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Trogir / Okrug Gornji (Čiovo)

also known as Ciovo, Ciovo Trogir / Okrug Gornji Beach, Okrug Gornji Beach / Ciovo Trogir, Copacabana Beach Okrug Gornji, Plaža Toć

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On this page

Wind
- Month by month
Forecast
Water
Level
The scene
Launch
- Rescue
Hazards
Rules & access
Tips
Getting there
Photos
FAQ

Nearby Znjan (Split) 18 km · straight-line distance

SeasonMay to Septhe months riders and schools name How windy4-8 ktmixed Launchtightaccess rules on record, below Watermixed25°C in summer · 17 things riders flag LevelIntermediate to advancedwith a caveat, in the Level section

Schoolsnone named here

From the airport15 minSplit Airport (SPU)

When it fills in

Afternoon, as with the Maestral anywhere in Croatia; no exact onset hour is confirmed for this beach.

Okrug Gornji is the beach on Čiovo island across the bridge from Trogir, and as a kite spot it is marginal. The water is fine: flat to choppy Adriatic, clear, with a shallow entry off pebble and fine shingle. The problem is everything else.

The beach is the Toć/Copacabana waterfront; bars and sunbeds line it, jet skis and parasailing work off it, and there is very little room to lay out lines, less again in July and August when every metre of shingle is taken.

The wind is the summer NW Maestral, which here is usually below 10 kt, and from the southwest-facing beach the direction can end up side-off, so a light day can also be a long swim back. Intermediate or better, quiet hours only, and only after you have looked at the beach with your own eyes.

Split Airport is about 8 km away and Trogir's old town covers the no-wind days, which is the honest case for staying here. For wind, Bol, Viganj or the Neretva delta are where Croatian riders go.

The wind

locals call it Maestral in summer; Bura/Bora and Jugo also affect the Adriatic

Direction

wind blows away from land — rescue cover matters here

Kite sizes

7891011121314151617

metres · typical quiver highlighted

Character

mixed

fills in: Afternoon, as with the Maestral anywhere in Croatia; no exact onset hour is confirmed for this beach.

Typical strength

Light. Usual strength is below 10 kt, monthly averages run 4-8 kt and the year-round average is 5.7 kt. The regional summer Maestral is about 10-20 kt, but nothing confirms that as typical at Okrug Gornji.

light and unreliable; can be gusty or awkward when offshore/side-offshore

May-September is the usable window, on the summer Maestral. The raw wind-day tables show more 12+ kt days in winter and spring than in midsummer, but they leave out thermal wind. Bura/Bora is a cold, gusty NE wind, and on a southwest-facing beach it is not the wind to plan around.

Also on record

The quiver, in words

Indicative and mostly academic, since the usual wind here is under 10 kt: a 75-85 kg rider needs a foil or a 15-17 m to move at all on an average day. A proper NW Maestral afternoon in the 12-18 kt band is 12 m weather.A 9 m only comes out on a Bura or Jugo day, and on those days the cramped launch and the wind angle are the reason to stay on the beach.

Direction to shore

Southwest-facing beach. NW to W arrives side-on to side-shore and is the direction to want here. Swing the wind further north or northeast and it goes cross-off, with a long swim back down a bay full of boats.Which of the two you get depends on where along the two kilometres of Toć you set up.

Dominant direction

NW on the summer Maestral, with NE Bura/Bora and SE Jugo on synoptic days; no reliable local statistics give a dominant annual direction.

Forecast

Month by month

Jan28
Feb27
Mar30
Apr27
May, riders' month25
Jun, riders' month11
Jul, riders' month14
Aug, riders' month19
Sep, riders' month17
Oct21
Nov31
Dec27

per cent of the month at force 4 or more

Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.

9Jan14°
9Feb13°
9Mar14°
9Apr16°
9May20°
8Jun24°
9Jul27°
9Aug27°
9Sep25°
8Oct22°
9Nov18°
9Dec16°

avg knots per month · water °C below · season highlighted

Month	Force 4+	Knots	From	Air	Water
Jan	28%	9 kt	NNW	7.7°C	14.3°C
Feb	27%	8.7 kt	NNW	9.4°C	13.4°C
Mar	30%	9.4 kt	NE	10.6°C	14.4°C
Apr	27%	9.2 kt	ESE	13.6°C	16.4°C
May	25%	9 kt	ESE	19.1°C	19.5°C
Jun	11%	8.3 kt	NW	24°C	24.3°C
Jul	14%	9.1 kt	WNW	27.7°C	27.3°C
Aug	19%	8.8 kt	NW	27.2°C	27.3°C
Sep	17%	8.7 kt	ESE	22.1°C	24.6°C
Oct	21%	7.9 kt	NNW	17.8°C	22°C
Nov	31%	9.2 kt	NE	13°C	18.4°C
Dec	27%	8.8 kt	ENE	9.9°C	15.7°C

modelled

A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it. Good for comparing places, weaker for one beach.

Modelled from weather reanalysis on a 10–25 km grid (2020-2024), not a ground station: reliable for trade and synoptic winds, understates thermal sea breezes and valley winds. The typical daily max and the direction are columns of the table above, month by month. Highlighted months are the riding season from the spot record.

ERA5 reanalysis grid point (modelled) · Open-Meteo historical weather API — ECMWF ERA5/ERA5-Land reanalysis, not a ground station · 2020-2024

The water

Type

mixed

Standing depth

Standable close in off the pebble entry at both high and low water; how far out that holds has not been measured.

