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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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Poros — sam, sa stijena
NAJBOLJI PROZOR
najbolji vremenski prozor · sam, budi oprezan, prođi kontrolni popis · mirni uvjeti: val, vjetar i vidljivost u normali
val 0.1 mvjetar 6 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.
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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.
Tides in the Aegean barely count — the level moves ten to forty centimetres and that changes nothing for you. What counts is different: after a few days of east wind the water is pushed into the bay and drains back along the edges, right at the sand-posidonia boundary, carrying the murk out deeper.
zaklon
The bay opens straight east and that is its weakness: the island's bad sector, 40 to 150 degrees, walks right in, and an easterly around a hundred degrees is the worst of it. The headlands at either end shelter only their own corners. With west or north-west the island's spine stands as a wall and the bay lies down.
uvjeti
Come with west, north-west or south-west: then the bay is glass and you get the eight to fifteen metres of visibility Poros is capable of at all. With an easterly do not bother — between zero and fifteen metres the wave lifts sand off the edges of the posidonia and visibility drops to two or three metres.
opasnost
Askeli is an organised flagged beach with loungers and a ski school: in summer keeping the 200 m off swimmers is genuinely hard here. Move outside the beach strip, onto the rocky ends of the bay, and keep your buoy high — the ski boats and jet skis move fast and look ahead badly.
pristup
It is a couple of kilometres from Poros town over the saddle on tarmac, with parking along the beach road. You enter over sand and stay knee-deep for a while — put your fins on afloat. Ten to fifteen minutes of swimming gets you to the rocky ends of the bay. The island's dive centre sits right on Askeli as a landmark.
E-facing bay, rock/sand/posidonia margins 0–15 m, shore/boat; sheltered, the best clean shore option. Coords approx.
Forget the level. What you count is the pull out of the Poros narrows: the channel between the town and Galatas is about two hundred metres wide, and the flow squeezed through it reaches this shore as a weak echo — most noticeable along the rocky ends of the beach, where the depth picks up.
zaklon
A straight west-facing shore, not a bay: the ridge at your back is the whole shelter, so an easterly leaves it calm, but there are no arms of land to hide behind from a westerly. What saves it is the narrowness of the channel — the mainland opposite cuts the fetch, so a west wave comes short and nasty but low.
uvjeti
Like Russian Bay it works on east days, when Askeli is churned up. But the water goes off faster here: the bottom near the shore is sand and fine pebble, and a fresh westerly lifts it along the whole strip. Visibility on this shore is the most temperamental on the island.
opasnost
The danger here is not depth but the propeller: jet skis, the wakeboard boat and tow runs go right along the shore and do not expect a man in the water. Keep the buoy over your head, not on a long line. Add the hotel strip with swimmers you owe 200 m, and the boats heading for the channel.
pristup
A kilometre and a half to two along the west coast road out of town, a bus runs, parking by the tavernas. You enter off sand and fine pebble and can put your fins on ashore. The rocky ends of the strip are about three hundred metres either way, ten minutes of swimming; Mikro Neorio next door is the same shore but quieter.
Rocky W shore near Neorion; sea bream and saddled bream, boat traffic.
Tides do not count, but the water genuinely runs past the headlands of the south shore. After a few days of wind the along-shore flow strengthens and speeds up over the spurs, where the drop comes closest to the surface. You work from a boat here, so drop the buoy first and watch where it goes.
zaklon
The open south side of the island: there is no bay to hide in, the only shelter is the ridge at your back. With north and north-west it is dead calm under the cliffs, the wind goes over the top. Easterly swell wraps around the eastern tip and reaches the outer drop-offs, and a southerly hits them head-on.
uvjeti
Your working day here is north or north-west: then the water stands still under the southern cliffs and you see further down the drop-offs than anywhere else at Poros. South-east and south out of the bad sector shut the trip down completely — the coast is open and the swell lives on for a day after the wind has dropped.
opasnost
Modi islet to the south-east and the water around it are a declared underwater archaeological site with a Mycenaean wreck. A speargun is banned there, full stop: you do not approach Modi with a gun at all. Work the southern drop-offs west of the islet. Add open sea and the fast craft running to Hydra.
pristup
Boat only: there is no road to the southern cliffs and climbing down the rock is not an option. From Poros harbour, round the eastern tip, it is fifteen to twenty-five minutes. The coordinates in the card are the centre of an area, not a mark: find the individual drops with a sounder along the shore, they run as a band.
Rocky drop-offs on the open S side, boat; the real fish ground. Keep well clear of the protected Modi islet Mycenaean wreck to the SE. Area-centroid coords.
