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Method
spearo sea-state engine: consensus of up to 6 models + satellite clarity (ZSD) + buoy-bias checks
Freshness
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Presuda dolazi iz sedam čimbenika vode i sigurnosnih blokada — a ne iz deset kartica. Ići ili ne.
Kako ocjenjujemo more
Naš vlastiti model
Naš vlastiti motor prognoze — nije widget treće strane. Vaga ove čimbenike vode u jednu presudu «ići ili ne» za ovu obalu; brojčanik od 0 do 10 upravo je ta presuda, iskazana brojem.
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Valovi i pamćenje mora
Visina, period i smjer valova, uz trag nedavnih oluja — stara oluja još muti vodu, a motor to pamti.
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Vjetar i udari
Brzina i udari, sat po sat — jačina vjetra i pritisak s pučine razbijaju površinu i režu vidljivost.
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Faza plime
Vrijeme i raspon plime, kalibrirani po obali — velike sizigijske plime vuku presudu prema oprezu.
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Temperatura mora
Temperatura površine — izrazito hladno more stavlja veto na zelenu presudu.
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Struje i istjecanje
Smjer i snos struje — nosi te i vuče mutnu priobalnu vodu onamo gdje roniš.
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Oborine i prozirnost zraka
Kiša muti vodu uz obalu ispiranjem s kopna, a magla i sumaglica režu vidljivost na površini.
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Oblik obale i izloženost
Kako je obala okrenuta prema valovima — zaklonjena uvala drži vodu bistrom; izloženi rt na udaru dobiva kaznu.
Sigurnosne blokade
Prognoza grmljavinskog nevremena — trenutačno crveno, bez iznimke.
Službeno upozorenje (MeteoAlarm / IPMA) — žuto, a na višim razinama crveno.
Nedostaju ulazni podaci — moguće zeleno spušta se na žuto umjesto da se precijeni.
Snažno neslaganje prognostičkih modela — zeleni dan vraća se na žuto.
Noćni sati — gdje je noćni podvodni ribolov zabranjen zakonom prozor je prisilno crven; gdje je legalan (Australija izvan NSW-a, Novi Zeland, Južna Afrika) zaustavlja se na žutom, nikad zeleno.
Sve se svodi na jednu ocjenu od 0 do 10 i jednu presudu: ići ili ne.
Prognoza, ne jamstvo — zadnju riječ ima more.
Gdje ući i gdje tražiti ribu
Ulazne točke s koordinatama
Reljef dna — obećavajuće zone
Ova presuda — u tvom džepu. Otvori aplikaciju za prozor tjedna.
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Površina
Vjetar, val i prozori mrtvog mora — kada krenuti i najbolji sati.
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Izložena obala — Kafireas & Meroythi — sam, sa stijena
NAJBOLJI PROZOR
najbolji vremenski prozor · sam, budi oprezan, prođi kontrolni popis · mirni uvjeti: val, vjetar i vidljivost u normali
val 0.4 m u licevjetar 5 km/hvidljivost ~4 mprozor 06:00–21:00
Što nedostaje? Reci nam što bi želio vidjeti — nove točke, vrste, podatke ili funkcije. Čitamo sve.
Tvoj najbolji prozor — uz tebe. Prognoza u džepu.
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Vodeni stup
Vidljivost i što je određuje — bistrenje nakon oluje, riječni nanos, temperatura i termoklina.
Što je to
Pomorski instrument, idi / ne idi za solo lov.
spearo.app spaja vjetar, val, period vala, vidljivost, plimu, temperaturu vode i rizik u jednu ocjenu — idi na točku ili ne. Računa 7 dana unaprijed iz otvorenih pomorskih modela (Open-Meteo, IPMA), bez registracije i računa. Napravljen za solo podvodni ribolov sa stijena, gdje svaka greška skupo košta.
Uživo: 3016 točaka na 406 dionica obale — kopneni Portugal, Madeira i Azori.
Modeli određuju prozor. Hoćeš li ući, čita se tek na vodi: broji setove, prati udar mora na ulazu. Ako sumnjaš, ne ulaziš.