Tides

Not tide dependent; tide predictions exist for the spot, but no meaningful kitesurf impact is described.

Temperature

25°C summer · 13°C winter

Wetsuit

Shorts or a shorty in summer, a normal wetsuit in spring and autumn, a thick one in winter. The sea is about 24.6-25.0 C in July-August and about 13.2 C in February.

13–27°C water

Flat to choppy Adriatic. The beach is pebble and fine shingle, not sand; the water is clear and the entry shallow.

Your level

not for beginners hereintermediateadvanced

Intermediate and up. The launch is cramped, the water has swimmers and tourist craft in it, and the wind is light and can be side-off. One listing calls it a beginner spot; the launch alone rules that out.

The scene

What riders come here for

opportunistic light-wind sessionsfreeride when the beach is quietwingfoil or foil-oriented days if local access is safe

Busy Dalmatian resort beach next to Trogir: swimmers, beach bars and sunbeds, and tourist watercraft in the water. A quick local session, not a destination.

Launch and rules

three ways on to the water, and what each one asks of you

With a school or a boat

No school names this spot

Nobody has been recorded teaching or running a boat here.

On your own

Room to launch: tight

access rules on record

Somewhere else

Znjan (Split), 18 km

Znjan (Split)

Every spot within 40 km is on the map at the top of this page, with its distance under it.

Rescue

+385 21 88 73 11

Lifeguards on the beach are reportedly present and unconfirmed by anything official; cover for kiters is not established. The Okrug tourist board is the place to ask before you travel, on +385 21 88 73 11 or info@visitokrug.com. A dive centre operates from the beach, which puts boats in the bay but is not a rescue service.

Launch

Pebble and fine shingle on the Toć/Copacabana waterfront at Okrug Gornji, a beach running about two kilometres with a promenade behind it. The central section is bars, sunbeds and umbrellas with tourist watersports working off it, and there is little or no room to lay out lines there in summer.Any rigging space is at the quieter ends, and in July and August there may be none anywhere.

Space

tight

Hazards riders report 17

Bura can be strong and gusty on the island's northern side
Very limited launch and landing space on a busy beach
Crowded beach and crowded water in summer
Swimmers and non-kiters on the beach and in the water
Jet skis, parasailing, diving boats, boat rental and banana boats all work off the beach.
Side-offshore or cross-offshore wind risk depending on the exact launch position and wind direction
Light and inconsistent wind can make self-rescue or returning to shore difficult
Pebble/rocky shoreline and rocky points around the bay
Boat traffic in the bay
Bura/Bora can be strong, cold and gusty on exposed Adriatic coastlines
Very limited launch and landing space on a busy beach, and in July and August often none.
Swimmers and non-kiters on the beach and in the water.
Cross-offshore drift risk when the wind sits north of NW on this southwest-facing beach.
Light and inconsistent wind makes the swim back long if you go down.
Pebble and rocky shoreline with rocky points around the bay; water shoes help.
Boat traffic in the bay.
Bura can be strong, cold and gusty on exposed Adriatic coastlines and on the island's northern side.

Rules & access

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.

Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.

Rider tips

Walk the Toć/Copacabana beach before you pump up; in summer the shingle is sunbeds and umbrellas and there may be no room for lines.
July and August are the worst months for swimmers and jet-ski traffic; if you must, go early or late, outside beach hours.
Skip a marginal or offshore forecast; the usual wind here is below 10 kt and from the southwest-facing beach it can be side-off.
Do not assume the 10-20 kt Maestral of Bol or Viganj reaches Okrug Gornji; the local year-round average is 5.7 kt.
Ask on the beach whether kiting is tolerated in the bathing season and whether the lifeguards cover kiters; neither is on record for 2026.
Base yourself in Okrug or Trogir: Split Airport is about 8 km, Trogir is 5 minutes by bus or car, and the old town covers the no-wind days.
The Okrug tourist board, +385 21 88 73 11 or info@visitokrug.com, is the only public office that can tell you what is tolerated on Toć in season; there is no kite club to call.

Getting there

Airport

Split Airport (SPU)

Route

Okrug Gornji is on Čiovo island, over the bridge from Trogir. It is about 8 km from Split Airport and the highway, about 5 minutes from Trogir by bus or car, 20 minutes on foot, or 15 minutes by boat in summer.

Transfer

15 min

Cost level

medium

Staying

Apartments and holiday homes, a few small hotels, restaurants along the waterfront. Nothing kite-specific.

No-wind days

Trogir's UNESCO old town; Split and Diocletian's Palace about 30 km away; boat trips to the bays and islands; snorkelling or diving; a kayak or a SUP; a bike; the beach.

Photos

View from the water of Okrug Gornji's full beach frontage on Čiovo island, packed with people — Remus Pereni from Satu Mare, Romania / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

FAQ

When is the best time to kitesurf at Okrug Gornji?

May to September is the main usable period, mostly tied to the summer NW Maestral; several sources describe the wind here as often light and unreliable.

Is Okrug Gornji suitable for beginners?

Most rider-level sources point to intermediate and expert use because of limited launch room, swimmers, tourist watercraft and light or side-offshore wind.

What is the wind like at Okrug Gornji?

Summer NW Maestral is the main pattern, but usual strength is often reported below 10 knots, so this is not a high-reliability wind spot.

Where do you launch and how crowded is it?

The launch is a pebble beach on the Toc/Copacabana waterfront with bars, sunbeds and tourist watersports; rigging, launch and landing space is described as very limited, especially in July and August.

Last updated: August 2026