerable, slow-growing fish — release when in doubt.
✓Marking in the water: an orange or red buoy at least 30 cm across at the centre of the dive area — or a diver's flag (ZOMR NN 62/17, čl. 31., which sends you to Pravilnik NN 47/99, čl. 4.). There is NO national «10-litre buoy» rule: it lives inside PP Lastovsko otočje (NN 154/2009, čl. 34.) — and that is where, and only where, the two-speargun limit applies too.
✓Sport and recreational catch may not be placed on the market — selling it is prohibited (Pravilnik NN 48/2026, čl. 8.).
✓Towing the fisher behind a vessel and using an underwater scooter are both prohibited while spearfishing (Pravilnik NN 48/2026, čl. 9.).
✓Per-piece caps on top of the five kilos: octopus — 2, Eunice roussaei — 2, all Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) — 0. Kept fish of the 23 listed species must be marked immediately by cutting off the lower lobe of the caudal fin, and cephalopods by a deep incision between the eyes (Pravilnik NN 48/2026, čl. 11.). The five-kilo day itself is set by the act (ZOMR NN 62/17, čl. 33.).
✓Aquaculture: no fishing of any kind on a farm or within 300 m of the mark showing its position (50 m for shellfish-growing areas), or of the concession boundary (ZOMR NN 62/17, čl. 14., in the NN 14/2024 redaction).
✓Inside a national park, a special marine reserve or a nature park you need a SEPARATE permit from the managing public institution on top of the state licence; the nature-protection ministry may also close fishing there outright (Pravilnik NN 48/2026, čl. 13.). In waters under a special management regime the limits of the acts that establish that regime apply (Pravilnik NN 125/2020, čl. 2.).
✓One national minimum-size table: dentex 30 cm, brown meagre 30 cm, scorpionfish 25 cm, white seabream 23 cm, gilthead 20 cm, amberjack 35 cm, dorado 35 cm, octopus 1 kg (Pravilnik NN 64/2023, čl. 3.). Dorado (Coryphaena hippurus) is closed to sport and recreational fishing from 1 January to 14 August (NN 134/2024, čl. 2.). Bluefin and albacore tuna, swordfish, eel, large crustaceans, corals and sponges — do not take them at all (ZOMR NN 62/17, čl. 32., in the NN 14/2024 redaction).

⛔ Fan mussel (Pinna nobilis) — strictly protected, taking/disturbing prohibited (mass die-off from a pathogen).
⛔ Date mussel (Lithophaga lithophaga) — harvesting strictly banned (destroys the reef).
⛔ Seahorses (Hippocampus), loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and monk seal (Monachus monachus) — protected, taking/disturbing prohibited.

Rules change and fees/seasons are updated yearly. Before heading out, check the Ministry of Agriculture fisheries portal (ribarstvo.mps.hr) and get the SPORT licence (the annual via HSSRM/a club); a speargun without it is illegal.

Safety protocol

Sets: watch the wave trains ≥15 min before entering; Hmax ≈ 2×Hs, the wash can run 50 m past the foam line. A lull >10 min with period >12 s = a big set «overdue», do NOT enter; enter right after a full set passes and re-check at minute 30.
Exit FIRST: find your exit AND a backup before entering. On a rocky/boulder shore a 0.5 m rise in swell can make the exit impossible — getting pinned/unable to climb out is the main killer.
Headland rip: prominent points often have a permanent topographic rip regardless of the model — locate it, enter/exit on the windward side, never swim against it.
Cold: wetsuit per the SST chip; the first shiver = a metabolic surge and a drop in breath-hold → get out at the first steady shiver. Cap the session at 45–60 min below 15 °C.
Solo discipline: buoy up; tell someone the spot and exit time; conservative breath-hold (never push it in cold/murky/surfy water); visibility <3 m — don't enter.
Afternoon wind: on many coasts the wind builds from midday — plan to be out of the water by midday; the chop builds — get out.
UV 11:00–15:00 (UVI ≥6): sunscreen and cover up on the surface interval.
Solo is a fundamental risk (hypoxic blackout with no buddy). Any doubt = No-go.

Spearfishing in Veli Rat (Dugi otok): spots, seasons and rules

Updated 2026-07-09 · By Oleksandr, spearfisher

Spearfishing around Veli Rat is an exposed west-coast plan. The lighthouse reef is listed for dentex and sea bass, the flanks of Sakarun bay for gilthead bream and sea bass, and the southern wall near Suhi rt for dentex and amberjack. All three spots have medium solo severity and yellow safety status. No exact depth or access route is supplied. Because the bad sea sector is 165-285 degrees, a southwest or west sea should stop the plan before you start looking for a clever entry.

TL;DR

Veli Rat on Dugi otok lists three western spots: the lighthouse reef, Sakarun bay flanks and the south wall by Suhi rt.

The bad sector is 165-285 degrees, with southwest as the strongest warning; tide is not the main decision factor.

Use the Croatian sport sea-fishing licence, freedive only, daylight only, age 16+, marker buoy mandatory.

What spots are listed near Veli Rat?

The list separates a cape reef, sandy bay flanks and a south wall. It does not provide entry details.

Spot	Type	Depth	Level	Access	Notes
Greben svjetionika Veli Rat	Cape reef below the lighthouse	No numeric depth listed	Medium; yellow safety rating	Not specified	Listed for dentex and sea bass.
Bokovi uvale Sakarun	Flanks of a sandy bay	No numeric depth listed	Medium; yellow safety rating	Not specified	Listed for gilthead bream and sea bass.
Veli Rat (Dugi otok) – južna stijena	South rock wall by Suhi rt	No numeric depth listed	Medium; yellow safety rating	Not specified	Listed for dentex and amberjack.

What is the Veli Rat go/no-go check?

The local coast aspect is 270 degrees and the bad sea sector is 165-285 degrees, with 225 degrees as the worst direction. That makes southwest and west sea the main issue. The Adriatic tide is small, so do not expect tide timing to fix exposed rock. No local webcam, river plume or buoy is listed for these spots. Croatian law requires the sport sea-fishing licence for spearguns, not the recreational licence. Spearfishing is breath-hold only, daylight only, minimum age 16, with no more than two spearguns per diver and a mandatory marker buoy. Protected-zone rules must be checked before entering special areas.

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