Rovinj – kameni rtRovinj
borderlinein the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind
- window
- tide
- shelter
- hazard
- access
rocky point; white sea bream, gilthead bream.
Google MapsRovinj spearfishing forecast — wind, swell, visibility, tides & live cameras
5.4
wave 0.2 m head-on
visibility5m
Today — right on the edge — wave, wind and visibility.
Sources: IPMA · NDBC · Copernicus — high confidence · data 17:35
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Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine
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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 — forced red; the window is closed after dark.
It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.
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Where to get in, where to hunt
Entry points with coordinates
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Surface
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calmupdated 17:35
Rovinj — solo, off the rocks
caution — solo off the rocks is risky, check on site · strong wind 14 km/h, gusts 30 — caution
wave 0.2 m head-onwind 14, gusts 30 km/hvisibility ~7 mwindow 15:00–21:00
today, best window 18:00–21:00
fish · Visibility 7 m · Water 26.3°C
confidence high · 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.
Selected day
Windows, hours
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The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.
Wednesday · today2026-07-22
05:39–20:44 · first quarter
▼ 00:00▼ 03:00▼ 07:00▲ 16:00 · 0.5 m
Hours (06→20)
15
18
Day's trends
Tide-0.70 m
Wave0.14 m
Wind8 km/h
Water26 °C
fish activity: moon underfoot 07:20 · high · moonrise 15:03 · moderate · moon overhead 19:40 · high
Conditions window15:00–18:00
caution — solo off the rocks is risky, check on site fish
Hs 0.26 mperiod 2.3 s head-onwind 22→32surge 0viz 4 m
0.26 mup to ~0.52 · 40° head-on
2.3 sswell moderate
22→32gusts 32 km/h
0weak surge
0.33m/s
4 mrecent swell
26.3°C5 mm + hood
▼01:00tide turn near
Atmosphere42 kmlandmarks visible
moderatemoonrise
- strong wind 22 km/h, gusts 32 — caution
- current 0.33 m/s
- just after high water
confidence mediumday
The water column
Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.
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Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.
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Rt MontauroRovinj
borderlinein the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind
- window
- tide
- shelter
- hazard
- access
rocky cape, current on the point; gilthead bream, sea bass.
Google MapsSv. Andrija (Crveni otok)Rovinj
borderlinein the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind
- window
- tide
- shelter
- hazard
- access
islet wall; white sea bream, conger eel.
Google MapsSv. Ivan na PučiniRovinj
borderlinein the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind
- window
- tide
- shelter
- hazard
- access
offshore shoal; dentex, black bream.
Google MapsSOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.
Surfacing
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Look at the water
right now.
Check the cam BEFORE you leave. Foam, brown/green murk, or waves washing the entry rocks = No-go. At night/in fog the cam is useless — treat it as «unknown», NOT «green».
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Reference
What's in season,
what the law says.
In season now
- common dentex
- gilthead seabream
- European seabass
- white seabream
- striped seabream
off season: dusky grouper (Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Sep Oct Nov Dec)
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, minimum age 16, daylight hours only, no more than 2 spearguns per diver, and a signal (marker) buoy is mandatory.
- ✓Kirnja (dusky grouper): spearfishing closed 1 Jul–31 Aug and max 1 specimen otherwise; overall recreational bag 5 kg/day. A vulnerable, slow-growing fish — release when in doubt.
- ⛔ 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 Rovinj: spots, seasons and rules
Spearfishing in Rovinj is built around an offshore archipelago rather than a single city beach. The useful mapped names are Sv. Ivan na Pučini, Sv. Andrija on Red Island, Rt Montauro and a stone point by Rovinj. The coast faces the more open northern Adriatic, with a bad sector from 165 to 285 degrees and the worst direction around 225 degrees. In plain terms, west and southwest energy matter. Before that local choice, handle the Croatia licence issue: spearguns require the sport sea-fishing licence, not the ordinary recreational one. Then check special-area boundaries, harbour traffic and the rock exit you plan to use.
TL;DR
- Rovinj is an Istrian island-and-reef plan: Sv. Ivan na Pučini, Red Island, Rt Montauro and the town stone point are the mapped entries.
- Croatia's speargun licence rule is strict. You need the SPORT sea-fishing licence; the ordinary recreational licence does not cover spearfishing.
- The 2026 prices are €10 for 1 day, €25 for 3 days, €45 for 7 days and €79.63 annually, plus mandatory HSSRM membership of €10.
- Breath-hold only, age 16+, daylight only, max two spearguns and a marker buoy. Kirnja, dusky grouper, is closed from 1 Jul to 31 Aug and capped at one fish outside that period.
