CalmBeach Greece
Beaches in Salamina
All 10 beaches in Salamina, 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
- Mikro Lamprano Pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Paralia Agiou Nikolaou Pebbles - Easy road access
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Paralia Kanakia
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
A pebble beach within the pine forest — A ~700 m pebble beach on the southwest side, backed by lush pine forest that gives natural shade — west-facing. One of the island’s favourites; it…
- Dimitrani Moderate access
- Kaki Vigla Moderate access
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Kyriza
Moderate access
An organized beach, a local haunt — An organized beach on the south side, where the coastline breaks into small bays of differing character (stone, pebble, sand, rock). Family-friendly…
- Doulapi Moderate access
- Perani Moderate access
- Porto Fino Moderate access
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Charoupias
Moderate access
A small hidden "oasis" near Athens — Unorganized, mainly car-access — bring water, shade and snacks.
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 Salamina are more sheltered from the wind?
5 of the 10 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 10 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.23 m in June, 0.21 m in July and 0.21 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.22 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 10 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.2 °C in May, 23.1 °C in June, 25.8 °C in July, 26.8 °C in August and 25.7 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 23.4 °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.