Losinj Island


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The climate of Losinj is very mild, due to its forests among other things, so it has developed into a health resort. Many of Europe's crowned heads came here in search of health and vitality, among them the Austrian Emperor, Franz Joseph, Prince Rudolph, and the Austrian heir-apparent Franz Ferdinand. So the building of summer residences started as early as the last century. There are many reminders of the island's rich maritime past: strange vegetation brought from overseas, museums of sailing ships in Mali and Veli Losinj and rich island houses adorned with souvenirs of distant journeys. The oldest and most attractive tourist destination on Losinj is Cikat. Modern hotels stand in the shade of hundred year old pines, but there are also villas reminiscent of Monte Carlo built along classical lines by the last representatives of European aristocracy. Losinj's special feature is a colony of dolphins, and there are some 150 registered so far. Dolphins are one of the best indicators of the clean sea. Losinj was the first one in the Mediterranean to be proclaimed the dolphin reservation.

Anchorages
Place Position Adress Information
 
Nerezine  44° 40'N 14° 24'E village (pop. 397 in 1991) and small harbour some 2 M south of the Osor Straits on the Cres-Losinj road

Yachts drawing up to 2.5 m can moor on the inner side of the S breakwater and along the piers.

Facilities: Post office, medical service, hotel and other facilities in the village.Water from a hydrant, provisions in local shops. Crane (1.5 t) and slipway for smaller vessels; the boatyard carries repairs of wooden vessels and engines.
Veli Losinj 44° 31'N 14° 30'E village (pop. 994 in 1991) and a small harbour on the E coast of Losinj 

Along the landing ground at the entrance into the small harbour and on the stretch of the coast (four-point moor). The sirocco causes strong waves that flood the inner part of the har- bour. It is not recommended to enter Rovenska during bora.

Facilities: Post office, tourist office and several hotel estab- lishments and shops, medical service, hospital for allergic diseases and health resort during the winter. Provisions and water available; fuel in Mali Losinj.
Rovenska 44° 31'N 14° 30'E cove and small harbour on the SE coast of Losinj, separated by a small peninsula from the harbour of Veli Losinj; forms part of the village of Veli Losinj

Smaller yachts can moor by the mole in the harbour (depths 2-3.4 m). The cove is sheltered from all winds except the north-westerlies. With a strong north-easterly, waves splash over the breakwater, sometimes over the mole too.

The area between the islet of Orjule and Losinj is a good all- round shelter except with SSE winds blowing. Smaller vessels can anchor W of the island of Male Orjule (between two islets) in a depth of 20 m; the Batelic shoal 0.25 M from the island of Male Orjule.

Facilities: Provisions and water available.
Balvanida 44° 29'N 14° 30'E cove on the SW coast of Losinj, some 3 M southeast of Cikat

A good shelter for yachts, but SW and W winds send in a swell. Depths in the inner part of the anchorage 2-4 m.
Cikat 44° 32'N 14° 27'E small cove and well-known tourist resort some 0.7 M west of Mali Losinj

The cove is protected from all winds except the wester- lies which cause a considerable sea. Smaller vessels can anchor in the middle of the cove (depth 14-25m) or moor along the pier (only for embarking or disembarking) in front of the hotel (depth 3.5 m) in the NE part of the bay.

Facilities: In the pine wood fringing the cove are several hotels and a large camp for motorists. Shopping for provisions in Mali Losinj.
Mali Losinj  44° 32'N 14° 28'E town (pop. 6,566 in 1991) and harbour in the SE part of the bay of the same name

Is one of the best shelters in the northern Adriatic for ships and yachts of all sizes.Moor alongside the mole and the quay or use the four-point moor in the E part of the harbour or alongside the three floating fingers in the S part of the harbour.

The mole is reserved for passenger ships and customs inspections.

Facilities: Port of entry, harbour master's branch office, customs, post office, hospital, chemist's, supermarket, bank, hotels, camping sites, various repair shops, duty-free shop in which charts and nautical publications are sold, meteorological station; the head office of the Losinjska plovidba shipping company; Maritime School Centre. Udica Fishing Club and Jugo Sailing Club.Water from the hydrant on the waterfront, fuel from the petrol station in the NW part of the cove. Repairs are carried out by the Losinjska plovidba boatyard and the workshops in the marina.