Ulazne točke
Gdje ući sa stijena.
Izviđene ulazne točke, obojene prema današnjem danu. Boja je stanje mora na točki, ne jamstvo: zapljuskivanje i sklizak ulaz procjenjuješ na licu mjesta.
The tide has no say in your entry: ten to forty centimetres is less than the gap between two waves. The rest matters: after a few days of meltemi a steady drift runs east along the shore, and out at the reef edge around twenty metres a cold layer sits with water far cleaner than over the sand.
zaklon
Bouros sits about ten kilometres southeast of town, and the Ochi massif holds off the northerly: with boria blowing, the water along this shore stays almost flat. From the south it is wide open, though, and Aegean swell walks straight onto the sand until the shallow part of the reef goes milky.
uvjeti
Northerly and north-easterly days are the ones to drive out for, when the mountain lays the wind down. Just remember the downdraft squalls off Ochi, they hit without warning and tear the surface up. With S or SE the swell rolls in, at five to ten metres the sand lifts and visibility drops to two metres.
opasnost
Bouros is an organised beach with sunbeds and a canteen, so keep two hundred metres off the swimmers and work outside, on the reef itself. Marble column drums lie on the bottom, that is archaeology, lift nothing and move nothing. A buoy is mandatory, in summer boats and paddleboards run along the shore.
pristup
About ten kilometres of tarmac southeast out of Karystos, parking right by the beach. You get in over fine pebble and round marble boulders, so wear boots. The reef is a hundred and fifty to three hundred metres out, five to ten minutes at an easy pace, or a quarter of an hour by boat from the town harbour.
Reef 5–25 m off Bouros beach (ancient marble columns) E of Karystos — open clear water; sargos, dentex, amberjack. Shore/boat.
Level of ten to forty centimetres, no role at all. Something else works: the gulf squeezes water through the passages between the islets, and a noticeable flow comes over the hull and drags you along it. The ship rests on sand, so any current lifts murk, and you always enter from the upcurrent side.
zaklon
The mark sits in the South Euboean gulf on the island's western side, and Evia screens it from the whole north-easterly flow: when Kafireas howls it is still smooth here. The gulf is narrow, though, so a hard northerly builds a short chopped sea. Spearfishing over the wreck is prohibited.
uvjeti
Over the hull the visibility is nearly always better than on the open side; a hard northerly makes the run out wet and lifts silt off the sand beside the plating. For the gun it is no use, though: inside the declared zone spearfishing is banned — work outside it, towards Marmari.
opasnost
The islet and the water around it fall inside the declared underwater site «Drakospito – Pyrgos Nimboriou, Styra» (ΦΕΚ 153/Δ/2022); spearfishing there is expressly prohibited under ΚΥΑ ΦΕΚ 336/Β/2004, policed by the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities, and nothing comes up. Netting and cut cable hang off the superstructure.
pristup
Boat only. The nearest harbours are Nea Styra and Marmari, ten to twenty minutes out to the islet, while from Karystos itself it is an hour around the cape. The hull sits on sand at the edge of the rocks, so no anchor onto stone. You do not take the gun — closed water.
Cement-freighter wreck (1973), 20–30 m, upright on sand off an islet in S Evia near Nea Styra/Petalioi; amberjack and grouper live on it. Boat. ⚠️ It lies inside the declared underwater archaeological area Drakospito–Pyrgos Nimboriou, Styra (ΦΕΚ 153/Δ/2022), so ΚΥΑ ΦΕΚ 336/Β/2004 bans spearfishing over it.
