Marjan – Rt MarjanSplit
borderlinein the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind
- window
- tide
- shelter
- hazard
- access
city peninsula tip, deep; dentex, conger eel, sea bass.
Google MapsSplit spearfishing forecast — wind, swell, visibility, tides & live cameras
5.4
wave 0.3 m
visibility5m
Today — right on the edge — wave, wind and visibility.
Sources: IPMA · NDBC · Copernicus — high confidence · data 17:58
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- 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.
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- 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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spearo.app
calmupdated 17:58
Split — solo, off the rocks
caution — solo off the rocks is risky, check on site · strong wind 24 km/h, gusts 35 — caution
wave 0.3 mwind 24, gusts 35 km/hvisibility ~7 mwindow 15:00–21:00
today, best window 18:00–21:00
fish · Visibility 7 m · Water 26.5°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.
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
05:33–20:27 · first quarter
▼ 01:00▲ 02:00▼ 04:00▲ 14:00 · 0.3 m
Hours (06→20)
15
18
Day's trends
Tide-0.59 m
Wave0.36 m
Wind10 km/h
Water26 °C
fish activity: moon underfoot 07:10 · high · moonrise 14:46 · moderate · moon overhead 19:30 · high
Conditions window15:00–18:00
caution — solo off the rocks is risky, check on site fish
Hs 0.18 mperiod 2.6 swind 10→16surge 0viz 7 m
0.18 mup to ~0.36 · 346° at an angle
2.6 sswell moderate
10→16gusts 16 km/h
0weak surge
0.08m/s
7 mrecent swell
26.5°C5 mm + hood
▼01:00tide falling
Atmosphere46 kmlandmarks visible
moderatemoonrise
- northerly wind picks up after midday
- visibility ~7 m
confidence lowday
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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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Pličina Sv. Fabijan (Brački kanal)Split
borderlinein the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind
- window
- tide
- shelter
- hazard
- access
offshore shoal; dentex, amberjack.
Google MapsSplit – južna stijenaSplit
borderlinein the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind
- window
- tide
- shelter
- hazard
- access
south rock wall by Rt Sustipan; white sea bream, amberjack.
Google MapsSplit – kameni rtSplit
borderlinein the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind
- window
- tide
- shelter
- hazard
- access
rocky point; dentex, amberjack.
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 Split: spots, seasons and rules
Spearfishing in Split is best treated as a city-edge and channel plan, not a casual swim off any beach. The grounded spots are Rt Marjan, Pličina Sv. Fabijan in the Brač channel, the south wall near Sustipan and a stone point on the Split shore. The Adriatic here is microtidal; bora and jugo matter more than tide, and southerly swell can make the exposed rock exits poor. Sort the licence before looking at spots. In Croatia a speargun is legal only with the sport sea-fishing licence, called dozvola za športski ribolov na moru. A normal recreational licence is not enough.
TL;DR
- Split is a deep, working-port city, so the realistic mapped entries are Marjan, the Sustipan south wall, a city stone point and Pličina Sv. Fabijan in the Brač channel.
- Croatia has a licence trap: spearguns require the SPORT sea-fishing licence. The ordinary recreational licence does not cover spearfishing.
- For 2026 the sport licence costs €10 for 1 day, €25 for 3 days, €45 for 7 days and €79.63 for the annual licence, plus €10 HSSRM membership.
- Breath-hold only, 16+, daylight only, max two spearguns and a marker buoy. Kirnja, the dusky grouper, is closed from 1 Jul to 31 Aug and capped at one fish outside that closure.
