Best Kitespots in Croatia

21 spots · Europe

Kite days stay under 30 % in every month.

Median of 16 spots with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots: 21 spots
Median kite days: 22 % of days; median spot, over the year
Water: 19 °C; median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot: Liznjan; 41 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Croatia

Croatia has 21 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 22 % kite days over the year; Liznjan leads with 41 %. The spots spread over 5 regions.

Water 13 to 26 °C over the year.

Best time to visit Croatia

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
No data hatched
Ringed: this month

Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.

Low wind: May to September

Kite days at the median spot range from 13 % in June to 29 % in January.

Water 13 °C in February to 26 °C in August. Air 10 °C in January to 28 °C in August, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Croatia: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Croatia?

No month reaches 50 % kite days at the median spot. The windiest month is January with 29 %, from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Croatia?

Liznjan has the most kite days in Croatia: 41 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Croatia?

The water ranges from 13 °C in February to 26 °C in August at the median spot. Wetsuit: 5/4 in February, shorty in August.

Regions by month

Median kite days of the spots in each region.

Kite days per month, % of days, 2017 to 2025

Kite days by month for regions in Croatia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Istria County	41	34	35	30	25	16	17	22	32	33	41	32
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County	35	32	34	24	17	11	13	19	26	29	34	25
Split-Dalmatia County	17	13	17	14	11	4	4	4	7	12	14	13

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
No data hatched

Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.

Water temperature by region and month

Water temperature by month for regions in Croatia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Istria County	13 °C	12 °C	13 °C	14 °C	18 °C	22 °C	26 °C	26 °C	24 °C	20 °C	18 °C	15 °C
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County	13 °C	12 °C	13 °C	14 °C	18 °C	22 °C	25 °C	25 °C	23 °C	20 °C	17 °C	15 °C
Split-Dalmatia County	15 °C	14 °C	15 °C	16 °C	19 °C	24 °C	26 °C	26 °C	25 °C	22 °C	19 °C	17 °C

Median water temperature of the spots in each region, 2023 to 2025, from the Open-Meteo marine archive.

Top spots outside our destinations

Good spots that no kiteCOMPASS destination covers yet, ranked by kite days per year.

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Liznjan
Croatia
41 %
2
Baska
Croatia
35 %
3
Medulin
Croatia
32 %
4
Sabunike
Croatia
28 %
5
Ravni
Croatia
27 %
6
Simuni
Croatia
26 %
7
Krk / Punat
Croatia
25 %
8
Neretva
Croatia
24 %
9
Okrug Gornji Beach
Croatia
20 %
10
Perna
Croatia
17 %

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By region

Istria County

8 spots · 30 % kite days per year

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Split-Dalmatia County

5 spots · 11 % kite days per year

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Dubrovnik-Neretva County

3 spots · 21 % kite days per year

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Primorje-Gorski Kotar County

3 spots · 25 % kite days per year

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Smaller regions

Zadar County2 spots

All spots in Croatia

Liznjan leads with 41 % kite days per year, followed by Baska (35 %) and Medulin (32 %).

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Liznjan
Croatia
41 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Liznjan: Jan 49 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 49 %, Apr 44 %, May 41 %, Jun 26 %, Jul 28 %, Aug 37 %, Sep 43 %, Oct 43 %, Nov 49 %, Dec 39 %
2
Baska
Croatia
35 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Baska: Jan 49 %, Feb 41 %, Mar 40 %, Apr 34 %, May 30 %, Jun 20 %, Jul 19 %, Aug 27 %, Sep 32 %, Oct 36 %, Nov 50 %, Dec 41 %
3
Medulin
Croatia
32 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Medulin: Jan 41 %, Feb 35 %, Mar 37 %, Apr 34 %, May 32 %, Jun 17 %, Jul 19 %, Aug 26 %, Sep 36 %, Oct 37 %, Nov 42 %, Dec 32 %
4
Premantura
Croatia
32 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Premantura: Jan 41 %, Feb 35 %, Mar 37 %, Apr 34 %, May 32 %, Jun 17 %, Jul 19 %, Aug 26 %, Sep 36 %, Oct 37 %, Nov 42 %, Dec 32 %
5
Skoljic Bay
Croatia
32 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Skoljic Bay: Jan 41 %, Feb 35 %, Mar 37 %, Apr 34 %, May 32 %, Jun 17 %, Jul 19 %, Aug 26 %, Sep 36 %, Oct 37 %, Nov 42 %, Dec 32 %
6
Sabunike
Croatia
28 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Sabunike: Jan 31 %, Feb 32 %, Mar 36 %, Apr 35 %, May 27 %, Jun 21 %, Jul 28 %, Aug 31 %, Sep 26 %, Oct 24 %, Nov 28 %, Dec 22 %
7
Ravni
Croatia
27 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Ravni: Jan 41 %, Feb 33 %, Mar 32 %, Apr 27 %, May 17 %, Jun 14 %, Jul 14 %, Aug 19 %, Sep 28 %, Oct 28 %, Nov 39 %, Dec 32 %
8
Simuni
Croatia
26 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Simuni: Jan 36 %, Feb 32 %, Mar 31 %, Apr 26 %, May 19 %, Jun 14 %, Jul 20 %, Aug 24 %, Sep 21 %, Oct 25 %, Nov 34 %, Dec 29 %
9
Krk / Punat
Croatia
25 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Krk / Punat: Jan 35 %, Feb 32 %, Mar 34 %, Apr 24 %, May 17 %, Jun 11 %, Jul 13 %, Aug 19 %, Sep 26 %, Oct 29 %, Nov 34 %, Dec 25 %
10
Neretva
Croatia
24 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Neretva: Jan 35 %, Feb 29 %, Mar 34 %, Apr 27 %, May 22 %, Jun 12 %, Jul 16 %, Aug 16 %, Sep 19 %, Oct 21 %, Nov 34 %, Dec 28 %
11
Katoro Polynesia Beach
Croatia
22 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Katoro Polynesia Beach: Jan 28 %, Feb 27 %, Mar 27 %, Apr 24 %, May 17 %, Jun 13 %, Jul 11 %, Aug 15 %, Sep 23 %, Oct 23 %, Nov 31 %, Dec 23 %
12
Savudrija
Croatia
22 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Savudrija: Jan 28 %, Feb 27 %, Mar 27 %, Apr 24 %, May 17 %, Jun 13 %, Jul 11 %, Aug 15 %, Sep 23 %, Oct 23 %, Nov 31 %, Dec 23 %
13
Okrug Gornji Beach
Croatia
20 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Okrug Gornji Beach: Jan 21 %, Feb 19 %, Mar 24 %, Apr 22 %, May 19 %, Jun 15 %, Jul 27 %, Aug 18 %, Sep 16 %, Oct 18 %, Nov 26 %, Dec 20 %
14
Perna
Croatia
17 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Perna: Jan 15 %, Feb 18 %, Mar 22 %, Apr 21 %, May 17 %, Jun 14 %, Jul 26 %, Aug 17 %, Sep 13 %, Oct 13 %, Nov 19 %, Dec 14 %
15
Viganj
Croatia
17 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Viganj: Jan 15 %, Feb 18 %, Mar 22 %, Apr 21 %, May 17 %, Jun 14 %, Jul 26 %, Aug 17 %, Sep 13 %, Oct 13 %, Nov 19 %, Dec 14 %

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16 Umag 16 %
17 Bol 14 %
18 Znjan 11 %
19 Povlja 10 %
20 Preluk 8 %
21 Supetar 7 %

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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025

Kite days by month for Croatia: median of 16 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.

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