| Baška Voda | |
| Official Name: | Općina Baška Voda |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Croatia Split-Dalmatia County#Croatia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Croatia |
| Coordinates: | 43.3575°N 16.9492°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Croatia |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Split-Dalmatia County |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 25.7 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 9.9 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 2590 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 1766 |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Baška Voda (pronounced as /bâʃkaː vɔ̌da/) is a village and a municipality in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County.
It is located on the Adriatic coastline of Dalmatia, 10km (10miles) northwest of Makarska.
In the 2011 census, it had a total population of 2,775, in the following settlements:
In the same census, 96.2% of the population were Croats.
Baška Voda has very pleasant Mediterranean climate with many sunny days.
The name Baška Voda is mythological in origin and is linked with Biston, the patriarch of the Thracian Biston tribe, son of Ares, the Greek god of war, and the goddess Calliope, protectress of water. The military fort and springs near Baška Voda bear out this theory. Some of the richest archaeological sites that have yielded finds from Roman times are on the heights of Gradina and its surroundings.
These include burial sites with urns, lamps, jewellery, coins with the head of Alexander Severus Aurelianus and headstones bearing the names of 13 of the ancient inhabitants of Baška Voda, the loveliest of which commemorates a boy called Ursinus, who died in a shipwreck between 100 and 150 AD.
In ancient times, the little village of Bast nestled by a freshwater spring which supplied the Biokovo area. During the 18th century, after the expulsion of the Turks, its inhabitant left the slopes of St. Ilija's (Elijah's) Ridge and descended to the shore, where they established Baška Voda, today a well-known tourist resort on the Makarska Riviera.
Baška Voda first appeared on the “Coranelli” geographical map, produced in 1688, as “Basca”. It was a small village which thrived on agriculture and fishing. The Late Baroque church of St. Lovro (Laurence), built in 1750, probably occupies an Antique site, while the parish church of St. Nikola (Nicholas), the patron saint of travellers and sailors, was built in the early 20th century.
The town along with its surroundings appear in the video game Gran Turismo Sport as a fictional racetrack.[2]