Best spearfishing spots near Split
The Split list is narrow and city-specific. It does not rate access or safety, so the practical work is checking the entry, exit, boat traffic and reserve or harbour limits before you put a gun in the water. Marjan gives the deepest shore character, Sv. Fabijan is the channel shoal, and the two city-rock entries keep you closer to town but also closer to traffic.
| Spot | Type | Depth | Level | Access | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marjan – Rt Marjan | Tip of the city peninsula | Deep water close to shore | Not separately rated | Access note not specified | The spot description names dentex, conger eel and sea bass. Treat it as a rock-point dive with depth close in, not as a beginner beach entry. |
| Pličina Sv. Fabijan (Brački kanal) | Channel shoal | Shoal, no separate depth number | Not separately rated | Access note not specified | The listed fish are dentex and gof (leerfish). The channel setting makes forecast, visibility, buoy discipline and boat awareness the real checks. |
| Split – južna stijena | South rock wall near Rt Sustipan | Not separately specified | Not separately rated | Access note not specified | The description points to white seabream and gof (leerfish). The upside is a city-edge location; the downside is the need to stay clear of port traffic. |
| Split – kameni rt | Rock point | Not separately specified | Not separately rated | Access note not specified | Dentex and gof (leerfish) are named in the spot note. Only use it when the exit is calm enough and the marker buoy can stay visible. |
Spearfishing conditions in Split today
There is no local buoy value to quote for these entries, so do the old checks: forecast first, live view if available, then the actual rock exit. Split's coast faces enough south that the bad sector is 120-240 degrees, with the worst direction around 180 degrees. When that southerly energy is running, the water can dirty up and the shore exits stop being simple. Tide is not the main driver on this microtidal Adriatic coast. Bora and jugo usually decide whether a morning is worth it.
Spearfishing dentex, sea bass and gilthead around Split
The national Croatia species table gives common dentex at 12-40 m with a 30 cm minimum, gilthead seabream at 2-20 m with a 20 cm minimum, and European seabass at 0-15 m with a 30 cm minimum. White seabream is the more constant shallow reef fish, with a 15 cm minimum, while striped seabream has a 20 cm minimum. Kirnja needs its own line: dusky grouper is closed to spearfishing from 1 Jul to 31 Aug, and outside that window the limit is one specimen inside the overall 5 kg daily bag.
Do you need a sport fishing licence to spearfish in Split?
Yes. Croatia allows speargun fishing only with the SPORT sea-fishing licence, dozvola za športski ribolov na moru. The ordinary recreational sea-fishing licence does not cover spearguns, which is the mistake visitors need to avoid. For 2026 the fees are €10 for 1 day, €25 for 3 days, €45 for 7 days and €79.63 for an annual licence, plus the mandatory €10 HSSRM membership. Day and multi-day licences are bought online at ribarstvo.mps.hr; annual licences go through HSSRM or clubs.
Spearfishing banned zones near Split, fish farms and ports
The listed Split points are not shown here as no-take entries, but that does not remove the normal exclusions around ports, fish farms, bathing areas and navigation approaches. The city is a working harbour, so keep the buoy visible and do not drift into traffic. National rules also set breath-hold only, minimum age 16, daylight hours only, no more than two spearguns per diver and a mandatory marker buoy. Those rules follow you into the Brač channel just as much as they apply on the city rocks.
FAQ
Where can you spearfish near Split?
The grounded entries are Rt Marjan, Pličina Sv. Fabijan in the Brač channel, the south wall near Sustipan and a city stone point. Check harbour, beach and boat-traffic limits before entering.
What fish can you spearfish in Split?
The spot notes mention dentex, conger eel, sea bass, white seabream and gof (leerfish). The national table also lists gilthead seabream, striped seabream and dusky grouper, with grouper closure rules.
When is the best season to spearfish central Dalmatia?
The city data does not give a dedicated Split season. Plan around visibility and wind, and remember that dusky grouper is closed from 1 Jul to 31 Aug.
Do you need a license to spearfish in Croatia?
Yes. For a speargun you need the sport sea-fishing licence. The ordinary recreational licence is not valid for speargun fishing.
How much does a Croatian sport fishing licence cost in 2026?
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.
Is night spearfishing allowed in Croatia?
No. Spearfishing is daylight only, breath-hold only, with a marker buoy and a minimum age of 16.
Can tourists buy a spearfishing licence in Croatia?
Yes. Tourists are eligible for the sport sea-fishing licence. Day and multi-day licences are bought online at ribarstvo.mps.hr.
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