Wind, kite and wing
Windsurfing, kitesurfing and wing foiling.
The maestral builds across the Pelješac channel almost every summer afternoon, and it is why Viganj has been one of the best known spots in the Adriatic for forty years. We are named after that wind. You do not drive to the spot here. You rig on it.
The wind
The channel between the Pelješac peninsula and the island of Korčula acts as a natural funnel. That is what makes Viganj so much more reliable than the open coast.
Because the maestral is thermal it follows the sun rather than a forecast, so on a hot settled day you can plan the session at breakfast. Keep an eye upwind in strong wind: the channel carries boat traffic.
Three sports, one wind
One channel and one thermal, but the three of them do not want the same hour of the day. This is roughly how it divides.
Windsurfing
What the place is known for. Cross-shore from the west, flat to choppy water and no waves to punch through, so the run out and the run back are clean in both directions. 5.0 to 7.5 m² covers most afternoons.
Kitesurfing
The same wind, and a beach long enough to lay a kite out well away from where the sails are rigged. 7 to 12 m² for an average rider on a normal afternoon. Ask at reception where the beach is clearest before you pump — how much room there is depends on how full the week is.
Wing foiling
The reason the mornings matter now. Five to ten knots and glassy is a foiling breeze, so you get a session before the maestral fills in rather than waiting for it. 3 to 5 m² across the day.
What we do for your gear
These are the things that decide where you camp when you travel with boards, and they are the reason to choose us over a site five minutes down the road.
Locked storage, on the beach
Not in the car park and not in a shed up the hill — a secure store at the water's edge, included in your pitch price. In the busiest weeks we ask you to take the boom off the rig so more equipment fits in.
Freshwater rinse
Salt is what destroys sails, mast joints and foil hardware. Most sites send you to the washing-up sink. We have a proper rinse point, and it costs nothing.
Free trailer parking
Arriving with a board or boat trailer? Leave it in the marked trailer parking inside the camp at no charge.
Power that is not metered
Electricity is in the pitch price. Pumps, foil batteries, drones and phones cost you nothing to charge.
Learning here
Viganj suits a mixed group better than most spots, because the day splits in two. The glassy morning is genuinely good for a first lesson or for someone building confidence, and the afternoon is when everyone else goes out. Schools and rental centres operate within walking distance in the village.
Water Donkey Watersports Center
≈ 150 m from us
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Liberan Surf
≈ 150 m from us
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FootLoose Surf Club
≈ 250 m from us
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Independent businesses in Viganj, not run by us — book with them directly. Distances are straight-line from the camp.
Getting here
Viganj is 7 km west of Orebić on the Pelješac peninsula. From Orebić the ferry to Korčula town takes about 15 minutes. Since the Pelješac bridge opened, the drive down from Split or Zagreb no longer crosses into Bosnia and Herzegovina.
More about the village and the area on the Viganj page.
On the water
