Croatia restricts boat drivers: New rules cause excitement!

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Neue Küstenregelung in Kroatien ab Juni 2025: Mindestabstände für Boote und Ankerverbot sorgen für Diskussionen unter Urlaubern.
New coastal regulation in Croatia from June 2025: Minimum distances for boats and anchor ban provide discussions among holidaymakers. (Symbolbild/ER)

Croatia, a popular holiday destination for Germans, especially for boaters, is confronted with new regulations that are supposed to increase security on the waters. A regulation of the Croatian Ministry of Sea, Traffic and Infrastructure issued at the end of March 2025 aims to improve the safety of sea shipping in inland waters and coastal seas. These new provisions have already caused discussions among boat drivers.

The new legal ordinance SSVO, which is now in force, determines clear minimum distances, the boats along the coast and near bathing areas have to keep. The distances are regulated as follows:

boat length Minimum distance to the coast
minimum distance from organized beaches
over 30 meters 300 meters n/a
15 to 30 meters 150 meters 100 meters
under 15 meters 50 meters n/a

Strange anchor rules

anchoring is also strictly regulated. Boat owners are not allowed to put on if parts of the boat are more than 50 meters away from the shore. In addition, anchoring is prohibited in less than 150 meters of natural pool areas. However, the term “natural pool area” remains unclear what is causing uncertainty for boat drivers.

Especially affected by these regulations are popular anchor places, since they are often in small bays. In social media, some boat drivers express concerns about the restrictions, while others welcome the measures as an important step to increase security on the water. The regulation compares with other Mediterranean destinations such as Mallorca, which also proceed against wild anchors.

more details on regulation

The regulations also include that motorized sliding vehicles such as motor boats, scooters and jetskis can only be operated from the coast from 300 meters. In addition, personal watercraft such as kayaks or stand-up paddles (SUPS) are allowed up to 300 meters from the coast during the day, as long as they are not nearby organized beaches.

Subscribe may move up to 500 meters from the mother ship if they are not registered. A high security awareness is also required for diving markings, since water vehicles are not allowed to approach such a marker than 50 meters, unless they accompany a diver.

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