CalmBeach Greece
Beaches in Kefalonia
All 77 beaches in Kefalonia, in one list. 35 of them are not exposed to the maistros, which gives them the better odds on a windy day. Open any of them for live wind and waves.
The beaches
- Amidi Pebbles - Boat access only
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Notia Avythos Gymniston
Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
The southern, naturist end of Avithos — Notia Avithos is the southern, naturist end of Avithos beach, on the southwestern coast of Kefalonia, near Spartia. A strip of fine golden sand with…
- Central Square Beach Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Cronidis Beach Pebbles - Easy road access
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Dafnoudi
Pebbles - Easy path
The hidden cove with the seal's cave — Dafnoudi lies at the northern tip of Kefalonia, a few kilometres from Fiskardo, near Antipata in the Erisos region. It is a hidden pebble cove at the…
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Emplysi
Pebbles - Easy road access
The snorkelling cove near Fiskardo — A small cove of white pebbles, ringed by tree-clad cliffs, ~2 km north of picturesque Fiskardo. Its clear turquoise water and life-rich seabed make…
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Fteri
Pebbles - Difficult access (path)
The hidden shore beneath white cliffs — Fteri lies on the northwestern coast of Kefalonia, in a secluded cove near Zola, a strip of white pebbles and sand beneath towering limestone cliffs…
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Kimilia
Pebbles - Easy path
The secret cove of white pebbles — Kimilia lies in the Erisos region at the northern tip of Kefalonia, very close to Fiskardo. It is a small natural cove of white pebbles with large…
- Megali Ammos Sandy - Easy road access
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Paralia Skalas
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The long shore beside the Roman villa — Skala beach extends beside the resort village of the same name, at the southeastern tip of Kefalonia. It is one of the island's longest organized…
- Mounta (gymniston) Sandy - Easy road access
- Agia Paraskevi Pebbles - Easy road access
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Pessada
Sand & pebbles - Easy path
The little bay beside the Zakynthos ferry port — Pessada is a small sandy bay on the south coast of Kefalonia, about ten kilometres south of Argostoli, beside the little harbour of the same name…
- Sissia Sand & pebbles - Difficult access (path)
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Trapezaki (gymniston)
Sandy - Moderate access
The eastern end toward Kanali — The naturist section of Trapezaki lies on the southern coast of Kefalonia, at the eastern end of the long sandy stretch that runs toward Kanali…
- Limanaki Trapezakiou Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Xi
Sandy - Easy road access
The red sand of Paliki — A ~3 km strip of distinctive red-orange sand below clay cliffs, on the Paliki peninsula near Lixouri. The colour comes from iron released as the…
- Xylokaravo Pebbles - Boat access only
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Agios Thomas
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The two coves beneath the little chapel — Agios Thomas lies on the southern coast of Kefalonia, near the village of Karavados and about 13 kilometres from Argostoli. It is in fact two small…
- Agios Chelis Sandy - Easy road access
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Ammes
Sandy - Easy road access
The sands beneath the flight path — Ammes is a sandy beach on the south coast of Kefalonia, beside Svoronata and close to the island's airport, about ten kilometres south of Argostoli…
- Aspros Vrachos Pebbles - Boat access only
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Agia Eleni
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
White pebbles and caves on western Paliki — Agia Eleni lies on the western coast of the Paliki peninsula in Kefalonia, below the village of Damoulianata, a small beach of white pebbles facing…
- Agia Sotira Moderate access
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Agia Kyriaki
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The pebbly cove below Zola — Agia Kyriaki lies on the western side of Kefalonia, below the fishing village of Zola, at the narrow neck of the Paliki peninsula. It is a beach of…
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Atheras
Sandy - Easy road access
The little bay with the islet and the chapel — Atheras, or Porto Atheras, lies on the northern coast of the Paliki peninsula in Kefalonia, at the head of a small, narrow bay with the islet of…
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Antisamos
Pebbles - Easy road access
The "Captain Corelli" beach — A white-pebble beach in a bay framed by vividly green, forested hills, just east of Sami.
