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Kitesurfing in Split-Dalmatia County

4 spots · 2 destinations · 2 schools

Bol's Zlatni Rat is the county's headline spot, its afternoon Maestral accelerating through the Brač-Hvar channel to 15-25 knots over deep water where schools teach from boats.

Spots with a rule3a permit, a zone or a closed season in the recordBeginner spotsnone say sowhere the record says a beginner can rideSeasonMay to Octobersomewhere in the regionWindsJugo, Maestralnamed by two or more of its spots

Split's own city spot, Žnjan, gets flat-to-choppy pebble-beach riding on the same thermal plus Jugo days, and Trogir's Okrug Gornji works similar conditions off Čiovo island; Povlja and Sumartin, further along Brač, stay undeveloped with no kite school or wind data on record.

Split-Dalmatia County holds 4 kitesurf spots in our atlas, grouped into 2 destinations. The season runs May to October. 2 schools operate in the region. The busiest areas are Bol - Brač and Znjan (Split) & Trogir / Okrug Gornji (Čiovo).

When you may ride

the rules these spots carry, with the year on each

Bol / Zlatni RatBol - Brač2023In July and August launching and landing on Zlatni Rat itself is not allowed; the only launch is the kite centre on Put Zlatnog Rata, which took over the beach concession and enlarged the kite beach by about 30% in 2023, and which charged about EUR 15 per day for launch and landing in 2024. Riding the water around the cape stays allowed all season, and outside the main season the whole beach is open for sports launches.
In July and August launching and landing on Zlatni Rat itself is not allowed; the only launch is the kite centre on Put Zlatnog Rata, which took over the beach concession and enlarged the kite beach by about 30% in 2023, and which charged about EUR 15 per day for launch and landing in 2024. Riding the water around the cape stays allowed all season, and outside the main season the whole beach is open for sports launches.

The whole rule, on the Bol / Zlatni Rat page

Trogir / Okrug Gornji (Čiovo)Trogir - Čiovo2026No municipal kite zoning, permit requirement or seasonal ban is published for Okrug in 2026. Croatia's 2025 maritime-navigation rules keep vessels a set distance off the shore and off organised bathing areas and restrict planing and motorised craft close in; how a kiteboard is treated under them at Okrug Gornji is unconfirmed.
No municipal kite zoning, permit requirement or seasonal ban is published for Okrug in 2026. Croatia's 2025 maritime-navigation rules keep vessels a set distance off the shore and off organised bathing areas and restrict planing and motorised craft close in; how a kiteboard is treated under them at Okrug Gornji is unconfirmed.

The whole rule, on the Trogir / Okrug Gornji (Čiovo) page

Znjan (Split)Split20252025 Croatia: Narodne novine NN 52/2025 defines a kite-surf board as an 'osobno plovilo' (personal watercraft); personal watercraft may operate from sunrise to sunset within 300 m of shore except inside an organized bathing area, may go beyond 300 m only with an appropriate motorized escort, must not endanger other users, and all craft within 300 m are subject to an 8 kt speed limit.
2025 Croatia: Narodne novine NN 52/2025 defines a kite-surf board as an 'osobno plovilo' (personal watercraft); personal watercraft may operate from sunrise to sunset within 300 m of shore except inside an organized bathing area, may go beyond 300 m only with an appropriate motorized escort, must not endanger other users, and all craft within 300 m are subject to an 8 kt speed limit.

The whole rule, on the Znjan (Split) page

Each block is the opening of the record's own rule, kept in its own words. Where two postings do not line up, both are kept and neither is picked for you.

The winds here

what the spot records call the wind, and the knots they quote

Jugo

named by 2 spots here

No spot record quotes a knot range against this wind by name.

Maestral

named by 2 spots here

  • Znjan (Split)10-20 kt
  • Trogir / Okrug Gornji (Čiovo)10-20 kt

The spots this region is known for

tier 1 of the 4 spots here

Bol / Zlatni Rat

Destinations in Split-Dalmatia County

Bol - Bračadvancedbuzzing sceneno car needed2 spots · 2 schoolsZnjan (Split) & Trogir / Okrug Gornji (Čiovo)advancedmid-range2 spots

All spots in Split-Dalmatia County

Bol / Zlatni RatmixedPovljamixed stone/concrete/pebble beaches in a natural bayTrogir / Okrug Gornji (Čiovo)mixedZnjan (Split)mixed

Regions come from OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries; each spot page carries the record behind it. This list runs A to Z; the block above it is the tier order.

Last updated September 2026