CalmBeach Greece
Beaches in Donousa
All 4 beaches in Donousa, in one list. They vary widely in how sheltered they sit from the meltemi — open any of them and check live wind and waves before you go.
The beaches
- Kedros Sandy - Easy path
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Livadi
Sandy - Difficult access (path)
A secluded beach with emerald water — A striking, isolated beach with emerald water and bright white sand, one of the most photogenic on Donousa — the remotest of the Small Cyclades.
- Limenari Pebbles - Easy path
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Stavros
Sandy - Easy road access
The convenient port beach — The port-and-village beach, split into two parts by the bay, with fine powdery sand and clear turquoise water.
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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Good to know
Which beaches in Donousa are more sheltered from the wind?
It comes down to which way the coast faces. When the meltemi blows, coves facing the other way have less open water in front of them for a wave to build across, so they are usually more comfortable. It is not a guarantee — the same beach changes character when the wind turns. Check live wind and waves before you go.
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 4 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 1.08 m in June, 1.33 m in July and 1.33 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 1.17 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 4 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.6 °C in May, 21.4 °C in June, 22.7 °C in July, 23.5 °C in August and 23.2 °C in September — mild at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 21.3 °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.