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Beaches in Salamina
All 11 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…
- Dimitrani Easy road access
- Kaki Vigla Easy road access
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Kyriza
Easy road 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 Easy road access
- Perani Easy road access
- Porto Fino Easy road access
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Charoupias
Easy road access
A small hidden "oasis" near Athens — Unorganized, mainly car-access — bring water, shade and snacks.
- Selinia Sandy - Easy road access
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 11 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 which beaches have the best conditions at that hour, so the order changes through the day: a beach that leads in the morning can drop down the list in the afternoon, once the wind picks up. When there is no live weather data, they are listed by how well known each one is — not by a score of ours.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 11 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 11 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.
When is the weather worst in Salamina?
Over the last 20 summers, the hardest week in Salamina starts around 14 August: 13 days in 100 had wind of 5 Beaufort or more. In a week's holiday between 7 August and 20 August, strong wind on about 1 of the 7 days. Once it starts, it lasts about 2 days. Even then there were beaches fit for a swim, such as Doulapi, Charoupias and Kanakia. These are typical figures from 20 summers of European reanalysis (2006–2025), not a forecast for any single day.
How busy does it get, month by month?
August is the busiest month. When it fills and empties is measured for Piraeus and the Saronic islands as a whole, not for this place on its own: in October it drops to 25% of that peak, while in May it sits at 33%. From official overnight-stay figures 2024-2025: it counts whoever sleeps in the area, not day trippers or cruise passengers. It is a historical average, not a forecast for this year.
Weather and sea conditions change. CalmBeach uses the app view for live beach recommendations.