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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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Patmos — sam, sa stijena
NAJBOLJI PROZOR
još je daleko — provjeri bliže datumu · mirni uvjeti: val, vjetar i vidljivost u normali
val 0.3 mvjetar 13 km/hvidljivost ~7 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.
Level plays no part here — it moves by a few centimetres. Something else does: the bay is shallow and sandy, it heats through the day, and the afternoon breeze simply stirs the sand off the bottom. Real water exchange happens only at the rocky edges, where a weak along-shore flow runs and the water is colder and cleaner.
zaklon
A bay north of Skala, tucked between rolling hills. The NW meltemi comes over the ridge and reaches the water as gusts rather than as wave — which is why it stays shallow and calm even on windy days. The bay is open to E and NE, and from there the chop walks in unopposed.
uvjeti
It works exactly when the island's north coast is shut: in the meltemi you can come here. But the bottom is shallow sand — any chop out of the east clouds it inside half an hour and there is nothing left to look at. Do not come on E or NE wind, and not after midday when the rental boats and boards go out.
opasnost
This is an organised beach with a lifeguard and craft for hire — so the 200 m rule off bathers deletes the whole middle of the bay and leaves you the edges. Shallow sand gives no cover: you are visible from above, and jet skis and boats do not look down. Yellow buoy with the flag, and stay within 50 m of it.
pristup
On the Skala to Kambos road, it is the first beach on your right; park above the beach. Put the fins on at the rocky edges of the bay, not in the middle of the sand: the middle belongs to the swimmers. The whole structure is those stone edges, where the sea bream and saddled bream sit tight; the swim out is short.
Bay N of Skala, rocky edges; sea bream and saddled bream, shallow and calm.
Level is beside the point here — 20 to 40 cm, no more. The channel is the story: the meltemi accelerates between Patmos and the islets and pushes the surface layer south. South of the islet lies the Xera shoal, marked as a danger on charts since the 16th century. Plan your drift before you get in.
zaklon
An islet shelters nothing by itself — you pick the lee by moving from one side to the other. The W side with its dark pebbles works on E and SE wind; in the meltemi it is the SE shore that goes quiet, but that is exactly when the open-water crossing turns nasty.
uvjeti
Only on a genuinely calm morning. From about force 4 the channel between Patmos and the islets kicks up short, angry chop: the boat cannot hold station and a shore-swim turns dangerous. In a settled meltemi you simply do not come here.
opasnost
The Xera shoal south of the islet has been marked on charts as a navigation danger for centuries, ships were wrecked on it, and the wave breaks over it. South of Cape Psalida there are sea caves used by the monk seal — do not go in at all. Add the boat traffic on the Skala approach. Nobody comes out here alone.
pristup
Go by boat from Skala or Sapsila. The only easy landing is the W side, with its long band of dark pebbles; the rest of the shore is steep-to. A shore-swim crosses open water and the shipping approach, so it is not a plan on its own. The islet sits inside the South Patmos marine Natura area — check with the port authority.
Islet off the SE coast of Patmos, ~5 km ESE of Skala, accessible W shore, reef/dropoff 5–20 m; boat or shore-swim. ⚠️ Wildlife-refuge area — verify.
Nothing to say about level here: the Aegean moves it by tens of centimetres. The point is elsewhere: off the projecting headlands and the nearby islets there is an along-shore flow, and the bottom beyond the coves drops away fast. And: brackish lagoons sit behind the beaches, and after rain a murky layer comes out of them.
zaklon
The narrowest point of the island — an isthmus about 200 m wide with a cove on each side. That is the whole point of the place: on a westerly the east side (Petra) works, on E and SE wind the west side (Stavros) does. In a hard meltemi the neck acts as a funnel and blasts gusts down onto both.
uvjeti
The strength of this place is that in almost any wind one of the two coves works — you walk two hundred metres across and get in. Only a hard meltemi kills it: then the gusts land on both sides, and the Petra anchorage is documented in the pilots as holding badly in the meltemi. A quiet morning and you are in.