Level means nothing here. What works is different: in the gap between Daskalio and the shore the water squeezes and pulls in a steady thread, weak but visible on your buoy. After rain a brown trail comes down the pine gully at the head of the bay and a murky layer sits on the bottom along the point for a day or two.
zaklon
A west-facing bay behind the island's back, with the little chapel islet of Daskalio guarding its mouth. The easterly that kills Askeli arrives here only after crossing the ridge and barely reaches the water. Pines run down to the shoreline and take the rest. The one open direction is west.
uvjeti
You come here exactly when an easterly has shut everything else on the island: at a hundred degrees the water is still workable in this bay. What breaks it is a hard west or south-west setting into the mouth — it lifts sand off the shallow head of the bay and turns eight metres of visibility into three within an hour.
opasnost
In summer the bay is a yacht anchorage: you may not go within 200 m of a vessel at anchor, and chains and lines run far out under water from the hull. On the shore and at the waterline lie the ruins of the nineteenth-century Russian station — stone, masonry, iron; lift nothing and do not crawl under rubble after a fish.
pristup
The road runs along the west coast out of town, about ten minutes on a scooter; you leave the car up among the pines and walk down a path to the water. You get in over rock and pebble, so wear boots. Daskalio islet is a few minutes' swim away, but do not cross the gap broadside — boats run through it into the bay.
Sheltered W bay with the Daskalio chapel islet, rock/sand, shore/boat; calm and scenic. Coords approx.
Level plays no part here. The bay is shallow and closed, so the water warms and stands; after rain or a hard northerly a fine silt lifts off the bottom, settles slowly and hangs over the slabs for days. Stirring up the mud over the ancient masonry is the easiest thing in the world.
zaklon
A north-facing bay of the island, covered by headlands on both sides; the east sector barely gets in, the eastern tip cuts it off. It is open to north and north-west, and from there a short nasty wave runs in across the channel. The bottom is gentle, with rocky edges down each side of the bay.
uvjeti
On wind alone the bay would work with south and south-west, when the ridge covers it completely, and fall apart with a northerly. But there is no point coming here with a gun at all: the site is under archaeological protection, and the only thing allowed is a mask and snorkel, with no weapon in the water.
opasnost
What matters here is not the ground or the boats but the law: a sunken ancient settlement lies on the floor of the bay — paved streets and house foundations, clearly visible through a mask. This is a declared underwater archaeological area and a speargun is banned in it. Lift nothing and do not touch the masonry.
pristup
A narrow tarmac road brings you over from the south side of the island, with the last stretch on dirt under the pines; you leave the car above and walk down to a small beach with a canteen and a couple of loungers. You enter over sand and the ancient slabs are a few dozen metres out — no long swim.
North-coast bay of Poros with rocky edges; sea bream and octopus, sheltered.
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, 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».
Poros — Poros–Galatas strait (saronic-cameras)Refreshing still — Poros–Galatas strait. A live sea view (not video). Read the water before you go.kamera: saronic ↗
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
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).
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
orada
Sparus aurata · 2–20 m · EU 1967/2006
lubin
Dicentrarchus labrax · 0–15 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.
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.
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 Poros
Gdje se roni u podvodnom ribolovu u Poros?
Poros ima ulaze sa stijena poput Askeli (E coast), Russian Bay / Daskalio (W) i Poros south coast (toward Modi). A narrow channel town and Argo-Saronic reefs: calm, sheltered and ideal for learning, but the water is only fair (viz 8–15 m) and the good sites are archaeology-locked. Ispod je svaki punkt (pristup, zaklon i opasnosti) i današnja prognoza.
Koja je najbolja sezona u Poros?
Long season, June to October (May is the national closed month). The sheltered Saronic opens on most calm mornings; peak is high summer.
Kolika je temperatura mora u Poros?
Warm mediterranean water (~24–26 °C in summer, ~15 °C in winter), tideless; clear over rock but murkier near Athens' shores.
Je li podvodni ribolov u Poros pogodan za početnike?
Easy access and mostly sheltered water — a good place to start, with rocky capes and islets a short hop from the city.
Treba li dozvola u Poros?
No paid licence is needed in Poros — 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 Poros?
The species cards list 22 species with real presence in this basin; the strongest here are šarag, hobotnica, kirnja glavulja, zubatac, pagar i orada. Minimum sizes in Greece are NATIONAL, not local: šarag 23 cm · kirnja glavulja 45 cm · pagar 18 cm · orada 20 cm · lubin 25 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 Poros?
Yes. May is a TOTAL spearfishing ban for the whole month, every year, across Greece (ΠΔ 373/1985, art. 3§1α) — so in Poros 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 Poros?
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 Poros 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 Poros?
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 Poros 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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