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Beaches in Rethymno

All 47 beaches in Rethymno, in one list. 33 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

Pick by what you are looking for

  • Meltemi options

    The coves that face away from the prevailing wind — the shortlist for a windy day.

  • Family beaches

    Organised, not hard to reach, and recorded as shallow in our data.

  • Snorkeling

    Rockier seabed and clearer water, where there is something to look at underwater.

  • Organized

    Sunbeds, umbrellas and somewhere to eat or drink nearby.

  • Sunset

    West-facing, so the sun goes down over the water in front of you.

  • Sandy
  • Beach bars
  • All beach guides →

Good to know

Which beaches in Rethymno are more sheltered from the wind?

33 of the 47 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 47 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.47 m in June, 0.46 m in July and 0.43 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.46 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 47 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.4 °C in May, 22.2 °C in June, 24.5 °C in July, 25.6 °C in August and 25.4 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. In October it is still 23.9 °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.

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