opasnost
The South Patmos marine Natura area starts here: Posidonia at 5-40 m, reefs and caves, some used by the monk seal — do not enter caves. I found no spearfishing ban for this stretch, but local port-authority acts exist — ask there. The bottom drops away fast beyond the coves and there is no help nearby: the road ends here.
pristup
The road from Grikos ends at Diakofti and that is where you park — no tarmac beyond. You get in over the rock into either cove, depending on the wind. From here it is twenty-five minutes on foot to Psili Ammos for genuinely empty water. There is no shop, no tap and no people: bring water, a spare and a phone.
Narrow S Patmos with rocky coves; sea bream and dentex; Natura area.
Tides mean almost nothing here — 20 to 40 cm and no stream you would notice. Count the wind instead: days of meltemi drag the surface layer, and a weak along-shore flow runs between the beach and Tragonisi and past the Kalikatsou sand spit. Watch where it takes you off the buoy.
zaklon
The bay faces SE, closed by two low headlands, with the islet of Tragonisi across its mouth — which is why the water here often sits flat as a lake. The NW meltemi is blocked by the island ridge, but S and E wind walks straight in.
uvjeti
Come when it blows from N or NW — in the meltemi this bay keeps working even in a hard blow. It switches off on S and SE wind: the wave rolls straight onto the shallow reef, lifts sand and kills visibility within an hour.
opasnost
The danger here is boats, not depth: Grikos is the island's main yacht anchorage, and the law wants 200 m off anchored vessels and off bathers. The buoy is mandatory. Kalikatsou rock is an archaeological site; such zones can be declared archaeological, banning the speargun outright — ask the port authority.
pristup
From shore. Park in the village, the water is about 200 m away. Get in over the rocks at either end of the bay rather than off the sand between the sunbeds, where people swim. It is a 100 to 200 m easy swim out to the outer rocky edges and the reef; Kalikatsou rock you can reach on foot along the shore.
Rocky bay, dramatic rock, reef 0–15 m; shore, SE lee, sheltered; near the village (200 m). Coordinate approximate.
Counting level here is pointless — it barely moves. Count the pile-up instead: days of meltemi raise the water against the north coast and set a noticeable flow along the rock towards the headlands. That flow is what will take you off your buoy. On the rare flat days, though, the water at Lampi is the clearest on the island.
zaklon
There is no shelter here — this is the island's windward coast. The beach faces NW, straight into the meltemi, and the wave arrives with nothing in its way: the guides say plainly that Lampi is rarely calm in summer. Only southerly winds cover it, and those are exactly the days the whole SE side goes out.
uvjeti
Diveable only in a flat calm or on a southerly. From about force 3 out of N or NW the water over the pebbles goes milky, the wash at the entry starts dragging you across stones, and the 0-15 m reef fills with suspended matter. In the meltemi you do not come here — go round to the SE coast.
opasnost
The entry is what hurts you: round pebbles roll under your fins and the wash lays you down on the stones. On an open coast the wind can get up while you are in the water, and the swim back is into it. There is a taverna and a bar on the beach, so there are bathers — keep 200 m off and fly a buoy visible from 300 m.
pristup
About 9 km north of Skala by road, park by the taverna. Put the fins on once you are in the water: the big round pebbles will drop you. The structure worth coming for is the rock formations at the right-hand end of the beach and the reef along them, a short swim out. Do not take the pebbles away, there are hardly any left.
Rocky beach + reef 0–15 m; shore, N — windward in the meltemi (calm/southerly days only). Coordinate approximate.
