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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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Vjetar, val i prozori mrtvog mora — kada krenuti i najbolji sati.
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Vidljivost i što je određuje — bistrenje nakon oluje, riječni nanos, temperatura i termoklina.
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Pomorski instrument, idi / ne idi za solo lov.
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Uživo: 1391 točaka na 205 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.
Get in at first light: before ten the beach is nearly empty, then the water taxis from Vasiliki arrive and the place fills up. Season is June, then September and October, when Eric blows weaker and the water is at its clearest. All of May is shut across Greece, and hunting from sunset to sunrise is banned.
plima
The tide decides nothing here, the level moves maybe twenty centimetres. What counts is wind and fresh water: the drop runs steeply from zero to thirty metres, and after heavy rain the gorge behind the beach sends out a cloudy freshwater tongue that hangs at the surface a day or two and kills the view at the entrance.
zaklon
The cove is pinned against cliffs in the western corner of Vasiliki Bay: the wall at your back kills the northerly, but the bay itself lies open to south and west. While the boria blows you get glass at the entrance; once the westerly fills in, the wave runs straight into the throat of the cove.
uvjeti
Only the morning is worth the drive: from about one o'clock a thermal westerly builds across the bay, the windsurfers call it Eric, and by evening you get a hundred sails and a metre of chop. With a settled west or southwest the pebble at the entrance goes up into the water and visibility drops to three metres.
opasnost
The beach is part-organised, sunbeds, a bar, swimmers: keep two hundred metres off them and never surface in the middle of a crowd. Water taxis run right up to the pebbles and moor there, and the Kefalonia and Ithaca ferries cross the bay, so a marker buoy is compulsory. The drop falls away fast, do not push depth alone.
pristup
Three kilometres of dirt track out of Vasiliki, a paid car park at the top for about seven euros, then five hundred metres down a steep path, and with a weight belt and fins you feel every one of them. In season the alternative is the water taxi from Vasiliki port, roughly twenty minutes. Entry over pebbles.
Rocky reef and cove with a drop 0–30 m at the sheltered edge of Vasiliki Bay, shore; dive AM before the afternoon west wind builds.
Leave at first light: by midday the thermal wind is up and the run home along the cliffs turns unpleasant. The months that actually work are June and early autumn, September and October, when western swell shows up less often. Hunting from sunset to sunrise is banned year-round, and the whole of May is shut in Greece.
plima
Forget the level, ten to thirty centimetres and that is it. Something else runs the show: water streams round the tip of the cape and you feel it on the corner, while on the wall from twenty to fifty metres a cold layer sits all summer and the fish drop into it in the heat. Do not swim against it, work the drift and keep the boat moving.
zaklon
There is no shelter here at all: this is the island's southwest corner, thirty-metre white cliffs and a wall dropping from twenty to fifty. Everything arriving from the west and northwest hits it with nothing in the way. The only lee comes on a clean easterly, when the bulk of Lefkada stands between you and the wind.
uvjeti
You come here on a dead-flat day and with experience behind you. The working setup is wind from east or northeast with zero swell out of the west; two hundred and seventy degrees, straight west, is the worst this place offers. Even old swell with no wind piles surge along the cliff and turns the climb back aboard into a lottery.
opasnost
The real danger is that there is nowhere to get out: thirty metres of cliff, no shore at all, and if the wind builds only the boat saves you, so somebody always stays at the helm. Add the flow on the corner of the cape, fifty metres under you and no phone signal in the shadow of the rock. Buoy compulsory, scuba with a gun is banned.
pristup
You cannot climb down to this one: a paved road runs out to the lighthouse and there is a car park on top, but no path off the cliff. So it is boat only, twenty to thirty minutes from Vasiliki along the south coast, considerably longer from Nydri, right around the bottom of the island. Agree the pickup point in advance.
Dramatic SW-tip cape wall 20–50 m, boat; fully W/SW-exposed swell and current round the cape, experienced only on flat days.
