The Velebit seaside mountain chain spanning 145 kilometers represents a huge weather and climatic divide. A sharp continental climate of the interior, with warm summers and cold winters and are characterized by significant day/night temperature differences throughout the year. On the Adriatic coast of Croatia there is a Mediterranean climate, beautiful warm summers with refreshing winds and temperatures reaching approximately 30°C.  In spring and early summer the sea breeze keeps the temperatures cool along the coast and usually starts around 9am giving fabulous all day sailing conditions.

There are three main types of wind patterns that blow in Croatia. The spring and early summer sees the Maestral winds (landward breeze), this northwesterly wind is the result of the land and sea temperatures increasing at different times during the day. It often changes it's direction and in the southern Adriatic it is more prominent than the northern Adriatic and generally starts earlier.

In the winter you will find two definitive wind patterns, the Sirocco blows from the southeast to the southwest and arises from a warm, dry, tropical air mass that is pulled northward by low-pressure cells moving eastward across the Mediterranean Sea, the wind originates from the Arabian or Sahara deserts. The second pattern is the northeasterly Bora winds, the dry, cold winds blows in bursts downwards from the interior of the land and can blow steadily for as long as 14 days.