CalmBeach Greece
Beaches in Chios
All 36 beaches in Chios, in one list. 18 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
- Paralia Amadon Pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Pyrgia (notios ormos) Pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Pyrgia (vorios ormos) Pebbles - Easy road access
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Bella Vista
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The town beach, walkable from the port — Coarse sand with very small pebbles on a short beach (under ~60 m), with clean, shallow water — handy for kids and a quick dip. Not a tourist beach…
- Lilikas Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Managros
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
One of the largest beaches on Chios — Sand and pebbles of varying grade on one of the island’s largest beaches (~40,000 m²), near Volissos. It is known for cold, crystal-clear water — a…
- Megas Limnionas Sandy - Easy road access
- Paralia Trachyli Pebbles - Moderate access
- Vigla Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Agia Dynami
Sandy - Easy road access
Agia Dynami: the chapel cove of southern Chios — Agia Dynami is a small cove on the south coast of Chios, near the village of Olympoi, also known as Agia Theodosia. It is known for its white sand…
- Agia Irini Pebbles - Easy road access
- Agia Fotini Pebbles - Easy road access
- Apothika Pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Gyali Pebbles - Passable dirt road
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Elinta
Pebbles - Moderate access
The cove that hid the Papanikolis — Elinta sits on the western coast of Chios, in a large enclosed bay below the mountain villages of Avgonyma and Anavatos, about 25 kilometres from…
- Karfas Sandy - Easy road access
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Komi
Sandy - Easy road access
The long sands below the old watchtowers — Komi lies on the southeastern coast of Chios, at the centre of its own bay, stretching along a sandy beach nearly a kilometre long, one of the…
- Makria Ammos Pebbles - Passable dirt road
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Mavra Volia
Pebbles - Easy road access
Mavra Volia: the black volcanic pebbles of Emporios — Mavra Volia lies on the south coast of Chios, right beside the picturesque little port of Emporios, and stands out for its jet-black volcanic…
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Nagos
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
Nagos: springs and plane trees in northern Chios — Nagos lies on the north-east coast of Chios, a few kilometres from Kardamyla, in a lush bay of plane trees and running water.
- Paralia Agios Isidoros Pebbles - Easy road access
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Paralia Avlonia
Pebbles - Passable dirt road
Avlonia: a pebbled cove in the Mastic Villages — Avlonia is a small beach on the south-west coast of Chios, in the region of the Mastic Villages, a few kilometres from Mesta.
- Avlonia Pyrgiou Sand & pebbles - Moderate access
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Paralia Vroulidia
Sand & pebbles - Easy path
Vroulidia: the hidden cove at Chios's southern tip — Vroulidia sits at the southernmost tip of Chios, near Pyrgi, tucked into a small cove beneath tall white cliffs.
- Paralia Kampia Pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Kato Fana Pebbles - Moderate access
- Paralia Karynta Pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Lithi Sandy - Easy road access
- Paralia Myrsinidi Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia ton Glaron Pebbles - Easy road access
- Potami Pebbles - Moderate access
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Salagona
Sand & pebbles - Moderate access
Salagona: a sandy shore near Olympoi — Salagona lies on the south-west coast of Chios, in the region of the Mastic Villages, near the village of Olympoi.
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Tigani
Pebbles - Passable dirt road
A wild pine-fringed cove below a watchtower — A cove of fine pebbles and sand (the sandier "Long Sand" is a few steps away) with deep, clear blue water and small reefs and islets, good for…
- Trachili Pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Chios Daskalopetra Easy road access
- Ag.Eleni Passable dirt road
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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Sunset
West-facing, so the sun goes down over the water in front of you.
- Sandy
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Good to know
Which beaches in Chios are more sheltered from the wind?
18 of the 36 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 36 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.59 m in June, 0.73 m in July and 0.73 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.62 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 36 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.7 °C in May, 21.6 °C in June, 22.8 °C in July, 23.5 °C in August and 23.0 °C in September — mild at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 21.2 °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.