CalmBeach Greece
Beaches in West Attica
All 7 beaches in West Attica, 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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Akrogiali
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
A natural shore with tamarisks — Part of the Porto Germeno/Aigosthena coastline — a mix of sand and small pebbles, with tamarisk shade and no sunbeds (free, natural, low-key), in the…
- Paralia Kinetas Pebbles - Easy road access
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Paralia Porto Germeno
Pebbles - Easy path
A pebbly coast below an ancient fortress — On the northeast Corinthian Gulf, at ancient Aigosthena at the foot of Mt Kithaeron (~65 km from Athens). The coast is mostly pebbly (fine and…
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Paralia Porto Germeno (notio tmima)
Pebbles - Easy road access
The shore below the ancient fortress of Aigosthena — The southern section of Porto Germeno beach stretches along Aigosthena bay in West Attica, on the waters of the Corinthian Gulf. The settlement…
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Prosili
Pebbles - Easy road access
The pebble cove at the edge of Aigosthena bay — Prosili lies at the northern end of Aigosthena bay, near Porto Germeno in West Attica. It is a small beach of pebbles with rocky edges, facing…
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Psatha
Pebbles - Easy road access
The long Corinthian Gulf shore below Kithairon — Psatha stretches along the western coast of Attica, on the Corinthian Gulf, west of Vilia and at the foot of Mount Kithairon. It is one of the…
- Vardari Moderate 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 West Attica are more sheltered from the wind?
5 of the 7 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 7 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.15 m in June, 0.15 m in July and 0.15 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.15 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 7 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.7 °C in May, 22.9 °C in June, 25.5 °C in July, 26.1 °C in August and 24.9 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 22.4 °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.