CalmBeach Greece
Beaches in Psara
All 6 beaches in Psara, in one list. 5 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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Archontiki
Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
A beach with a Mycenaean settlement (partly sunken) — A large sand-and-fine-pebble beach with a rocky seabed, on the west coast next to Lakka. At its north end lies a Mycenaean settlement and cemetery…
- Katsouni Sandy - Moderate access
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Lakka
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The island’s largest beach — The largest beach on Psara (~600 m), with sand and pretty white pebbles, on the west side in St Nicholas bay. Natural shade from tamarisks.
- Limnos Sandy - Easy road access
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Lazareta
Sandy - Easy road access
The island’s nicest, most family-friendly beach — Fine golden sand with relatively shallow water — often called the nicest beach on Psara and the best family option. Two smaller coves flank it, with…
- Psili Sandy - Boat access only
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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Good to know
Which beaches in Psara are more sheltered from the wind?
5 of the 6 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 6 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.64 m in June, 0.73 m in July and 0.75 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.71 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 6 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.4 °C in May, 21.5 °C in June, 22.9 °C in July, 23.5 °C in August and 23.0 °C in September — mild at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 21.0 °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.