Everything here rests on the current: it runs in the strait all the time and does not stop when the wind does, so you work on the drift and the boat follows your buoy. The level changes by ten to forty centimetres and plays no part. On the reef the flow pushes cold water up from below, often noticeably colder than the surface.
zaklon
There is no shelter here at all: the reef sits inside Cavo D'Oro, in the middle of the funnel, and no shoreline covers it. The northerly accelerates in the strait and builds a short vicious sea, the southerly drags swell up from the Aegean. Only a genuine calm works, otherwise you cannot even approach.
uvjeti
The only window is a dead calm with a forecast you have checked several hours ahead. When wind sets against the current the sea stands up like a wall in minutes and you go home across a completely different water. A beginner has no business here, however quiet the surface looks on arrival.
opasnost
Cavo D'Oro is a shipping corridor: ferries and cargo ships run the strait constantly and a buoy is hard to spot from a bridge. The current can cut you off from your boat in minutes, so no solo hunting and no anchoring without somebody aboard. Thirty-five metres plus current is the road to a blackout.
pristup
Boat only, and a proper one: east out of Karystos harbour along the coast, roughly an hour in a calm sea. There is no shore entry, the coastline around is cliff and the road past Platanistos gets rough. Plan your run home in advance, before the wind gets up rather than after.
Reef ~15–35 m inside the Cavo D'Oro straits — ⚠️ Kafireas current + swell, experienced only; amberjack on the current. Boat.
The level plays with twenty centimetres or so, forget it. What matters is that the water runs at the tip of the cape: the current bends around it and speeds up, while right behind sits dead water. The wreck makes its own eddies, and enter from the wrong side and you are off the mark before you catch your breath.
zaklon
The cape does the work here: its bulk covers the western side while Kafireas pushes east and north-east, so reef and wreck stay in the shadow with a glassy surface while it whitecaps outside. The weak point is west and south-west wind, against that there is nothing to hide behind.
uvjeti
Come exactly on the days when the east wind blows and the eastern side is unworkable, because that is when it is flat here. With west or south-west the wave drives straight into the cape, at ten metres it starts to rock and silt settles over the wreck. After three days of meltemi, give it time to clear.
opasnost
The wreck itself is the main thing: torn netting and line hang on the old steel, snagging takes a second, and you do not go inside. Depths reach thirty metres, which with a gun is serious, and nobody dives this one alone. Buoy always, and lift nothing off the wreck, that is a criminal matter in Greece.
pristup
Boat only: west out of Karystos harbour along the coast, twenty to twenty-five minutes depending on the sea. I have not confirmed a road down to the cape, nobody enters from the shore here. There is no mooring, so work on the drift and keep somebody aboard at the helm.
Reef + wreck ~10–30 m on the W side of Mnima cape — western lee. Boat.
The level is insignificant, twenty or thirty centimetres. Between the islets, though, the water is squeezed into the narrows and speeds up, so in the passages you feel the drag and you plan the swim with the flow rather than against it. After rain a murky brackish layer comes off the mainland and sits on top.
zaklon
The Petalioi chain is scattered across the gulf northwest of town and it is the classic lee: the islands sit behind Cavo D'Oro and Evia itself kills the north-easterly. You pick an islet and work its downwind side, while the shore marks at Marmari and Nea Styra fill in whatever is left.
uvjeti
You come here precisely when the south coast is torn up: with a northerly or north-easterly there is nearly always somewhere in the gulf to tuck into. What ruins it is west and south-west, which runs the length of the gulf unobstructed and raises a short chop. After long rains the water here goes greener.
opasnost
Marmari is a port on the Rafina line and the fairway is alive: keep three hundred metres off harbour works and moored vessels and stay out of their track. The three big Petalioi are private, landing is prohibited and you do not work along their jetties. If you see cages or nets, the same three hundred metres apply.
pristup
By boat is simplest: ten to twenty minutes from Marmari harbour out to the nearer islets. From land, turnoffs along the Marmari to Nea Styra road drop to small coves, with parking above and a scramble down the rock. The reef out there is deep and exact figures are not published, so sound it yourself.
Petalioi islet chain in the S Euboean gulf NW of Karystos (lee of Cavo D'Oro), deep reef; + shore marks Marmari/Nea Styra (W lee). Boat/shore.
SOLO je najveći rizik: pod vodom možeš izgubiti svijest od nedostatka kisika, tiho i sa smrtnim ishodom, bez nikoga u blizini. Solo nikad nije stvarno «sigurno». Ispod su najbolji vremenski prozori; nosi bovu, nekome reci plan i vrijeme izlaska, i pri bilo kakvoj sumnji — ne idi.
