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Beaches in Folegandros
All 16 beaches in Folegandros, in one list. 6 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
- Agios Georgios Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
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Agios Nikolaos
Sand & pebbles - Easy path
A cove with tavernas below the chapel — A south-side beach of coarse sand and pebbles with shallow, gentle water and natural shade under tamarisk trees. It is named after the small chapel…
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Agkali
Sandy - Easy road access
Agali: Folegandros' great sandy cove — Agali lies on the western side of Folegandros, about four kilometres from the Chora, and is the largest and best-known beach on the island. Its shore…
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Ampeli
Pebbles - Easy path
A secluded cove for snorkelling — One of the most secluded beaches on Folegandros, in Ano Meria — pebbles and rocks with deep, clear water ideal for snorkelling. Completely without…
- Vardia Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Vitsentzou
Sandy - Easy path
A hidden cove beside the road — A tucked-away cove right beside the coastal road between Karavostasi and Livadi (~1 km from Karavostasi), with sand and plenty of pebbles. It stays…
- Galifos Pebbles - Easy path
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Katergo
Sand & pebbles - Difficult access (path)
The celebrated wild beach — The most celebrated wild beach on Folegandros, at the southeast tip: fine white pebbles and sand, crystal-clear turquoise water and a gentle shallow…
- Kochlidia Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Latinaki Sandy - Easy path
- Livadaki Pebbles - Difficult access (path)
- Livadi Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Lygaria Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Paralia Vorina Pebbles - Difficult access (path)
- Pountaki Sandy - Difficult access (path)
- Fira Sandy - Easy path
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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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 Folegandros are more sheltered from the wind?
6 of the 16 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 16 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 1.02 m in June, 1.17 m in July and 1.21 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 1.11 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 16 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.0 °C in May, 22.5 °C in June, 24.1 °C in July, 24.8 °C in August and 24.2 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 22.3 °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.