Best spearfishing spots in Rovinj, Sveti Ivan and Red Island
Rovinj's list is more offshore than Split's. Sv. Ivan na Pučini is a shoal with dentex and black bream in the note. Red Island gives a rock-islet setting with white seabream and conger. Rt Montauro is the current-marked rock point for gilthead and sea bass, while the town stone point is the closer white seabream and gilthead option. Access instructions and safety ratings are not provided, so treat every entry as a forecast-and-exit decision, not as a guaranteed easy shore dive.
| Spot | Type | Depth | Level | Access | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sv. Ivan na Pučini | Shoal | Shoal, no separate depth number | Not separately rated | Access note not specified | Dentex and black bream are named in the spot description. Use it only with a calm enough island forecast and a marker buoy that boats can see. |
| Sv. Andrija (Crveni otok) | Rock islet wall | Not separately specified | Not separately rated | Access note not specified | White seabream and conger eel are listed. The island setting makes the return plan as important as the fish list. |
| Rt Montauro | Rock point with current | Not separately specified | Not separately rated | Access note not specified | Gilthead seabream and sea bass are named here. Current is part of the spot description, so pick a day when the water and exit are both manageable. |
| Rovinj – kameni rt | Rock point | Not separately specified | Not separately rated | Access note not specified | The note gives white seabream and gilthead. It is the town-side reference, but the national buoy, daylight and licence rules still apply. |
Spearfishing conditions in Rovinj today
Rovinj faces enough west that wind direction is the first filter. The listed bad sector is 165-285 degrees, with the worst direction around 225 degrees, so west and southwest swell can spoil the archipelago entries quickly. There is no local buoy reading to quote for these spots. Use the forecast, any live coastal view you trust, and the actual look of the exit. Northern Adriatic tide can be noticed more than in parts of Dalmatia, but for these rock and shoal entries the wind sea remains the go or no-go signal.
Spearfishing gilthead, sea bass and bream in Rovinj
The Rovinj spot notes name dentex, black bream, white seabream, conger eel, gilthead seabream and sea bass. Croatia's national species table gives common dentex a 30 cm minimum, gilthead 20 cm, European seabass 30 cm and white seabream 15 cm. Striped seabream is 20 cm. Dusky grouper, locally kirnja, is a separate conservation call: spearfishing is closed from 1 Jul to 31 Aug, and outside that period the limit is one specimen within the overall 5 kg daily bag. Release it when in doubt.
Do you need a sport fishing licence to spearfish in Rovinj?
Yes. Croatia allows speargun fishing only with the SPORT sea-fishing licence, dozvola za športski ribolov na moru. The ordinary recreational licence does not cover a speargun, so do not buy the wrong category. Tourists are eligible. In 2026 the prices are €10 for 1 day, €25 for 3 days, €45 for 7 days and €79.63 for the annual licence. The annual route also needs mandatory HSSRM membership of €10. Day and multi-day licences are sold online at ribarstvo.mps.hr.
Is spearfishing banned in Lim Bay or Brijuni near Rovinj?
The mapped Rovinj entries here are not Lim Bay and not Brijuni. Keep that distinction clear: a Croatian sport licence is not a pass to ignore special-area, park, harbour or fish-farm boundaries. The listed points themselves are not flagged here as no-take polygons, but you still need to check the current chart before diving. National rules also require breath-hold only, minimum age 16, daylight hours only, no more than two spearguns and a marker buoy.
FAQ
Where can you spearfish near Rovinj?
The listed entries are Sv. Ivan na Pučini, Sv. Andrija on Red Island, Rt Montauro and a stone point by Rovinj. Check special-area and harbour boundaries before entering.
Is spearfishing banned in Lim Bay?
Lim Bay is not one of the listed Rovinj entries here. Treat it as a separate special-area question and confirm the current boundary and conditions before diving.
What fish can you spearfish in Rovinj?
The spot notes mention dentex, black bream, white seabream, conger eel, gilthead seabream and sea bass. National minimum sizes apply.
Do you need a license to spearfish in Croatia?
Yes. You need the sport sea-fishing licence for a speargun. The ordinary recreational licence does not cover spearfishing.
How much does the Croatia sport licence cost in 2026?
It costs €10 for 1 day, €25 for 3 days, €45 for 7 days and €79.63 annually, plus mandatory HSSRM membership of €10.
Can tourists buy a spearfishing licence in Croatia?
Yes. Tourists can buy day and multi-day sport sea-fishing licences online at ribarstvo.mps.hr.
When is kirnja closed in Croatia?
Kirnja, the dusky grouper, is closed to spearfishing from 1 Jul to 31 Aug. Outside the closure, the limit is one specimen.
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