- Vatsa Sandy - Easy road access
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Vouti
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The double cove below Zola — Vouti lies on the western coast of Kefalonia, below the village of Zola, between Fteri and Agia Kyriaki. It stretches along the western side of the…
- Vrachinari Sandy - Easy road access
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Gradakia
Sandy - Easy road access
The little sandy strip at Lassi — Gradakia sits in cosmopolitan Lassi, just outside Argostoli, next to Makrys Gialos and near Platys Gialos. It is a small, narrow strip of fine…
- Ellinika Pebbles - Moderate access
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Kako Lagkadi
Pebbles - Difficult access (path)
The hidden cove down the rugged ravine — Kako Lagadi is a hidden pebble cove on the eastern coast of Kefalonia, between Poros and Skala. It lies at the foot of steep cliffs, where a narrow…
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Kalamia
Sandy - Easy road access
The small sandy cove at Fanari — Kalamia is a small sandy beach in the Lassi area, near Argostoli and the lighthouse of Agioi Theodoroi, on the western edge of Kefalonia. It lies…
- Kaminia Sandy - Easy road access
- Kanali Sandy - Easy path
- Karavomylos Pebbles - Easy road access
- Katelios Sandy - Easy road access
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Koroni
Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
The blond-sand shore between Lourdata and Skala — Koroni lies on the southern coast of Kefalonia, between Lourdata and Skala, about 22 kilometres from Argostoli. It is a sandy beach of fine blond and…
- Koumaria Pebbles - Easy access
- Kounopetra Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Lithos Pebbles - Moderate access
- Lagkadakia Pebbles - Easy road access
- Levka Sand & pebbles - Difficult access (path)
- Limenia Pebbles - Easy road access
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Lourdata
Sandy - Easy road access
The great bay below Mount Ainos — Lourdata (or Lourdas) lies on the southern coast of Kefalonia, about 17 kilometres southeast of Argostoli, in one of the island's largest bays, which…
- Lygia Farson Pebbles - Easy road access
- Lygia Pessadas Pebbles - Moderate access
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Makrys Gialos
Sandy - Easy road access
The long sandy shore of Lassi — Makris Gialos stretches along the Lassi area, a few kilometres south of Argostoli, on the western coast of Kefalonia. Its name, which literally means…
- Megas Lakkos Sandy - Easy road access
- Mounta Sandy - Easy road access
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Myrtos
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The white pebbles below the cliffs — An arc of ~1.5 km of small, smooth white pebbles (marble from eroded limestone), below towering white cliffs reaching ~200 m. The bay was formed by…
- Nipsias Sandy - Boat access only
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Paliostafida
Sandy - Easy road access
The sandy shore named for the old currant trade — Paliostafida lies at Lassi, just outside Argostoli, on the western coast of Kefalonia. It is a fine-sand beach, also known as Bouka-Paliostafida, in…
- Paralia Agia Varvara Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Paralia Agia Ierousalim
Pebbles - Easy road access
The chapel that gave the beach its name — Agia Ierousalim sits in the Erisos region of northwestern Kefalonia, about five kilometres from Fiskardo. It is a small pebble cove framed by lush…
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Paralia Alaties
Pebbles - Easy road access
The bright-white salt cove — Alaties is a small, brilliant-white cove on the north coast of Kefalonia, in the Erisos region, a few kilometres west of Fiskardo. Its name comes…
- Paralia Gialiskari Pebbles - Boat access only
- Paralia Kolpos Kormoranon Pebbles - Moderate access
- Paralia Paliolinos Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Paralia Avythos
Sandy - Easy road access
The long sandy sweep of Livathos — Avithos beach stretches along the south coast of Kefalonia, in the fertile Livathos district, near the village of Svoronata. It is a long ribbon of…
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Petani
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The bay of abundant waters on Paliki — Petani (Petanoi) opens onto the northwest coast of the Paliki peninsula in western Kefalonia, a curving bay of pebble and coarse sand at the foot of…
- Platia Ammos Pebbles - Boat access only
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Platys Gialos
Sandy - Easy road access
It is fully organised — sunbeds, bars, taverna, showers — with shallow water and good snorkelling, family-friendly (Blue Flag). Close to Argostoli…
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Ragia
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
Colourful pebbles at the gateway of Poros — Ragia, also known as Aragia, stretches along the seafront of Poros in southeastern Kefalonia, a long shore where small, colourful pebbles alternate…
- Spithi Sand & pebbles - Easy path
- Spartias Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Trapezaki
Sandy - Easy road access
The sandy shore below Mousata — Trapezaki lies on the southern coast of Kefalonia, near the settlement of Mousata and about 13 kilometres from Argostoli. It is a sandy beach of fine…
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Foki
Pebbles - Moderate access
The seals' cove among the cypresses — Foki is a small, enclosed cove on the north coast of Kefalonia, a few minutes from the picturesque village of Fiskardo. Its name is said to come from…
- Psamousa Pebbles - Moderate access
- Elies Pebbles - Easy road access
- Lithovatis Pebbles - Easy path
- Giagana Pebbles - Difficult dirt road
- Chorgota Pebbles - Easy road access
- Agia Sofia Pebbles - Easy road access
- Platy Limani Pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Skala (Kefalonia) Moderate access
Pick by what you are looking for
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Maistros 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 Kefalonia are more sheltered from the wind?
35 of the 77 face away from the maistros, 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 77 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.57 m in June, 0.59 m in July and 0.56 m in August when the maistros is at its strongest, and 0.65 m in September. August 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 77 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.1 °C in May, 22.6 °C in June, 24.7 °C in July, 26.2 °C in August and 25.2 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 23.0 °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.