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Beaches in Andros
All 40 beaches in Andros, in one list. 10 of them are not exposed to the meltemi, which gives them the better odds on a windy day. Open any of them for live wind and waves.
The beaches
- Ag.Kyprianos Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Agios Ioannis Sand & pebbles - Difficult dirt road
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Agios Petros
Sandy - Easy road access
The sandy bay near Gavrio — Agios Petros is a large sandy beach on the west coast of Andros, right beside the main Gavrio-Batsi road. It belongs to the easy, family-friendly…
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Apothikes
Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
Golden sand in a cove off a dirt road — Golden sand with a gentle seabed and clear emerald water, on the west coast. The name means "warehouses" — fishermen are said to have stored their…
- Artemidi Pebbles - Passable dirt road
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Ateni
Sandy - Passable dirt road
Dunes and very shallow water — Access mostly on asphalt from Batsi via Katakoilos, with a final ~2-3 km of dirt road. It faces northeast, exposed to the Meltemi (the big section is…
- Achla Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
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Vitali
Pebbles - Passable dirt road
A long mountain route from Gavrio (~14 km); the final ~3 km is a narrow dirt track — a high-clearance vehicle is best. Lightly organized (a seasonal…
- Vlychada Sand & pebbles - Difficult dirt road
- Vori Sand & pebbles - Difficult dirt road
- Vintzi Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Gides Sand & pebbles - Difficult dirt road
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Gyalia
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
Gialia: the cove below Stenies — Gialia is a beach a little north of Chora, the capital of Andros, close to the traditional village of Stenies. Its shore is laid with pebbles and…
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Zorkos
Sandy - Passable dirt road
The great beach of the north — Zorkos lies on the northern coast of Andros, far from the main settlements, and is considered one of the largest and most striking beaches on the…
- Kalamitsi Pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Kaminaki Sand & pebbles - Difficult dirt road
- Kolona Sandy - Passable dirt road
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Nimporio
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
Neimporio: Chora's own beach — Neimporio is the central beach of Chora, the capital of Andros, just a few metres north of the town's seafront road. It spreads out in fine sand and…
- Kourtali Sand & pebbles - Difficult access (path)
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Kypri
Sandy - Easy road access
A shallow family beach on the main road — Soft sand and shallow, emerald water — ideal for young children. It is the most accessible beach on Andros, right on the paved Gavrio–Batsi road…
- Levka Pebbles - Difficult dirt road
- Limanaki Sandy - Passable dirt road
- Lydi Sand & pebbles - Difficult access (path)
- Megala Peza Sand & pebbles - Difficult dirt road
- Mikra Peza Sand & pebbles - Difficult dirt road
- Mikrogiali Pebbles - Difficult access (path)
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Batsi
Sandy - Easy road access
The beach at the heart of the resort — Batsi is the main beach of the seaside village of the same name, on the west coast of Andros. It sits right in the heart of the village, with direct…
- Bouros Sand & pebbles - Difficult dirt road
- Palaiopoli Sand & pebbles - Easy path
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Paralia Felou
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The shore of tamarisk trees — Fellos is a large beach north of Gavrio, on the west coast of Andros, with sand and fine pebble. It stays quieter than the fully organized beaches of…
- Paraporti Sandy - Easy road access
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Piso Gyalia
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
Piso Gialia: the tucked-away cove — Piso Gialia is a small cove to the north of Chora, the capital of Andros, close to the village of Stenies. The beach of coarse sand and pebbles hides…
- Piso Limnionas Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Platanistos Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Pyrgos Sand & pebbles - Difficult dirt road
- Rozos Sand & pebbles - Boat access only
- Steno (Stavros) Pebbles - Difficult access (path)
- Syneti Pebbles - Easy road access
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Tis grias to pidima
Sandy - Difficult access (path)
The rock with a legend — Tis Grias to Pidima lies on the southeastern side of Andros, near Korthi, and stands out for the tall, solitary rock that rises out of the sand and…
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Chrysi Ammos
Sandy - Easy road access
The golden sands on the Gavrio-Batsi road — Chryssi Ammos stretches along the west coast of Andros, right on the main road linking Gavrio with Batsi. It is one of the busiest sandy beaches on…
Pick by what you are looking for
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Meltemi options
The coves that face away from the prevailing wind — the shortlist for a windy day.
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Family beaches
Organised, not hard to reach, and recorded as shallow in our data.
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Snorkeling
Rockier seabed and clearer water, where there is something to look at underwater.
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Organized
Sunbeds, umbrellas and somewhere to eat or drink nearby.
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Secluded
Quieter and harder to reach — dirt track, a walk, or boat only.
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Sunset
West-facing, so the sun goes down over the water in front of you.
- Sandy
- Beach bars
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Good to know
Which beaches in Andros are more sheltered from the wind?
10 of the 40 face away from the meltemi, meaning less open water in front of them for a wave to build across when it blows. It is not a guarantee — the same beach changes character when the wind turns. Check the live reading before you drive out.
How is this list ordered?
By how well known each beach is, not by a score of ours. Which beach is good on a given day changes hour by hour and cannot be printed on a static page — so this page carries the list and the things that do not change, and the live map carries the conditions.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 40 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.91 m in June, 1.16 m in July and 1.22 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 1.08 m in September. June is the calmest month of the season. We calculate these figures ourselves from European Copernicus wave-model data at 4.2 km resolution. They describe the sea offshore, not the shelter of an individual cove — a bay protected by a headland will usually be calmer than this.
How warm is the water, month by month?
Off 40 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.3 °C in May, 21.7 °C in June, 24.0 °C in July, 24.8 °C in August and 24.1 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 21.7 °C. August is the warmest month. Satellite measurements, 1995–2024, from a sea cell about 5 km offshore; shallow bays usually run warmer than this.
Weather and sea conditions change. CalmBeach uses the app view for live beach recommendations.