Pilatuša Madona — Bathing Water Quality
Pilatuša Madona is a coastal bathing site in Zadar County, Croatia. In the EEA's 2025 assessment its water quality was classified as Excellent, the highest of the four classes. It has been rated Excellent in all 12 classified seasons since 2012.
At a glance
- Classification
- ExcellentEEA assessment 2025
- Water type
- Coastal
- Region
- Zadar County, Croatia
- Seasons on record
- 14 since 2012
- Assessment year
- 2025
This is an annual classification of microbiological water quality, not a real-time safety assessment. Check local signage and authorities before swimming.
Classification history
Seasons from 2012, the first season classified under the current Bathing Water Directive scheme in Croatia.
| Season | Classification |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Excellent |
| 2024 | Excellent |
| 2023 | Excellent |
| 2022 | Excellent |
| 2021 | Excellent |
| 2020 | Excellent |
| 2019 | Excellent |
| 2018 | Excellent |
| 2017 | Excellent |
| 2016 | Excellent |
| 2015 | Excellent |
| 2014 | Not classified |
| 2013 | Not classified |
| 2012 | Excellent |
Location
- Coordinates
- 43.91430, 15.48675
Region: Zadar County
Nearby bathing sites
Designated sites within 25 km in the same country, by straight-line distance.
- Punta1.4 kmNewly identified
- Janice2.3 kmExcellent
- Kumenat2.4 kmExcellent
- Soline3.4 kmNewly identified
- Dražica3.9 kmExcellent
- Uvala Dugovača4.6 kmNewly identified
In context
Zadar County has 80 designated bathing sites in this dataset. Of the 27 sites there classified in 2025, 100% were rated Excellent.
Sources and methodology
Dataset: EEA — Bathing Water Directive, status of bathing water, version eea_t_bathing-water-status_p_1990-2025_v01_r00. Classification year: 2025. Data retrieved: October 31, 2026.
Facts on this page last changed with the data version of October 31, 2026.
EEA dataset recordHow classifications work
Data: European Environment Agency (EEA), "Bathing Water Directive - Status of bathing water, 2025 v.1.0", https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/070d9baa-448d-4168-8514-7dadb3ad876d. © Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV), European Environment Agency. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Modified by this site: filtered to Greece and Croatia and to sites assessed in 2025; codes converted into plain-language classes; Greek site names, published in capital letters, converted to title case; history limited to seasons from the current Bathing Water Directive classification onward (Greece 2011, Croatia 2012); regions assigned from the coordinates using Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries; statistics computed by this site. This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the EEA.