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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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Kythira — sam, sa stijena
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Tvoj najbolji prozor — uz tebe. Prognoza u džepu.
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Vidljivost i što je određuje — bistrenje nakon oluje, riječni nanos, temperatura i termoklina.
Što je to
Pomorski instrument, idi / ne idi za solo lov.
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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.
Tide does not count in this bay — the level moves ten or twenty centimetres. There is no current on the reef either; the dive centre says as much, the water here just sits. What you do count is this: after several days of meltemi, murky water is pushed round the capes into the bay's throat and settles as a layer over the sand.
zaklon
This is the floor of the double bay of Kapsali under the Venetian castle of Chora, on the island's south side. The body of Kythira blocks the whole northern sector, so when the meltemi settles in from N and NE the water in here just stands. Only a S or SW swell opens the bay, walking straight into its throat.
uvjeti
This is your north-wind option: while it blows twenty degrees outside, you can work the bay in peace. With south or south-west, turn around — the surge drags sand off the bay floor, visibility at eighteen metres drops to a couple of metres and the deep part stops making any sense at all.
opasnost
Six big old anchors lie under you, left from the days when large sailing ships rode out the weather in this bay. That is the mark of a historic anchorage: if the area is declared an underwater archaeological zone the speargun is banned there, so check before you go and lift nothing off the bottom. And keep 200 m off swimmers and anchored boats.
pristup
Kapsali is a couple of kilometres of hairpins down from Chora, with parking right at the water and the dive centre at Piso Yalos. The reef itself, though, is a boat job: it sits out on the bay floor and it is a long swim from any beach. The top of the reef holds around eighteen metres and then drops to forty-five, which is no longer hunting depth.
Reef with six large anchors 18–45 m, boat; inside Kapsali bay, a lee on a N wind. Coords geo.
The level moves thirty centimetres at most and nobody plans a dive around it here. The coves, though, are narrow: you feel a pull in the throat of each one, water going in and sucking back, and it is much stronger at the mouth than inside. After several days of meltemi murky water is pushed into the coves and sits right against the shore.
zaklon
Avlemonas sits on the east coast between two small bays, and all the shelter here comes from the west: the island covers the village with its own bulk. North and north-east, Kythira's worst direction, run in along the coast unopposed. The rock folds between the coves give you partial cover and no more than that.
uvjeti
Come here on a west or south-west wind: it blows off the land and lays the water down in the coves. With a north-easterly around twenty degrees the place is off — across the zero-to-twelve-metre range the wave lifts sand and debris and visibility collapses within an hour. Easterly swell after a meltemi hangs on another day.
opasnost
The limiting factor here is people. The village coves are the local swimming pool: steps are cut into the rock and everyone jumps in off the slabs, and the 200-metre rule around swimmers pushes you clear out of the settlement altogether. Add the little harbour with moored boats and set nets — marked nets also mean 200 metres. And the legal one, which outranks the people: east of the village begins the declared underwater archaeological site of the SE coasts of Kythira (ΥΑ ΦΕΚ 1786/Β/2003 with ΚΥΑ ΦΕΚ 336/Β/2004), and inside it spearfishing is prohibited. The boundary runs about two hundred metres east of the entry, so drifting east along the shore with a gun is out: work west of the village only, and lift nothing off the bottom.
pristup
Tarmac runs right into the village and you leave the car above the harbour. The entries are slabs and steps cut at the water's edge — boots are needed and you put your fins on standing in the water. From there you walk or swim along the coast until you are clear of people; the working range is shallow, zero to twelve metres.
Rocky coves 0–12 m, shore; limited shore entry, exposed to the E on the meltemi. Coords geo.
Level means nothing here — it moves ten centimetres. What you count is the flow: inside the cave there is none at all, while outside, past the tip of the rock, a weak current occasionally sets from west to east. Three miles offshore both wind and flow are noticeably stronger than under the coast and build faster.
zaklon
A bare rock in open water three miles south of Kapsali: there is nothing to hide behind but the islet itself. The local dive centre works this point in any wind except a westerly, which hits it head-on. Find the lee side of the rock and stay under it, keeping off the weather corner.
uvjeti
Only come here on a forecast: it is the three miles of open water to the islet that decide the day, not the site itself. In a westerly stay away — the 6–40 m wall takes it all and the narrows at the cave mouth start throwing you about. N and NE ruin the crossing even when the rock still holds calm water.
opasnost
The big one: monk seals live in the large cave here, shy and very rare. Do not go inside, do not follow an animal, do not make noise — that cave is a haul-out, not a hunting hole. Around you is open sea with no shore to reach and the wall drops to forty metres: partner only, buoy in sight, and tour boats call daily.
pristup
Boat only: three miles from Kapsali, twenty to thirty minutes in a RIB, and the dive centre at Piso Yalos is your landmark ashore. There is nothing to tie to, so you work off a drift or an anchor on the lee side and somebody stays aboard. There is no shore route to this place at all.
Islet with caves/arches and a vertical wall 6–40 m, boat; ~3 nm S of Kapsali, current. Coords geo.
