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Camp Kazela (Medulin) 18.3

#5677 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇭🇷 Croatia · Istarska · near Pula

Needs the right swell, wind is the enemy here, gentle enough to learn.

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Camp Kazela (Medulin), Croatia
Photo: Vincent Pál, permission given · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · photo taken 3.7 km from the spot
Surf score18.3 /100
Surfable days27% of the year
Clean days0% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell0% period 11 s+
Typical size0.3 m 1.1 ft median
Water18°C a 3/2 wetsuit

Best time to surf Camp Kazela (Medulin)

It rarely works. The nearest airport is VCE (149 km) and the nearest town is Pula (12 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan35%0%0.5 m12°C5/4
Feb45%0%0.4 m12°C5/4
Mar37%0%0.4 m12°C5/4
Apr23%0%0.3 m14°C4/3
May21%0%0.3 m17°C3/2
Jun5%0%0.2 m23°Cvest
Jul8%0%0.2 m25°Cboardies
Aug15%0%0.2 m25°Cboardies
Sep23%0%0.3 m24°Cvest
Oct32%0%0.4 m19°C2mm
Nov50%0%0.6 m17°C3/2
Dec35%0%0.4 m14°C4/3

What is under Camp Kazela (Medulin)

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor drops to 68 m.

Depth 8 km out68 m
Depth 4 km out42 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 18.3

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
6.9
Best days 22.4%
1.3
Clean days 18.4%
0.0
Consistency 10.2%
2.5
Season spread 4.1%
0.0
Water comfort 6.1%
2.1
Access 4.1%
3.0

The detail

Faces 150° with 64% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 47% of days. Mean peak period 3.3 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.0 m, with a peak period of 4 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 36%. Months that work: 1 of 12. Coordinates 44.803, 13.967 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,220/ month
typically €1,070 – €1,370
Rent, one bedroom€640
Groceries€255
Eating out€145
Getting around€85
Phone + internet€90
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,380/ month
typically €2,090 – €2,670
Somewhere to stay€1,400
Eating out€500
Car, transfers, fuel€325
Data + extras€155
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Croatia (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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