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Beaches in Lefkada
All 33 beaches in Lefkada, in one list. 11 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
- Breath of Zorbas beach Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Desimi
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The pebbled cove with the sea cave — Desimi lies on the east coast of Lefkada, at the head of a bay of the same name, on the outer side of the Vlichos peninsula and just east of Cape…
- Kamari Pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Nikianas Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Notia Paralia Nikianas
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The pebbly shore of the fishing village — The south beach of Nikiana stretches along the east coast of Lefkada, just south of the village's small harbour, between Lygia and Nydri. It is one…
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Pasas
Pebbles - Easy road access
The narrow shore beside Perigiali — Passa is a narrow pebbly beach on the east coast of Lefkada, next to the village of Perigiali, between Nikiana and Nydri. On some maps it appears as…
- Limni / Strofi Pebbles - Easy road access
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Agios Ioannis
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The long shore with the windmills — Agios Ioannis, also called Ai Giannis, stretches just outside the town of Lefkada, a long shore of coarse sand and pebbles running some three…
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Avali
Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
The hidden cove beneath the cliffs — Avali is a secluded cove on the west coast of Lefkada, below the village of Kalamitsi, with white pebbles and coarse sand. It sits about 25…
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Agiofylli
Pebbles - Easy path
The pebbled cove beneath the cliffs — Agiofili sits on the south coast of Lefkada, just outside Vasiliki, a small cove of white pebbles tucked beneath high cliffs. On local maps the name…
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Ammousa
Pebbles - Easy road access
The small pebble bay among the olive groves — Ammoussa lies in southern Lefkada, near the village of Marantochori and a few kilometres from Vasiliki, a small pebble bay about seventy metres long…
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Ammoglossa
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The tongue of sand below the castle — Ammoglossa is the closest beach to Lefkada Town, at the entrance to the island, directly opposite the castle of Agia Mavra. Its name describes its…
- Anatoliki paralia Skorpiou Sandy - Boat access only
- Anonymi Paralia Komilio Sandy - Moderate access
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Afteli
Pebbles - Easy road access
The little pebble cove below Evgiros — Afteli is a small pebble cove on the south coast of Lefkada, below the village of Evgiros and between Nidri and Vasiliki. At around twenty metres it…
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Vasiliki
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The bay of Ponti and its windsurfing — Vasiliki lies at the southern tip of Lefkada, in the Vasiliki/Ponti settlement, on the broad bay of Ponti. It is a long shore of pebbles and coarse…
- Gaidaros Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Gialos Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Gyra (Anna) Sandy - Easy road access
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Egkremni
Sand & pebbles - Boat access only
The long beach below white cliffs — A long beach of fine white pebbles and sand, beneath towering white limestone cliffs on the southwest coast, famous for its intense blue water.
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Kathisma
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The organised beach with paragliders — One of the longest beaches on Lefkada (~1 km), wide, with fine white sand and pebbles, on the west coast below green cliffs. Fully organised and…
- Kastro Sandy - Easy road access
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Kavalikevta
Pebbles - Passable dirt road
Giant rocks and little coves — Kavalikefta lies on the west coast of Lefkada, below the village of Kalamitsi and about fifteen kilometres south of the main town. Also called…
- Kaminia Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Kryoneri Pebbles - Difficult access (path)
- Lygia Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Mikros Gialos
Pebbles - Easy road access
The bay below Poros — Mikros Gialos lies on the southeast coast of Lefkada, in the deep bay of Poros and also known as Rouda Bay or Poros beach, about thirty kilometres…
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Mylos
Sand & pebbles - Difficult access (path)
The hidden cove next to Agios Nikitas — A picturesque, fairly secluded cove of sand, pebbles and clear water, with no road. Reach it either by an uphill path of ~20-30 minutes through the…
- Notia Paralia Skorpiou Pebbles - Boat access only
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Pevkoulia
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The beach with the pines — A long beach of sand and pebbles near Agios Nikitas (west coast), with pine trees offering natural shade — the name evokes the "little pines".
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Porto Katsiki
Sand & pebbles - Easy path
The "goat’s port" — A crescent of fine white sand at the foot of a towering, concave white cliff in southwest Lefkada — one of the most photographed beaches in Greece…
- Skala Gialou Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Ai Giannis (Levkada) 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.
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Good to know
Which beaches in Lefkada are more sheltered from the wind?
11 of the 33 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 33 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.51 m in June, 0.55 m in July and 0.51 m in August when the maistros is at its strongest, and 0.52 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 33 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.4 °C in May, 23.1 °C in June, 24.9 °C in July, 26.2 °C in August and 24.9 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 22.8 °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.