Jedan pogled ujutro — i znaš ideš li.
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Izron
Kamere, karta i referenca — pri ruci dok izranjaš.
Kamere uživo, karta i referenca
Kamere · uživo
Pogledaj vodu upravo sad.
Pogledaj kameru PRIJE polaska. Pjena, smeđa/zelena mutnoća ili valovi koji peru ulazne stijene = ne ide se. Noću ili u magli kamera je beskorisna — tretiraj to kao «nepoznato», NE «zeleno».
povezivanje sa streamom…
Karystos — Marmari ferry port, S. Evian Gulf (~9 km W of Karystos) (meteocam.gr)meteocam.gr (Cybex) u živo — Marmari ferry port, S. Evian Gulf (~9 km W of Karystos). Ugrađeno preko našeg proxyja (the stream sends no CORS). Pogledaj vodu i valove prije polaska.kamera: meteocam ↗
Nacionalne najmanje veličine + prag od 150 g (u tablici ispod); kirnja 1/dan. Podvodni ribolov zatvoren je cijeli svibanj (ΠΔ 373/1985).
Sad u sezoni
šarag
Diplodus sargus · 0–12 m · EU 1967/2006
orada
Sparus aurata · 2–20 m · EU 1967/2006
lubin
Dicentrarchus labrax · 0–15 m · EU 1967/2006
gof
Seriola dumerili · 5–30 m · min 150 g
Nema mjere EU — vrijedi samo minimum od 150 g.
hobotnica
Octopus vulgaris · 0–15 m · težina ≥750 g
Minimum po težini: ≥750 g (ΠΔ 62/2024). Ne uzimaj ženke s jajima.
kirnja glavulja
Epinephelus marginatus · 8–35 m · EU 1967/2006
Kirnja: najviše 1/dan (zajedničko ograničenje roda Epinephelus).
kirnja golać
Polyprion americanus · 30–60 m · EU 1967/2006
Deep wreck species. Does NOT count toward the grouper limit (different genus). 45 cm — to verify.
zubatac
Dentex dentex · 12–40 m · min 150 g
Premier reef target. No EU size — the 150 g minimum only. Ethical ≥40 cm (not law).
pagar
Pagrus pagrus · 15–40 m · EU 1967/2006
ušata
Oblada melanura · 3–15 m · min 150 g
Nema mjere EU — vrijedi samo minimum od 150 g.
lica
Lichia amia · 2–20 m · min 150 g
Nema mjere EU — vrijedi samo minimum od 150 g.
škaram (barakuda)
Sphyraena viridensis · 3–25 m · min 150 g
No EU size — the 150 g minimum only. Histamine: bleed and chill at once.
cipal glavaš
Mugil cephalus · 0–8 m · min 150 g
Nema mjere EU — vrijedi samo minimum od 150 g.
ovčica
Lithognathus mormyrus · 2–15 m · EU 1967/2006
konj
Sciaena umbra · 5–30 m · EU 1967/2006
trlja od kamena
Mullus surmuletus · 3–30 m · EU 1967/2006
kirnja bijela
Epinephelus aeneus · 15–45 m · EU 1967/2006
Kirnja: najviše 1/dan (zajedničko ograničenje roda Epinephelus).
kirnja pjegava
Epinephelus costae · 10–35 m · EU 1967/2006
Kirnja: najviše 1/dan (zajedničko ograničenje roda Epinephelus).
riba lav (crvena škrpina)
Pterois miles · 5–40 m · invazivna
⚠️ Invasive — removal encouraged, excellent flesh. Venomous spines: never grab bare-handed, cut the spines, treat a sting with hot water (>45 °C).
napuhača (fugu)
Lagocephalus sceleratus · 5–40 m · invazivna
☠️ Invasive — kill, but DO NOT EAT: deadly toxin (TTX). Sale banned (Reg. 853/2004, Annex III Sect. VIII Ch. V(E)). Powerful beak bites — never string it live on a stringer.
