Rose
A pebble shore and a working quay in the fishing village at the tip of Luštica, reached by the ferry from Herceg Novi rather than by road.
Our verdict
Rose is a village you swim from rather than a beach you go to. The water is clear enough that Morsko Dobro singles it out for diving, the pebble shore and the concrete either side of the pier stay quiet even in August, and the stone houses come right down to the edge. What brings most people across is lunch on a terrace over the water, with the swim as the reason to stay the afternoon. Come by boat: the road around Luštica takes far longer than the crossing.
- quiet
- swimming
- snorkelling
- photography
Rose, in facts
The shore
Facilities
Access
Facts verified September 28, 2026 · Length: Our own estimate of the bathing shore either side of the village pier. Neither the Morsko Dobro register nor Herceg Novi municipality publishes a length for Rose · 14 more still to check on the ground
Rose in pictures
Map
The shaded water is the official bathing zone for station Rose — the stretch JP Morsko dobro actually samples, not an outline of the beach.
Getting there
3.2 km
Herceg Novi
14 km
Tivat airport
18 km
Kotor
Straight-line distances — Montenegro's roads are mountain roads, so the drive is longer.
- By boatA year-round ferry links Rose to Herceg Novi, and tourist boats call several times a day in summer (Herceg Novi municipality). No operator or fare is published
- By carBy road it is the long way round the Luštica peninsula on a narrow lane — most people come across the water instead
Today at Rose
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 21.9 °C when the sample was taken
8 of 10 samples Excellent across the 2026 season
Official result from JP Morsko dobro, station Rose
Seven of nine official samples Excellent in 2026, one Good on 24 July and one Sufficient on 15 September — the last sample of the season, and the only end-of-season dip on this coast. Morsko Dobro singles the water out for diving
No award we can cite for this beach. Absence is information too.
Know before you swim
- The quay is a working one: the ferry and the excursion boats come alongside all day, so swim away from the pier
- No lifeguard is recorded here at any time of year
- Coming by boat, check the time of the last crossing before you settle in
When the water is warm
Rose was at its warmest, 27.5 °C, on September 1, 2026, and at its coldest, 20.4 °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.
Hollow points are the 2 samplings that came back below Excellent.
See all 10 samplings
| Sampled | Sea | Result |
|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2026 | 21.9 °C | Excellent |
| September 15, 2026 | 23.2 °C | Sufficient |
| September 1, 2026 | 27.5 °C | Excellent |
| August 18, 2026 | 24.6 °C | Excellent |
| August 4, 2026 | 25.8 °C | Excellent |
| July 24, 2026 | 23.0 °C | Good |
| July 7, 2026 | 22.3 °C | Excellent |
| June 26, 2026 | 20.4 °C | Excellent |
| June 23, 2026 | 24.7 °C | Excellent |
| June 9, 2026 | 23.0 °C | Excellent |
Season by season
Rose has been sampled 69 times since 2020: 55 of those readings Excellent, 14 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 | 8 | 1 | 24.4 °C | 26.4 °C |
| 2021 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 24.9 °C | 26.5 °C |
| 2022 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 24.1 °C | 25 °C |
| 2023 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 24.6 °C | 27 °C |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23.3 °C | 32.1 °C |
| 2025 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 24.7 °C | 25.8 °C |
| 2026in progress | 10 | 8 | 2 | 23.9 °C | 27.5 °C |
Licensed as
The state leases this coast lot by lot. Rose is a single lot covering about 20 m of shore, with an official category.
Also licensed here: a mooring platform in the water off the beach.
| Category | Lots | Shore |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel beach | 1 | 20 m |
About 345 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
Rose and its neighbours
The same nine measures for the beaches you could reach the same day. Bold means it differs from this one.
| Measure | Rosethis beach |  Dobreč1.8 km |  Savina2.4 km |  Meljine Beach2.6 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | pebble | pebble | pebble | pebble |
| Entry | moderate | moderate | moderate | gentle — differs |
| Depth | deepens quickly | deepens quickly | deepens quickly | shallow — differs |
| Shade | natural | natural | umbrellas for hire — differs | umbrellas for hire — differs |
| Character | wild | wild | organised and free sections — differs | organised — differs |
| Length | 80–150 m | 100 m | 200 m — differs | 30 m — differs |
| Latest water | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | —no official sampling point — differs |
| Crowd | quiet | quiet | busy in season — differs | busy in season — differs |
| Getting there | by boat | by boat | by road — differs | by road — differs |
Stay near Rose
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Questions
- Is the water at Rose clean?
- Seven of the nine official samples in 2026 came back Excellent, one Good on 24 July, and the last of the season, on 15 September, Sufficient. Morsko Dobro also notes the clarity for diving.
- How do you get to Rose?
- By boat from Herceg Novi. The municipality lists a year-round ferry with tourist boats calling several times a day in summer. The road around the Luštica peninsula exists but takes much longer.
- Is there a proper beach at Rose?
- A modest one. Morsko Dobro calls it a pebbly beach in the fishing village with a pier for small boats, and the municipality mentions a smaller sandy beach, Malo Rose, by the harbour. Nobody publishes a length for either.
Sources
- Morsko Dobro bathing-water monitor, station Rose (id 62), full 2026 season: https://monitoring.morskodobro.me/
- Morsko Dobro beach brochure — "a pebbly beach located in the fishing village of Rose", pier for small boats, clear water for diving
- Herceg Novi municipality (hercegnovi.me) — year-round ferry to Herceg Novi, tourist boats several times a day in summer, and the smaller Malo Rose beach by the harbour
- OpenStreetMap — Rose, Luštica, Opština Herceg Novi (42.4283 N, 18.5568 E)
- Montenegro.com, our own Rose city hub