Official annual classification

Uvala Božavčica

CroatiaCoastal44.13789, 14.90800
2025: Not classified

Uvala Božavčica is a coastal bathing water in Croatia. It has no official quality class for the 2025 season (Not classified), so the annual assessment cannot tell you how clean it usually is.

Na hrvatskom: Lokacija za kupanje Uvala Božavčica: za 2025. godinu nema službene ocjene EU. Kakvoća je bila izvrsna u 5 od 5 ocijenjenih sezona od 2015. Privremene zabrane kupanja i upozorenja o onečišćenju objavljuje nadležno tijelo (poveznica niže). Ostatak stranice je na engleskom.

Not a live safety signal. This is an annual official classification. Temporary pollution, algae, weather, currents or closures may change current conditions. Check the competent authority before swimming.
Before you swim

Check today's status and exact location

The annual EEA class gives long-term context. Use the competent authority (Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition) for temporary pollution, closures or alerts, and confirm this bathing water on the map before relying on the record.

Season status: Today (11 November 2026) is outside the official bathing season (1 June – 15 September). Official monitoring is tied to the season (a first sample may be taken shortly before it opens), so there are no current official water-quality results now. The next season starts on 1 June 2027.

Quality history

Annual classifications from the EEA record, 2015–2025, where available.

2025Not classified
2024Not classified
2023Not classified
2022Not classified
2021Not classified
2020Not classified
2019Excellent
2018Excellent
2017Excellent
2016Excellent
2015Excellent
History summary

It was classified in 5 of the 11 seasons from 2015 to 2025 (first classified season in this record: 2015), and 5 of those classifications were Excellent.

Where it is in Zadar County

ExcellentGoodSufficientPoorNot classifiedThis site91 official bathing waters in Zadar County by 2025 class, from official EEA coordinates; outline: Eurostat NUTS 2024 (© EuroGeographics), generalised, so coastal sites can sit just offshore.
Old town of Rovinj seen from the Valdibora pier
Croatia: Old town of Rovinj seen from the Valdibora pier. A landscape photo of the wider area, not of Uvala Božavčica itself. Photo: Isiwal, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo credits

How it compares locally

There are 33 other official bathing waters in Croatia within 25 km of this point. In the wider county of Zadar County, 30.8% of 91 official bathing waters were Excellent in 2025. Across Croatia, 88.3% of the 957 coastal bathing waters were Excellent in 2025 (86.2% of all 1,039 sites in the country). The nearest Excellent-rated alternative is Uvala Saharun, 2.9 km west (coastal).

Other official bathing waters in Croatia around this site, by 2025 class (straight-line distance; cross-border sites not included)
RadiusSitesExcellentGoodSufficientPoorNot classified
Within 5 km210001
Within 10 km510004
Within 25 km331100022

Weather forecast at this location

Forecast valid from 2026-11-11 21:00 UTC; issued 2026-11-11 19:20 UTC
Air temperature18.2 °C · cloudy
Wind7.7 m/s from the south-east
Rain, next 24 h17.9 mm
Air temperature range, next 24 h18 to 20 °C
Heavy rain in the forecast (17.9 mm in 24 h). Heavy rainfall can wash sewage overflow and run-off from land into bathing waters and cause short-term pollution that an annual class cannot show. Check Croatia's official notices before swimming after heavy rain.

Forecast data: MET Norway Locationforecast, licensed under CC BY 4.0, summarised by BathingWaterFinder for the nearest ~1 km grid point. This is a weather forecast for the air, not a measurement of water temperature or water quality.

Nearby official bathing waters

Closest records in Croatia by straight-line distance. This is not road distance or a live safety ranking.

Quick answers

What is the latest official rating for Uvala Božavčica?
Not classified for the 2025 bathing season, according to the EEA dataset reported by Croatia. Not classified usually means too few samples, a new or changed site, or a season without a valid assessment.
Has the rating changed recently?
A 2024-to-2025 comparison is not possible because at least one of the two seasons is not classified in the record.
Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?
Use the national profile linked on this page or Sea bathing-water quality (gov.hr → IZOR results) run by Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition, and follow signs and lifeguard instructions at the water. Temporary bans and pollution alerts are published there, not in the annual EEA class.
Is it bathing season there right now?
Today (11 November 2026) is outside the official bathing season (1 June – 15 September). Official monitoring is tied to the season (a first sample may be taken shortly before it opens), so there are no current official water-quality results now. The next season starts on 1 June 2027.
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Official source

Data source: European Environment Agency (EEA); bathing-water data and coordinates are reported by national authorities. Imported for this site on 2026-11-06. Distances, local counts and the history summary are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from those official records.

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