Mirišta
The 200-metre pebble cove ten minutes along the coast path from Žanjice, under the Arza fort, with trees over the back of the beach and a fraction of the boats.
Our verdict
Mirišta is Žanjice with the volume turned down: the same open-sea water and pale pebble, a smaller cove about 500 m south along the coast path, a beach bar and a few loungers at €10 instead of two restaurants, and overhanging trees that shade the back of the beach in the afternoon. The Austro-Hungarian fort of Arza stands on the headland beside it and the Blue Cave boats will pick up here. It is the better of the two for a day with a book, and the worse for lunch.
Mirišta, in facts
The shore
Facilities
Access
Rules and character
Facts verified September 28, 2026 · Length: Our 25 Best Beaches list; neither Morsko Dobro nor the municipality publishes a figure, and a measurement off the map suggests the beach may be far shorter · Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL · 11 more still to check on the ground
Mirišta in pictures
Map
The shaded water is the official bathing zone for station Mirišta — the stretch JP Morsko dobro actually samples, not an outline of the beach.
Getting there
7.3 km
Herceg Novi
12 km
Tivat airport
16 km
Kotor
Straight-line distances — Montenegro's roads are mountain roads, so the drive is longer.
- By boatWater taxis from Herceg Novi in season; the Blue Cave boats leave from here as well as from Žanjice
- By carMost visitors park at Žanjice (€3–5, full early in July and August) and walk the ten minutes
- 10 min on footrough path — Along the coast path south from Žanjice beach
Today at Mirišta
Which way the beach faces is computed from the OpenStreetMap coastline, so onshore and offshore mean this shore and not the region. Forecast by Open-Meteo
Water and awards
Excellent
Latest official sample September 29, 2026: Excellent
Sea 22.3 °C when the sample was taken
10 of 10 samples Excellent across the 2026 season
Official result from JP Morsko dobro, station Mirišta
Nine official samples in 2026, nine Excellent — the same unbroken record as Žanjice next door
No award we can cite for this beach. Absence is information too.
Know before you swim
- The coast path from Žanjice is rough and unlit — fine in daylight, not for the walk back after dark
- Rock at the water’s edge on both sides of the cove, with sea urchins — swim shoes
- Open to the west like Žanjice: in a westerly the swell comes straight in
- Water taxis land here too — stay close in or inside any buoys that are set
When the water is warm
Mirišta was at its warmest, 27.6 °C, on September 1, 2026, and at its coldest, 19.9 °C, on June 26, 2026. Every point is a real sampling visit with the temperature read on the spot, not a monthly average copied from somewhere else.
See all 10 samplings
| Sampled | Sea | Result |
|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2026 | 22.3 °C | Excellent |
| September 15, 2026 | 25.3 °C | Excellent |
| September 1, 2026 | 27.6 °C | Excellent |
| August 18, 2026 | 25.9 °C | Excellent |
| August 4, 2026 | 25.8 °C | Excellent |
| July 21, 2026 | 26.5 °C | Excellent |
| July 7, 2026 | 23.1 °C | Excellent |
| June 26, 2026 | 19.9 °C | Excellent |
| June 23, 2026 | 23.1 °C | Excellent |
| June 9, 2026 | 22.4 °C | Excellent |
Season by season
Mirišta has been sampled 69 times since 2020: 60 of those readings Excellent, 9 below it.
How warm the water got, season by season. The average is of the July and August samplings only — a fixed window, so a year the inspectors happened to come early does not read as a cold one.
A handful of seasons is a record, not a trend: the spread here is what a few dated readings look like, not evidence of a sea warming or cooling. A hollow point marks a season that recorded a sampling below Excellent.
| Season | Samplings | Excellent | Below | Jul–Aug mean | Warmest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 23.7 °C | 25.7 °C |
| 2021 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 24.9 °C | 26.7 °C |
| 2022 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 24.3 °C | 25.4 °C |
| 2023 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 24.7 °C | 26.7 °C |
| 2024 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23.1 °C | 33.1 °C |
| 2025 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 24.1 °C | 25.5 °C |
| 2026in progress | 10 | 10 | — | 25.3 °C | 27.6 °C |
Licensed as
The state leases this coast lot by lot. Mirišta is tendered as 2 lots covering about 170 m of shore, each with an official category.
| Category | Lots | Shore |
|---|---|---|
| Family bathing | 1 | 120 m |
| Day-trip bathing | 1 | 50 m |
About 1,350 m² in total. This is what has been licensed, not what we saw: the number of sunbeds, toilets and showers on a lot is fixed in the signed lease, which is not published. JP Morsko dobro tenders
Nearby beaches
Mirišta and its neighbours
The same nine measures for the beaches you could reach the same day. Bold means it differs from this one.
| Measure | Mirištathis beach |  Dobreč2.6 km |  Savina6.6 km |  Njivice7.7 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | pebble | pebble | pebble | rock — differs |
| Entry | moderate | moderate | moderate | rocky — differs |
| Depth | deepens quickly | deepens quickly | deepens quickly | deepens quickly |
| Shade | trees and umbrellas | natural — differs | umbrellas for hire — differs | umbrellas for hire — differs |
| Character | organised and free sections | wild — differs | organised and free sections | organised and free sections |
| Length | 200 m | 100 m — differs | 200 m | 200 m |
| Latest water | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
| Crowd | quiet | quiet | busy in season — differs | quiet |
| Getting there | on foot | by boat — differs | by road — differs | by road — differs |
Stay near Mirišta
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Questions
- How do I get to Mirišta?
- Park at Žanjice and walk the coast path south for about ten minutes, or take a water taxi from Herceg Novi. The path is rough in places; wear shoes rather than flip-flops.
- Is Mirišta quieter than Žanjice?
- Yes — it is smaller, has fewer loungers and no restaurant, and most of the boats land at Žanjice. In July and August it still fills; come before noon for a place under the trees.
- What is the fort above the beach?
- Arza, an Austro-Hungarian coastal fort on the headland at the tip of Luštica, facing Mamula across the water. It is a ruin; there are no marked paths and no lighting.
Sources
- Our 25 Best Beaches in Montenegro list (entry 16)
- montenegro.com — Luštica city hub (the smaller, more secluded cove; water taxis; Blue Cave boats)
- montenegro.com — Krašići guide (/blog/krasici-la-dolce-vita-rest) and Radovići guide (/blog/radovici): the Arza fort and the Luštica roads
- OpenStreetMap — beach way 222269177 (surface pebblestone), Arza node 5823554507