Nobody counts level here: it moves by centimetres. What you count is this — a shallow sandy bay two kilometres from a working port. After wind or rain the water carries suspended matter, and a cuttlefish on the sand raises its own cloud. Watch the wind pile-up and the pull towards the port: that is where the ships move.
zaklon
The closest bay to the port, tucked behind the Skala headland; the guides call it plainly protected from strong winds. The NW meltemi gets here as gusts over the hill but makes almost no wave. The weak side is E and NE: from there the chop goes straight into the throat of the bay.
uvjeti
You come here on the days the island's north coast is shut down by wind. You do not come on E or NE — the shallow sand clouds up inside half an hour. And separately: if a cruise ship is anchored off Skala, tenders run between it and the shore non-stop, and the water stops being yours.
opasnost
The closest point to the port on the island and legally the trickiest: 200 m off port structures and off vessels at anchor, while in the fairway, at the harbour entrance and on the anchorage it is banned outright. Cruise ships anchor in Skala bay, Meloi has a jetty for small boats, and a campsite and taverna sit next door.
pristup
The easiest access on the island: fifteen minutes on foot from the port or two kilometres by road, park by the taverna. You walk in straight off the sand under the tamarisks. But the sea bream and cuttlefish are not on the sand, they are on the rock at the edges — swim there and work there, the middle is empty.
Sheltered bay near Skala; sea bream and cuttlefish, sand-and-rock bottom.
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
kirnja glavulja
Epinephelus marginatus · 8–35 m · EU 1967/2006
Kirnja: najviše 1/dan (zajedničko ograničenje roda Epinephelus).
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).
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
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.
papiga (skar)
Sparisoma cretense · 2–20 m · min 150 g
Eastern-Med delicacy (Crete/Dodecanese). No EU size — the 150 g minimum only.
konj
Sciaena umbra · 5–30 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.
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.
zeko (siganus)
Siganus rivulatus / luridus · 2–20 m · invazivna
Invasive — removal encouraged, edible and tasty. Venomous dorsal/anal/pelvic spines — remove carefully, treat a sting with hot water.
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
orada
Sparus aurata · 2–20 m · EU 1967/2006
lubin
Dicentrarchus labrax · 0–15 m · EU 1967/2006
ovčica
Lithognathus mormyrus · 2–15 m · EU 1967/2006
trlja od kamena
Mullus surmuletus · 3–30 m · EU 1967/2006
lica
Lichia amia · 2–20 m · min 150 g
Nema mjere EU — vrijedi samo minimum od 150 g.
cipal glavaš
Mugil cephalus · 0–8 m · min 150 g
Nema mjere EU — vrijedi samo minimum od 150 g.
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 Patmos
Gdje se roni u podvodnom ribolovu u Patmos?
Patmos ima ulaze sa stijena poput Grikos / Kalikatsou (SE), Chiliomodi islet (SW) i Lampi (N). A volcanic 60 km coastline of rocky islets, channels and reefs, ringed by a refuge archipelago (Arki/Marathi/Petrokaravo). Ispod je svaki punkt (pristup, zaklon i opasnosti) i današnja prognoza.
Koja je najbolja sezona u Patmos?
A long, mild season, June to October (May closed nationally); the warm south-east Aegean, less meltemi-battered than the Cyclades.
Kolika je temperatura mora u Patmos?
Warm, clear blue water (~25–27 °C in summer), tideless; good visibility over rock and reef around Rhodes, Kos and Kalymnos.
Je li podvodni ribolov u Patmos pogodan za početnike?
Easy to moderate: warm, clear water and plenty of sheltered coast, with deeper drop-offs for those who want them.
Treba li dozvola u Patmos?
No paid licence is needed in Patmos — 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 Patmos?
The species cards list 22 species with real presence in this basin; the strongest here are kirnja glavulja, kirnja bijela, kirnja pjegava, zubatac, šarag i ušata. Minimum sizes in Greece are NATIONAL, not local: kirnja glavulja 45 cm · kirnja bijela 45 cm · kirnja pjegava 45 cm · šarag 23 cm · konj 25 cm · kirnja golać 45 cm · pagar 18 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 Patmos?
Yes. May is a TOTAL spearfishing ban for the whole month, every year, across Greece (ΠΔ 373/1985, art. 3§1α) — so in Patmos 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 Patmos?
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 Patmos 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 Patmos?
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 Patmos 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.
