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Vartalac

Splitsko-Dalmatinska · Croatia

IntermediateBeach break43.039, 16.091

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Vartalac is a SW-facing sand beach on the Croatia shoreline, opening onto the Adriatic Sea — it catches S–W swell, and offshore N–E winds tidy the banks through april–october.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~23.3°C (73.9°F) on average

Jan

14.6°C

58.3°F · 12.6–16.6°C

Feb

14°C

57.2°F · 12.3–15.3°C

Mar

14°C

57.2°F · 12.9–16.4°C

Apr

15.3°C

59.5°F · 13.9–18.1°C

May

18.1°C

64.6°F · 15.4–22.1°C

Jun

22.6°C

72.7°F · 19.9–26°C

Jul

24.4°C

75.9°F · 22.2–26.9°C

Aug

25.2°C

77.4°F · 23.2–27.6°C

Sep

23.3°C

73.9°F · 19.8–26.6°C

Oct

20.9°C

69.6°F · 18.4–23.3°C

Nov

18.8°C

65.8°F · 16.7–21.3°C

Dec

16.4°C

61.5°F · 14.4–18.4°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

S–W

Best wind

N–E

Break type

Beach break

Best season

April–October

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.

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