Hotel Fontana

22.3°C Water temp · Jun 9

Croatia Coastal 1 - Excellent 22.3°C

Satellite image of HOTEL FONTANA — Satellite image © Esri

Ht. Fontana is a cultivated beach located in Jelsa on the island of Hvar in Croatia. The beach features a concrete structure surface with rocky areas and is lined with trees. It stretches 420 meters in length with an average width of 15 meters and has a wavelike coastal shape with a moderate slope of 15 to 25 degrees. The beach experiences high bather density during the season and has an average sea temperature of 24.27°C.

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Water

Adriatic Sea coastal waters. Beach length 420 meters, average width 15 meters. Average sea temperature during season 24.27°C. Salinity ranges from 36.4 to 39.6 during the season. Tide amplitude 25 centimeters. Underwater coastal slope is without slope (concrete coast structure). Prevailing wind from the north.

Location

Jelsa, Hvar, Croatia. The beach is accessible by pedestrian path and offers free parking. It is a hotel beach surrounded by hospitality infrastructure.

Facilities

Showers, restaurant, café bar, sea buoys, land sports facilities. Floating safety lines (beach fronts) for sea side protection.

Season

Monitoring conducted throughout the year with 10 annual samples. Average sea temperature during the season is 24.27°C.

Water Quality

Annual water quality monitoring conducted with 10 samples per year from 2009 to 2025. Final assessment periods using 40 samples over four-year periods from 2009-2012 through 2022-2025. Quality classifications recorded as excellent, good, sufficient, and poor under both Croatian national regulations and EU Directive 2006/7/EZ.