The first hours after sunrise are when the channel is empty. From ten the tourist boats start their island circuit, and by lunchtime rented runabouts join in, with nobody keeping watch. June and the first half of autumn beat August: fewer people, cleaner water. Hunting is banned from sunset to sunrise and May is closed.
plima
Level decides nothing here, the difference between waters stays within ten to forty centimetres. What matters is that the water wraps around the rock and forms tongues of flow at the ends of the reef: on one side it pulls you off the islet, on the other it pins you to it. Find the quiet corner, work from there, and only let yourself drift toward the boat.
zaklon
A low rocky islet in the middle of the strait: Lefkada shields it from the west, Meganisi from the east, so a serious wave almost never gets here. The reef and its drop from ten to forty-five metres can be worked all the way round, and there is always a lee side. The one thing that reaches it is a long northeasterly fetch down the channel.
uvjeti
Conditions here forgive a lot: you can dive almost any day of the season, including the ones when the whole west coast is written off. Watch wind strength rather than direction, above fifteen knots the channel throws up a short mean chop that makes holding the buoy and seeing the boat hard. Murk after rain also arrives faster than on the open coast.
opasnost
The danger here is not nature but traffic: the islet sits on the pleasure-boat route and half the people at the wheel are on the water for the first time in their lives. Keep the flagged buoy above you and surface along the rock, not out in open water. Yachts lie at anchor in the coves nearby, stay three hundred metres off them and off the Skorpios shore.
pristup
You get there by boat: ten to fifteen minutes out of Nydri, less from Spartochori harbour on Meganisi. Coming down from Lefkada town, remember the floating bridge at Agia Mavra, it opens on a schedule and inside the canal you are in a shipping fairway, not out for a stroll. There is no need to land on the rock, you work straight off the boat.
Another sheltered channel islet reef/drop 10–45 m, boat; easy calm hunting.
Before nine is the only quiet window: after that the channel fills with a parade of charter yachts and tourist boats running people out to look at the Onassis islands. The season opens in June, and the water is at its best in September and October. Hunting from sunset to sunrise is forbidden, and May is closed nationwide.
plima
Level counts for nothing here, ten to thirty centimetres. What does count is the steady draw between the islets: in the narrows off Sparti the water pulls evenly and noticeably, especially after a few days of northerlies. Start your swim against it so you come back to the boat with the flow instead of clawing at the end.
zaklon
The islet sits in the Meganisi channel, boxed in by Lefkada, Skorpios and Meganisi itself: western swell physically cannot reach it, the island's mountain kills it. The wall from fifteen down to fifty metres works on almost any day. Wind here only funnels along the channel, out of the northeast and southeast, and barely raises a wave.
uvjeti
This is where you move when the west side is blown to pieces: while surge pounds under Doukato, here it stays flat. It only turns bad on a long northeasterly that pulls down the channel for two or three days and stirs the top few metres. A southeasterly lays the water down on the south side of the islet, and that is where you work.
opasnost
Sparti and neighbouring Skorpios are private property inside a Natura 2000 area: nobody goes ashore, security moves you on, and the exact limits are worth checking locally. The water is workable, but the Nydri to Meganisi ferry runs the channel along with rented boats that keep no lookout. Stay three hundred metres off anchored yachts.
pristup
Boat only. Fifteen minutes out of Nydri, a little more from Vlicho, and from Spartochori on Meganisi it is right there. You cannot tie up to the shore, so the boat drifts nearby with someone aboard while you swim the wall from where you dropped in. Check fuel and forecast before you leave, there is no fuel stop in the channel.
Sheltered Meganisi-channel islet wall 15–50 m, boat; grouper/dentex, the go-to when the west is swelly.
