Marina Orašac

Shelter by wind direction

Good shelter in north, north-east (bora), east and north-west wind.

Partial shelter in south-west wind.

No shelter in south-east (jugo), south and west wind.

In the most open sector, up to 2.9 NM of open water towards the south-east.

Swell can come in from south-south-east to south (156°–172°).

Swell can come in from south-west to west-south-west (232°–240°).

Shelter is estimated from open water and swell, not from wind strength: a strong wind can still gust over the land.

Approach

Direct approach from open water; the routing point lies 0.1 NM from the anchoring spot.

Ashore and services

Beach within 300 m.

A good gateway to visit the island.

Within reach:

• Orašac: 1 restaurants, bars or cafés, 21 min by public transport (35)
• Gromača: 1 restaurants, bars or cafés, 27 min by public transport (26)
• Kliševo: 34 min by public transport (26)

Nearest services:

• Supermarket 1.8 km away
• Bus (Orašac) 290 m away
• Parking 170 m away

Where to go when the wind turns

When the wind makes this place exposed, the nearest places rated as well sheltered are:

• In south-east wind: Uvala Donje Čelo, 1 NM by sea.
• In south wind: Uvala Donje Čelo, 1 NM by sea.
• In south-west wind: Močilovo, 1 NM by sea.
• In west wind: Močilovo, 1 NM by sea.

Nearby anchorages and ports

• Uvala Potok cove · 0.2 NM by sea
• Uvala Donje Čelo cove · 1 NM by sea
• Močilovo cove · 1 NM by sea
• secret beach cove · 1.2 NM by sea
• Uvala Jekavac cove · 1.4 NM by sea
• Uvala Kamenica cove · 1.6 NM by sea

Sheltered anchorages of Dalmatia by wind

• Sheltered from the tramontana (north)
• Sheltered from the bora (north-east)
• Sheltered from the levante (east)
• Sheltered from the jugo (south-east)
• Sheltered from the ostro (south)
• Sheltered from the libeccio (south-west)
• Sheltered from the ponente (west)
• Sheltered from the mistral (north-west)

More places – Dubrovnik

• Gradićevo cove
• Mandrač cove
• Mokošica cove
• Uvala Gustijernica cove