Zakon
✓⚠️ MAY — a TOTAL spearfishing ban for the whole month, every year (ΠΔ 373/1985, art. 3§1α). This is law in force, not a draft.
✓No licence required: the was abolished in 2014 (Ν. 4256/2014) — every standing prohibition stays in force all the same.
•Recreational-fisher registry (ΟΣΠΑ / Μητρώο Ερασιτεχνών Αλιέων): Reg. (EU) 2023/2842 obliges member states to register recreational fishing, and the Greek registry is described as being prepared. We found neither an act in force nor a working registry as of 08.2026 — not confirmed. Check gov.gr before you travel.
✓Age: 16+ (under-16 spearfishing is forbidden; ΠΔ 373/85, art. 3§1γ).
✓Daytime only: sunrise to sunset. Night is forbidden (ΠΔ 373/85, art. 3§1β).
✓Freediving only: scuba/any air-supply apparatus is banned — it may not even be carried aboard (ΠΔ 373/85, art. 3§2γ).
✓Distances: ≥200 m from bathers, harbours, moored vessels and marked nets; no hunting in fairways or harbour entrances/exits (ΠΔ 373/85, art. 3§1δ/ε).
✓Buoy MANDATORY: a yellow float + a yellow flag with a red diagonal stripe and the letters «Υ.Δ.», visible from ≥300 m; stay within 50 m of the buoy (ΠΔ 373/85, art. 3§3).
✓Limit: 5 kg/day (or one trophy heavier than the limit). Grouper (Epinephelus) — max 1/day, not banned (ΠΔ 373/85, art. 2§2).
✓Sale/trade of the recreational catch is prohibited (ΠΔ 373/85, art. 1§7).
✓Load the speargun only in the water — never keep it loaded out of the water (ΠΔ 373/85, art. 3§2β). Underwater light while hunting is forbidden (art. 3§2ζ).
✓Sea urchins — 20/day per person and 30/day per boat (ΠΔ 373/85, art. 2§2). Nets at any stage of the hunt are banned, and you may not take the catch out of somebody else's gear or nets (art. 3§2). Sponges and corals are off limits to the recreational fisher (art. 1§6).
✓Pneumatic and band guns are ALLOWED (a myth in English guides). Only spears with an explosive/chemical charge — — are banned (ΠΔ 373/85, art. 3§2δ).
Min. sizes: seabass 25 cm · gilthead 20 cm · white seabream 23 cm · grouper 45 cm · octopus 750 g (ΠΔ 62/2024). Any fish — not under 150 g (ΠΔ 373/85, art. 3§2στ). No-size species (dentex, amberjack, barracuda, parrotfish) — the 150 g minimum only. See the species card.
Sigurnosni protokol
Setovi: prati nizove valova ≥15 min prije ulaska; Hmax ≈ 2×Hs, zapljuskivanje može ići 50 m dalje od linije pjene. Zatišje >10 min uz period >12 s = veliki set koji «kasni», NE ulazi; uđi odmah nakon što prođe cijeli set i provjeri ponovno u 30. minuti.
Izlaz PRVO: nađi izlaz I rezervni prije ulaska. Na kamenitoj obali ili obali s gromadama porast mrtvog mora od 0,5 m može onemogućiti izlazak — ostati zaglavljen/bez izlaza glavni je ubojica.
Struja na rtu: na izbočenim rtovima često postoji stalna topografska povratna struja, bez obzira na model — lociraj je, ulazi/izlazi s privjetrine, nikad ne plivaj protiv nje.
Hladnoća: neopren prema prikazanoj SST; prvi drhtaj = skok metabolizma i pad apneje → izađi na prvi ustrajni drhtaj. Ispod 15 °C ograniči izlazak na 45–60 min.
Disciplina u solo ronjenju: bova gore; nekome reci lokaciju i vrijeme izlaska; konzervativna apneja (nikad ne forsiraj u hladnoj/mutnoj/uzburkanoj vodi); vidljivost <3 m — ne ulazi.
Poslijepodnevni vjetar: na mnogim obalama vjetar jača od podneva — planiraj izlazak iz vode do podneva; kad se digne kratki val — izlazi.
