CalmBeach Greece
Beaches in Kavala
All 21 beaches in Kavala, in one list. 16 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
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Toska
Sandy - Easy road access
A small cove among the pines — It is very close to Kavala town, yet feels secluded thanks to the pines.
- Monastiraki Beach Sandy - Difficult dirt road
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Paralia Neas Iraklitsas
Sandy - Easy road access
A wide beach with a picturesque harbour — A long, wide beach of good yellow sand, with shallow, gentle water, ~13 km west of Kavala; it splits into three parts…
- Paralia Kavalas Sandy - Passable dirt road
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Ammolofi
Sandy - Easy road access
Ammolofoi — one of north Greece’s finest — About 3 km of soft, very fine sand — the name means "sand dunes", which the wind genuinely builds here. It is routinely called the finest beach…
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Vrasidas
Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
The cape of the Spartan general — Vrasidas is the beach of the cape of the same name near Nea Peramos in Kavala, between Ammolofoi and the village…
- Batis Sandy - Easy road access
- Nea Karvali Sandy - Easy road access
- Paralia Gymniston Sandy - Passable dirt road
- Paralia Karianis Sandy - Easy road access
- Paralia Kalamitsas Sandy - Easy road access
- Paralia Ofryniou Sandy - Easy road access
- Remvi Sandy - Easy road access
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Rapsani
Sandy - Easy road access
The city sands with a Thessalian name — Rapsani is the central city beach of Kavala, a sandy shore of about 250 metres beside the Faliro Municipal Park…
- Psatha Sandy - Easy path
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Perigiali
Easy road access
The old public beach of the eastern city — Perigiali is the beach of the neighbourhood of the same name at the eastern entrance of Kavala…
- Paralia Folias Passable dirt road
- Paralia Nea Peramos Sandy - Easy road access
- Paralia Palio Sandy - Easy road access
- Keramoti Sandy - Easy road access
- Paralia Elaiochoriou Sandy - Easy road access
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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Organized
Sunbeds, umbrellas and somewhere to eat or drink nearby.
- Sandy
- Beach bars
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Good to know
Which beaches in Kavala are more sheltered from the wind?
16 of the 21 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.
Which side of Kavala is windier?
When the meltemi blows (from N/NE), the beaches facing north are the most open to it: none of the 3 is sheltered from it. The more sheltered side faces south: all 14 of its beaches have land between them and the wind. When the wind turns, the picture turns with it, so check live wind and waves before you go.
How is this list ordered?
By which beaches have the best conditions at that hour, so the order changes through the day: a beach that leads in the morning can drop down the list in the afternoon, once the wind picks up. When there is no live weather data, they are listed by how well known each one is — not by a score of ours.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 21 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.24 m in June, 0.23 m in July and 0.25 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.30 m in September. July 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 21 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.1 °C in May, 23.5 °C in June, 26.1 °C in July, 26.5 °C in August and 24.2 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 20.7 °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.
When is the weather worst in Kavala?
Over the last 20 summers there was no hard stretch in Kavala: even the windiest week had wind of 5 Beaufort or more on only 1 day in 100. The coast here is open, with no clearly sheltered corner to fall back on. These are typical figures from 20 summers of European reanalysis (2006–2025), not a forecast for any single day.
How busy does it get, month by month?
August is the peak: on an average night there are about 6,412 people staying here. When it fills and empties is measured for Thasos and Kavala as a whole, not for this place on its own: in October it drops to 7% of that peak — about 442 people, while in May it sits at 18%. From official overnight-stay figures 2024-2025: it counts whoever sleeps in the area, not day trippers or cruise passengers. It is a historical average, not a forecast for this year.
Weather and sea conditions change. CalmBeach uses the app view for live beach recommendations.