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Northern Dalmatia · Zadarska

Olib

Olib is a low, green and quiet island between Silba and Pag, with a single village, sandy beaches and a shallow, turquoise sea.

Area (km²)
26
Population
117
Highest peak (m)
74

Olib is one of the few islands that the villagers themselves bought from their feudal lords, as early as the end of the 19th century. The village is gathered around the harbour on the west coast, and the rest of the island is covered by dry-stone walls, oak woods and pasture.

The harbour is protected by a breakwater but open to the west and north-west. The sea around the island is shallow, with a sandy seabed that gives good holding, but because of the shoals you need to keep an eye on the chart. On the east side is Slatinica, a sandy bay for daytime anchoring.

For boaters

Olib harbour with a quay and buoys outside the breakwater, day anchorages in Slatinica and along the south coast.

Marinas and harbours

  • Bucht Sv. Nikola, Insel Olib

  • Marina Olib

  • Otok Olib

Fuel

Our list has no boat fuel station on the island.

Anchorages

  • Uvala Slatinica

    Sheltered from Pulenat

    Open to Bura, Levant, Jugo

    A concession buoy field; anchoring on your own anchor is not allowed within 150 m of the field. Bura and jugo raise waves in the bay. The bay is shallow: one source gives only 2 to 3 m and a mostly rocky bottom with sand only close to the shore, so check your draft.

  • Luka Sveti Nikola

    Sheltered from Tramontana, Bura, Levant

    Open to Lebić, Pulenat

    Sources disagree on southerly winds: one guide rates the bay as sheltered from everything except westerlies, two describe it as open to the south, so it is safer to treat it as open to the south. A shoal lies south-west of the bay. Sources give between 10 and 15 buoys, and Olib village is a 30 to 40 minute walk away.

Bays on the island

  • Draga
  • Fučinska uvala
  • Gajina draga
  • Luka Olib
  • Mašunjeva draga
  • Radova draga
  • Šibenska uvala
  • Široki bok
  • Studeni bok
  • Uvala Banve
  • Uvala Barmešnica
  • Uvala Daskovica
  • Uvala Južna Slatina
  • Uvala Kavčica
  • Uvala Kusan
  • Uvala Male stinice
  • Uvala Rusovac
  • Uvala Samotvorac
  • Uvala Slanačka voda
  • Uvala Slatina
  • Uvala Vele stinice
  • Žali
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Safety

Emergency at sea

Croatia's national maritime search and rescue coordination centre (MRCC Rijeka) is on watch 24 hours a day. Save the number before you set off.

Before you call, have ready the boat's position (coordinates or the nearest headland, island or bay), the number of people on board and a description of the problem. A call to 112 is put through to the maritime rescue centre.

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