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Beaches in Kythira
All 42 beaches in Kythira, in one list. 15 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 Nikolaos Pebbles - Difficult dirt road
- Kalami Sand & pebbles - Difficult access (path)
- Ammoutsi Pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Kalogeri Pebbles - Moderate access
- Paralia Karpathi Pebbles - Moderate access
- Vlychada Platias Ammou Pebbles - Moderate access
- Routsounas Pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Platia Ammos Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Paralia Fourni
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The pebbly shore below Karavas — Fourni lies on the north coast of Kythira, below the village of Karavas, a shore of pebbles and coarse sand facing northeast. It is reached off the…
- Agia Patrikia Pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Agia Pelagia Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Fyri Ammos Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Paralia Kalamitsi Pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Lorentzos Pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Kakia Lagkada Pebbles - Easy road access
- Limni (Agias Pelagias) Pebbles - Moderate access
- Paralia Lygia Pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Paralia Diporos Pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Petritis Pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Agios Levteris Pebbles - Passable dirt road
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Paralia Lykodimou
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
Red pebbles and a cave with a spring — Fine pebbles, sand and characteristic red pebbles in the centre-west. In the middle of the beach opens an impressive cave with a freshwater spring…
- Diakofti Sandy - Easy road access
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Paralia Kalami
Pebbles - Difficult access (path)
A hard-to-reach beach with a sunken cannon — A small pebble-and-some-sand beach in the centre-west, with deep, crystal-clear water. On the seabed near the centre of the bay lies a sunken cannon…
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Limnionas
Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
The fishing hamlet with the colorful doors — Limnionas lies on the west coast of Kythira, about seven kilometres from Mylopotamos, and is one of the few corners of the island that preserves…
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Paralia Palaiopoli
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The largest beach, with a hidden "hole" — Fully paved access with parking. Partly organized (umbrellas/a canteen at the north end); the long southern stretch has no facilities. Open/exposed…
- Paralia Limni (Palaiopoli) Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Paralia Kaladi
Pebbles - Easy path
Three coves and a rock arch — Kaladi stretches along the east coast of Kythira, a little south of Paleopoli, and is consistently counted among the island's most celebrated…
- Vlychada Anatoliki Sand & pebbles - 4x4 access
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Komponada
Pebbles - Passable dirt road
White krokales at the mouth of the gorge — Komponada stretches along the east coast of Kythira, near Travasarianika, at the point where the gorge that begins at Livadi meets the sea. It is one…
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Fyri Ammos (Kalamos)
Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
The reddish shore of Kalamos — Fyri Ammos of Kalamos stretches along the southeastern coast of Kythira, one of the island's largest beaches, facing due east. There are two beaches…
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Melidoni
Sandy - Passable dirt road
The southwest cove facing Chytra — Melidoni lies at the southwestern tip of Kythira, below the village of Drymonas, a small cove where fine sand mixes with coarser grains. Rising from…
- Kakopetra Pebbles - Moderate access
- Feloti Pebbles - Moderate access
- Lefto Pebbles - Moderate access
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Kapsali
Sandy - Easy road access
The twin bay beneath the Castle — Kapsali lies at the southernmost tip of Kythira, directly below Chora, where two crescents of sand form the island's famous twin bay. The two shores…
- Paralia Sparangario Pebbles - Moderate access
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Kapsali Piso Gialos
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
Kapsali's second shore — Piso Gialos is the second shore of Kapsali, at the southernmost tip of Kythira, spread toward the eastern arm of the double bay, where the low hill…
- Kyriakoulou Pebbles - Moderate access
- Steno Avlaki Pebbles - Moderate access
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Paralia Chalkos
Pebbles - Passable dirt road
The pebble cove below Kalamos — Chalkos sits at the southern tip of Kythira, near the village of Kalamos, a small cove of pebbles and rock facing straight south. Its unusual name…
- Vroulea Pebbles - Moderate access
- Xeropotamos Sandy - 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.
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Good to know
Which beaches in Kythira are more sheltered from the wind?
15 of the 42 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 42 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.64 m in June, 0.61 m in July and 0.61 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.70 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 42 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.6 °C in May, 22.4 °C in June, 25.5 °C in July, 26.4 °C in August and 25.4 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. In October it is still 23.4 °C — warmer than June. 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.