People visit the cave in the middle of the day, when the sun is high and the water inside glows, which is exactly why the boats bring them. For hunting that is the worst hour: excursion boats show up between eleven and four. Work early morning or late afternoon, but finish before sunset, after which hunting is banned. Season from June, May is closed.
plima
Tide is negligible here, a couple of dozen centimetres. The vertical matters more: the reef edge falls from twelve to fifty-five metres, and in August a sharp cold boundary sits around thirty, below which the water is visibly cleaner and the fish calmer. Inside the cave the water barely moves, while on the lip you feel the channel drawing past.
zaklon
The mark sits under Lefkada's southeastern shoulder, right at the mouth of the Meganisi channel: the mass of the island cuts off west and northwest completely, so it stays calm here when Doukato is unfishable. What remains open is the south, the notias pushes swell up the strait and then the cave mouth gets a nasty jobble.
uvjeti
The spot works through most of the season: the maistro and any westerly only ruffle the surface here. Call it off on south and southeast, swell rolls up the strait and the narrow throat of the cave starts throwing you around. After long rains the reef edge holds clarity better than the shallows, so drop below twelve metres.
opasnost
A cave means a ceiling over your head: no partner at the entrance, no light and no clear way out means you do not go in, and a gun in a tight passage only gets in the way. Second, the depth: the edge runs past fifty metres and it is easy to lose control on the way up. Third, tourist boats right at the mouth, so buoy and red flag are compulsory.
pristup
Water access only. The nearest departure is Sivota, a small closed harbour on the south coast, about fifteen minutes away; from Nydri it is longer, round the headland and down the channel. There is no shore descent: above the mark there is only hillside and scrub, no path to the water. Leave someone aboard, an anchor holds badly on an edge like this.
Sheltered E-coast blue-water cave and a deep reef edge 12–55 m, boat; calm.
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.
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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…
Lefkada — Bay toward Lefkada town + bridge (theathalatta.gr)HLS u živo (ipcamlive) — Bay toward Lefkada town + bridge. otvoreni CORS, ugrađeno izravno. Pogledaj vodu prije polaska.kamera: ipcamlive ↗
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
kirnja glavulja
Epinephelus marginatus · 8–35 m · EU 1967/2006
Kirnja: najviše 1/dan (zajedničko ograničenje roda Epinephelus).
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
lica
Lichia amia · 2–20 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 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.
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.
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).
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 Lefkada
Gdje se roni u podvodnom ribolovu u Lefkada?
Lefkada ima ulaze sa stijena poput Agiofili (Canyon), Cape Doukato (Lefkatas) i Sparti islet. Split personality: the west coast (Cape Doukato, Egremni, Porto Katsiki) is towering cliffs open to W/SW Ionian swell, while the SE side and the Meganisi channel (Sparti, Scorpidi) are very sheltered. Ispod je svaki punkt (pristup, zaklon i opasnosti) i današnja prognoza.
Koja je najbolja sezona u Lefkada?
June to October (May closed nationally); the Ionian west sees far less meltemi than the Aegean, so calm windows are more frequent.
Kolika je temperatura mora u Lefkada?
Softer, greener, milder water than the Aegean, tideless; good visibility but more life and a touch more colour.
Je li podvodni ribolov u Lefkada pogodan za početnike?
Easy to moderate: more shelter and fewer wind days than the Aegean make the Ionian a forgiving place to dive.
Treba li dozvola u Lefkada?
No paid licence is needed in Lefkada — 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 Zakynthos (Laganas) marine park in this region restricts/bans spearfishing — check the zone boundaries. See the guide.
Which fish can you spear in Lefkada?
The species cards list 19 species with real presence in this basin; the strongest here are kirnja glavulja, zubatac, šarag, orada, lubin i lica. Minimum sizes in Greece are NATIONAL, not local: kirnja glavulja 45 cm · šarag 23 cm · orada 20 cm · lubin 25 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 Lefkada?
Yes. May is a TOTAL spearfishing ban for the whole month, every year, across Greece (ΠΔ 373/1985, art. 3§1α) — so in Lefkada 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 Lefkada?
✓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).
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 Lefkada it is the same as everywhere in Greece.
Can I spearfish on scuba in Lefkada?
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 Lefkada 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.
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