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Dubrovnik in southern Dalmatia is not only extremely popular with sailors. It is also very popular with day visitors, mostly coming from large cruise ships, or brought here in large numbers by bus. The rest is currently being done by the fantasy series Game of Thrones, parts of which were filmed in Dubrovnik. The result: too many tourists visit the...
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Probably no other topic has been the subject of so much discussion recently: is it allowed, for example in a quiet Croatian anchorage, to lay a mooring line in addition to the anchor gear and attach it to a tree on the shore, for example – or not? Turkey introduced the mooring line ban in 2008, and Croatia followed suit....
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A severe storm with heavy rain and wind speeds of over 110 km/h hit Mallorca and the other Balearic Islands on Wednesday (August 14, 2024) – exactly ten days earlier than last year. Will vacationers on boats in the Balearic Islands have to prepare for storms in August in the future? What is the reason for this? A severe summer...
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Sea-Help is known as Europe's largest breakdown and recovery service for pleasure craft, providing assistance in non-life-threatening situations. Sometimes, however, SeaHelp members also receive a "special service" beyond this, as the operation at the SeaHelp base in Empuriabrava in the Spanish municipality of Castelló d'Empúries on the Gulf of Roses (province of Girona, Catalonia) shows. The SeaHelp base in Empuriabrava...
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Croatia has been extremely popular with German-speaking boating holidaymakers in recent years. In addition to the climate, beautiful nature, crystal-clear water, cozy konobas and good infrastructure for water sports enthusiasts, the main reason for this was the prices. In some cases, they were significantly lower than those of competitors such as Spain, Italy or France. It seems that this has...
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Predicting monster waves, also known as freak waves or rogue waves (sailors call them cavemen), was previously considered impossible. This could now change thanks to special field measurements and artificial intelligence At the beginning of January 1995, a low pressure system with a large pressure gradient forms in southern Sweden. The resulting storm sweeps southwards across the North Sea and...
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Pufferfish are normally found in the coastal regions of tropical and warm seas, mostly over coral reefs or seagrass beds. Some species also live in fresh and brackish water in the Amazon, tropical Africa, eastern India and Southeast Asia. Now they can also be found in the Adriatic Sea. A post by the Aquarium Pula, published on a social media...
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An unmanned, two-metre-long sailing buoy weighing 60 kilograms has been sailing in the Baltic Sea north-east of Kriegers Flak since May - and will continue to do so until the end of October. The buoy is built to withstand a collision with a ship, it is said - there is no statement on whether pleasure craft or yachts could be...
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"Excitement in a holiday paradise. A video allegedly shows two sharks just a few metres from the beach in Vodice, Croatia. They could be blue sharks," was the headline in the Kleine Zeitung newspaper a few days ago, adding that "conspicuous fins" had caused a stir among beachgoers in Croatia. But what is the truth of the report? And -...
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