UV 11:00–15:00 (UV indeks ≥6): krema za sunce i pokrij se u pauzama na površini.
Solo je temeljni rizik (hipoksični gubitak svijesti bez partnera). Bilo kakva sumnja = ne ide se.
Česta pitanja — podvodni ribolov u Karystos
Gdje se roni u podvodnom ribolovu u Karystos?
Karystos ima ulaze sa stijena poput Bouros Reef, Mnima Reef & Wreck i Linari Reef. SE tip of Evia beside Kafireas (Cavo D'Oro) — the meltemi acceleration funnel: N/NE gales, strong wind-driven current, big swell. Ispod je svaki punkt (pristup, zaklon i opasnosti) i današnja prognoza.
Koja je najbolja sezona u Karystos?
June to October (May closed nationally); good clear-water summers, but note the Alonissos marine park, where spearfishing is restricted.
Kolika je temperatura mora u Karystos?
Clear, green-blue Aegean water, tideless; sheltered channels between the Sporades and the long coast of Evia.
Je li podvodni ribolov u Karystos pogodan za početnike?
Easy to moderate in the sheltered channels; the main rule here is legal, not physical — know the marine-park zones before you dive.
Treba li dozvola u Karystos?
No paid licence is needed in Karystos — the amateur one was abolished (Law 4256/2014), but a free ΟΣΠΑ registration is being introduced (check gov.gr). Breath-hold only (no scuba), a mandatory «Υ.Δ.» buoy, 16+, daytime only, and the whole of May is closed. Note: the Alonissos marine park in this region restricts/bans spearfishing — check the zone boundaries. See the guide.
Which fish can you spear in Karystos?
The species cards list 20 species with real presence in this basin; the strongest here are šarag, orada, lubin, gof, hobotnica i kirnja glavulja. Minimum sizes in Greece are NATIONAL, not local: šarag 23 cm · orada 20 cm · lubin 25 cm · kirnja glavulja 45 cm · kirnja golać 45 cm · pagar 18 cm · ovčica 20 cm · hobotnica 750 g. Species with no EU size carry the 150 g floor only. Grouper (Epinephelus) — max 1/day, not banned (ΠΔ 373/85, art. 2§2).
Is spearfishing banned in May in Karystos?
Yes. May is a TOTAL spearfishing ban for the whole month, every year, across Greece (ΠΔ 373/1985, art. 3§1α) — so in Karystos too. It is law in force, not a draft, and there is no local exemption. Plan June to April.
How many kilos of fish may I keep per day in Karystos?
The daily limit is 5 kg, or one trophy heavier than the limit (ΠΔ 373/85, art. 2§2). Grouper (Epinephelus) — max 1/day. Every fish must be at least 150 g (art. 3§2στ), and selling a recreational catch is prohibited (art. 1§7). The limit is national — in Karystos it is the same as everywhere in Greece.
✓Full ban on taking: Pinna nobilis (πίννα), corals and sponges (ΠΔ 373/85, art. 1§6 + Habitats Directive 92/43).
✓Invasives: taking the lionfish (λεοντόψαρο) is encouraged — ⚠️ venomous spines. The silver-cheeked toadfish (λαγοκέφαλος) ☠️ DO NOT EAT — deadly toxin (TTX), sale banned (Reg. 853/2004, Annex III Sect. VIII Ch. V(E)), it bites. The rabbitfish (γερμανός) is edible — venomous spines.
✓In ANY declared underwater archaeological site, and in the submerged historic sites, spearfishing is BANNED — the act names ψαροντούφεκο in so many words (ΚΥΑ ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ41/11228/1865, ΦΕΚ 336/Β/2004, part Α §2 δ + part Β). It reaches the sites our map does not draw, too. Do not touch antiquities (Ν. 3028/2002). Map of the zones — the ENALIA geoportal (thalchor-2.ypen.gov.gr/layers/geonode:ENALIA).