Tide explains nothing here. What counts is different: a moderately strong flow often runs along the hull, and the area is part of the Kythira–Antikythira strait, where the water moves more than it does under the coast. Start from the up-current end so you come back with the flow, and test the pull on your buoy line before the first dive.
zaklon
There is no shelter. The hull lies on the east side of the island, right by the approach to Diakofti, wide open to the meltemi from N and NE — Kythira's worst direction. The islets the cargo ship ran onto in 2000 break part of the sea, but behind them there is still the open water of the strait.
uvjeti
The dive centre puts it plainly: good weather is required, the site is protected from nothing. With N or NE you do not come — the shallow part of the hull at three and a half metres goes murky first, and there is no business being among steel with bad visibility. It is worth working only in a calm or a light westerly.
opasnost
Diakofti is the working port of Kythira, with ferries to Piraeus, Gythio, Neapoli and Crete. The hull lies roughly two hundred metres from the harbour works and outside the fairway, and that line is binding on you: closer to the mole and inside the fairway spearfishing is banned, and a manoeuvring ferry will not see you. Do not enter the hull. And a second boundary that is not the port's: about two kilometres south begins the declared underwater archaeological site of the SE coasts of Kythira with the Dragonares islets (ΥΑ ΦΕΚ 1786/Β/2003 with ΚΥΑ ΦΕΚ 336/Β/2004), where spearfishing is prohibited outright. The hull itself is outside it, but if you run south along the coast the gun goes away.
pristup
The sensible base is Diakofti itself — a few minutes by boat from the quay; from Kapsali it is twelve and a half miles round the island, a proper passage. The bow stands above water, so you see the mark from far off. Do not try it from shore: Diakofti beach is a shallow family beach and the port zone sits between it and the hull.
Cargo hull (grounded 2000, 127 m) 3.5–29 m, boat; N tip, exposed to meltemi and current, bow above water.
Level decides nothing here. What decides is that the reef stands alone in open water: over the half-metre crown any swell makes a short chop that drives bubbles and haze down onto the first steps. After several days of meltemi the drift past the reef becomes noticeable and your buoy starts pulling to one side — judge by that.
zaklon
A standalone reef three miles off Kapsali — nothing shelters it but its own shape. One side drops as a vertical wall, the other steps down, and that is your cover: when the swell hits the wall you work the stepped flank where the water is quieter. The crown comes up to within half a metre of the surface.
uvjeti
You need a flat day. The dive centre records no current on the reef itself, but three miles of open water and a crown at half a metre mean any ripple turns into chop over the shallow top and stirs the upper steps. With N or NE around twenty degrees the crossing is off, and a southerly swell hits the wall face on.
opasnost
A crown at half a metre is what tears hulls and cuts feet: come onto the reef at slow speed and keep looking at the water. You are three miles out, so the buoy is not paperwork — it is the only thing that makes you visible to a passing boat. A partner is not optional: nobody surfaces from twenty-five metres alone over a reef like this.
pristup
Boat only: three miles from Kapsali, about twenty minutes' run. There are no marks on the water, so you go by plotter and by colour — the crown reads as a pale patch. Nothing to tie up to; drop the anchor on sand clear of the reef so you do not smash the rock, and keep somebody aboard while you work.
Vertical wall and stepped reef 0.5–25 m, boat; 3 nm off Kapsali, current. Coords approx.
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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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».
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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
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).
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
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).
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.
gof
Seriola dumerili · 5–30 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).
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.
papiga (skar)
Sparisoma cretense · 2–20 m · min 150 g
Eastern-Med delicacy (Crete/Dodecanese). No EU size — the 150 g minimum only.
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 Kythira
Gdje se roni u podvodnom ribolovu u Kythira?
Kythira ima ulaze sa stijena poput Hytra (Chytra) islet, Anchors Reef (Kapsali bay) i Tati's Reef. A crossroads island south of the Peloponnese: deep clear water, walls, caves, strong straits current and big pelagics. Ispod je svaki punkt (pristup, zaklon i opasnosti) i današnja prognoza.
Koja je najbolja sezona u Kythira?
Long season, June to October (May closed nationally), peaking in summer; the west and east coasts give a lee for most winds.
Kolika je temperatura mora u Kythira?
Clear, warm mediterranean water, tideless; the Ionian west is a touch greener, the Aegean east bright blue.
Je li podvodni ribolov u Kythira pogodan za početnike?
Mostly easy to moderate: pick the coast sheltered from the day's wind and you'll find calm, clear rock all summer.
Treba li dozvola u Kythira?
No paid licence is needed in Kythira — 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. See the guide.
Which fish can you spear in Kythira?
The species cards list 21 species with real presence in this basin; the strongest here are zubatac, šarag, orada, lubin, 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 · pagar 18 cm · ovčica 20 cm · konj 25 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 Kythira?
Yes. May is a TOTAL spearfishing ban for the whole month, every year, across Greece (ΠΔ 373/1985, art. 3§1α) — so in Kythira 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 Kythira?
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 Kythira 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 Kythira?
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 Kythira 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.
