FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Are you interested  in boat rental along Croatian coast ? You have two possible options. The first and easier option is to hire a professional skipper who can captain the boat for you. However, a lot of people want privacy on board so they prefer to captain the boat by themselves.

If you belong to the second group and a bare boat charter is your thing and you possess a skipper license, you are probably wondering: Is my boating license valid in Croatia? Croatian citizens usually posses “B” skipper license that was acquired in Croatia, or a “C” skipper license, which almost has the same restrictions, except it is used in commercial purposes. Everyone who took the skipper course outside of Croatia can check if their skipper license is on the list of acknowledged skipper licenses in Croatia.

There is also another option. You can take the test in Croatia – On English! If you would like to take the skipper license test here in Croatia, you might come to an understanding that it is actually pretty simple (At least for “A” and “B”). 

You can take the test in almost every harbor master’s office in Croatia. They organize the test usually once per week. 

The best (OR THE WORST) part is that the test consists only out of theoretical part. No sailing practice at all! If you do decide to do it this way, we strongly encourage you to book a skipper training. It might just help you not to look like a complete jackass on the water and wreck a brand new boat.

The price for taking the exam is approximately 70€. 

Documents that are required for the test:

1. Filled up form request for taking the test with a 40 Kuna tax-stamp.
2. Two photos: 2.5 x 3.5 cm
3. Copy of your ID/Passport

The licences acquired in Croatia are valid all over the world. Therefore, it is well worth it to take the skipper license exam in Croatia and obtain your license.

Here are some useful tips for your trip to Hvar island. The easiest way to reach Hvar depends which type of transportation do you prefer. Most usual way if you travel by car, bus or train, first you need to reach Split or Drvenik town where you can take a ferry to Stari Grad or catamaran to Hvar town. Ferries to Hvar island can carry cars and catamaran only people.

By Ferry

Main ferry line is Jadrolinija, Split to Stari grad and catamaran line Split to Hvar town. There are also some ferry lines from Italy to Hvar and some Croatian catamaran lines which stop in Hvar during the journey to some other destinations like Dubrovnik. Regardless of what type of transportation you will use to reach Hvar, 100% that you will experience a sea trip to Hvar island. When you see Hvar island you will start to enjoy in its beauties and you will know that your trip has paid off.

Why visit Hvar?

Answer is very simple, because it is perfect! Hvar island is fourth largest island in Croatia. Also it is know as the sunniest place in whole country. It is also known as green island with beautiful fields of lavender, rosemary, marjoram and thyme, also vineyards are nicely maintained. The main resorts are Hvar Town, Stari Grad, Vrboska, Jelsa and Sucuraj, but main point of interest is Hvar town. Hvar town is famous because it is favored as a destination by the rich an famous who sail into town on their amazing yachts. But don’t worry there is many more ordinary people who enjoy this amazing place. If you want to explore inland of Hvar then rent a scooter and drive from Hvar town to Jelsa and you will enjoy scenery.

Croatia has very nice weather forecast in the summer time but if you are going on the open sea all.

DHMZ web pages give you possibility of everyday weather “tracking”, not only of those subjective forecasts given by meteorologists for today and tomorrow for Croatia (esp. Zagreb and the Adriatic), but also of those objective computer made 7- days weather forecasts for Croatian cities and worldwide. Weather forecasts are written every day by meteorologists, whose knowledge is based not only on prognostic material but also on their experience. They are the ones to decide on various weather symbols to be put on different locations, on certain days. ALADIN is for wind direction and speed.

It won’t take you long to discover that Croatia is a gastronomers dream. The produce here is incredible, from the olive oil and cheeses, fresh seafood, excellent beef, even the tomatoes and cucumber are bursting with flavour . And the wine?  With 130 local grape varieties and countless awards, there is much to discover and Croatian wines can and are standing on the world stage.