•The national marine parks of Alonissos/N. Sporades and Zakynthos (Laganas): spearfishing is BANNED in the park. But Alonissos zone Β4 is not solid — ΦΕΚ 1741/Β/2011 reopened four stretches inside it (the N shore Αγ. Δημήτριος–Άκρο Απύθμενο, Μηλιά–Σπαρτίνες, όρμος Κλήμα on Περιστέρα, the Μεγάλος Αδελφός shore), while the same act creates the ΕΕΑΧ Περιστέρας, where fishing IS banned. Our layer paints the park whole, i.e. stricter than the act. Check the limits with the park authority.
•The Southern Kynouria/Arcadia diving park: Ν. 4688/2020 establishes underwater parks, but we have not read a spearfishing prohibition inside it in the act — we treat that as NOT PROVEN rather than as confirmed. The park's boundary is not on our map either (the act publishes no coordinates). Ask the Leonidio/Tyros λιμεναρχείο before you go.
•Local bans: on top of the national rules, every port authority issues its own (ΓΚΛ/ΕΚΛ and λιμενάρχης decisions). In the ΛΣ-ΕΛ.ΑΚΤ registry we counted ~163 of them that reach a speargun, across 48 ports — our map does NOT draw them. Check your own port: alieia.hcg.gr/prohibitions/local/local17.php.
•Locally STRICTER than the national rule: Corfu (Kerkyra) — from 01.04 to 31.10 spearfishing is banned within 200 m of the shore, even where nobody is swimming (απόφαση Λ/Χ Κέρκυρας 2141.1/2939/2024, ΦΕΚ Β΄3269/2024). In practice that closes shore entry on Corfu for the season. We read the act in the registry, not in the ΦΕΚ — confirm with the λιμεναρχείο.
•Locally STRICTER: Lefkada — 300 m instead of 200, and not only the speargun: ψαροντούφεκο, nets and longlines are banned within 300 m of those sea areas, beaches and shores of the port district THAT ARE USED BY BATHERS (απόφαση Λ/Χ Λευκάδας 2131.13/1477/2022, in its own words «όπου χρησιμοποιούνται από λουόμενους»). The act ran to 30.09.2022 and we found no extension; an expired act is not proof that the ban is gone. Ask the Lefkada λιμεναρχείο.
•Locally STRICTER: Symi — from 15.06 to 15.09 fishing BY ANY MEANS is banned within 200 m of beach areas and in inhabited coastal areas WHERE BATHERS ARE PRESENT OR GATHER (απόφαση Λ/Χ Σύμης 2131.13/882/2016). Separately, year-round: fishing by any means is banned inside the port and its sea zone, except line/rod fishing from land (ΓΚΛ Σύμης, art. 151, ΦΕΚ 362/Β/2004). The acts were copied from the registry, not checked against the ΦΕΚ.
•Locally: inside the ports of Lavrio and Kea spearfishing is banned across the WHOLE port water, not merely under the 200 m rule; separately, in front of the hotel beaches (ΓΚΛ Λαυρίου, art. 240, ΦΕΚ 460/Β/1978). The act was copied from the registry, not checked against the ΦΕΚ.
•Coming: two new national marine parks are being created (Ionian + South Cyclades, ~27,500 km²). NOT yet in force (ΠΔ under review, mid-2026). Once live — a trawl ban + a seasonal coastal closure 15.04–31.05; in the strict zones spearfishing will be banned. Check before the season.
⛔ Pinna nobilis (πίννα, fan mussel) — full ban on taking/killing (Habitats Dir. 92/43 Annex IV; critically endangered).
Rules change, and the local Λιμεναρχείο (port authority) may impose local restrictions. Before heading out, check the current rules and the declared archaeological zones (ENALIA).
Can I spearfish on scuba in Karystos?
No. Freediving only: scuba and any air-supply apparatus are banned — they may not even be carried aboard (ΠΔ 373/85, art. 3§2γ). In Karystos the rest of the national frame applies too: 16+, daytime only, ≥200 m from bathers, harbours, moored vessels and marked nets, and a mandatory «Υ.Δ.» buoy you stay within 50 m of. Pneumatic and band guns are allowed; only powerheads are banned.
