CalmBeach Greece
Beaches in Skyros
All 21 beaches in Skyros, in one list. 9 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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Glyfada
Sandy - Boat access only
A beach on an uninhabited islet (boat only) — A small beach of white sand and pebble with crystal-clear water, on the uninhabited islet of Sarakiniko off southern Skyros (not to be confused with…
- Renes Pebbles - Difficult dirt road
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Kalamitsa
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
A windsurf bay near Linaria — A long sand-and-pebble beach with clear water, ~9 km from town near Linaria port, with easy road access. The name comes from "kalami" (reed).
- Fokiotrypa Pebbles - Difficult dirt road
- Acherounes Sandy - Easy road access
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Pevkos
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The pine-fringed bay with the little harbour — Pefkos lies on the west side of Skyros, in a deep horseshoe-shaped bay about 10 kilometres from Chora and close to Linaria, the island's port. It…
- Achilli Sandy - Easy road access
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Agios Fokas
Sandy - Passable dirt road
The remote cove with the country chapel — Agios Fokas lies on western Skyros, south of Atsitsa, in a small cove that faces south. It takes its name from the picturesque country chapel of…
- Basales Pebbles - Easy road access
- Petritsa Pebbles - Easy road access
- Magazia Sandy - Easy road access
- Molos Sandy - Easy road access
- Pouria Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Gyrismata Sandy - Easy road access
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Kalogria
Sandy - Easy road access
The sandy stretch before Kyra Panagia — Kalogria stretches along the northwest coast of Skyros, about 12 kilometres from Chora, just before Kyra Panagia. Its name, which means nun in Greek…
- Kareflou Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Mikri Agalipa Sand & pebbles - Difficult access (path)
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Palamari
Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
A sandy beach beside a prehistoric town — A sandy, secluded cove on the northeast coast near the airport. Beside it lies the fortified prehistoric settlement of Palamari (~2800-1700 BC), with…
- Agalipa Sand & pebbles - Difficult access (path)
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Agios Petros
Pebbles - Passable dirt road
Sand dunes below the pines — Fine white sand with patches of pebbles, white dunes and tall rock formations, backed by pine-covered hills — a secluded beach ~16 km from town, near…
- Markesi Pebbles - Passable dirt road
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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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.
- Sandy
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Good to know
Which beaches in Skyros are more sheltered from the wind?
9 of the 21 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 21 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.64 m in June, 0.75 m in July and 0.81 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.78 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 21 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.0 °C in May, 22.1 °C in June, 24.6 °C in July, 25.2 °C in August and 23.8 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 20.9 °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.