CalmBeach Greece
Beaches in Zakynthos
All 39 beaches in Zakynthos, in one list. 14 of them are not exposed to the maistros, 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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Agios Nikolaos Volimon
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The northern cove, gateway to the Blue Caves — Agios Nikolaos Volimes lies at the northeastern tip of Zakynthos, a small harbour cove below the mountain village of Volimes, with pebbles, coarse…
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Alykanas
Sandy - Easy road access
The sandy beach named after the salt pans — Alykanas lies in northern Zakynthos, next to Alykes, a long sandy beach that is essentially a continuation of the neighboring shore. Its name betrays…
- Ampoula Sandy - Easy road access
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Banana
Sandy - Easy road access
The golden strand shaped like a crescent — Banana Beach is one of the longest sandy beaches on Zakynthos and the largest on the Vasilikos peninsula, on its northeastern side. It unrolls in a…
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Dafni
Sandy - Passable dirt road
The nesting sands inside the Marine Park — Dafni stretches along the southern coast of Zakynthos, on the Vasilikos peninsula, a beach of fine golden sand within the zone of the National Marine…
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Kalamaki
Sandy - Easy road access
The nesting sands at the edge of the bay — Kalamaki lies on the southern coast of Zakynthos, at the eastern edge of Laganas Bay, a long sandy beach that forms part of the National Marine Park…
- Korakonisi Rocky - Passable dirt road
- Kremmydi Pebbles - Easy path
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Laganas
Sandy - Easy road access
The long sands at the heart of the National Marine Park — Laganas stretches along the southern coast of Zakynthos, one of the island's longest sandy beaches, its fine sand running the length of the bay that…
- Mikri Xygkia Pebbles - Difficult access (path)
- Madrakia Pebbles - Easy road access
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Porto Limnionas
Rocky - Easy path
The rocky fjord of the west — Not a sandy beach but a narrow, rocky fjord carved into the cliffs of the less-touristy west coast; you dive from limestone ledges into deep…
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Porto Roxa
Rocky - Easy road access
The rocky diving cove on the western coast — Porto Roxa is a rocky cove on the western coast of Zakynthos, near Agios Leon, carved into the imposing cliffs that define this side of the island…
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Agios Nikolaos Vasilikou
Sandy - Easy road access
The saint's sandy beach beneath the pines of Vasilikos — Agios Nikolaos lies at the northeastern tip of the Vasilikos peninsula in southeastern Zakynthos, a broad sandy beach near the cape that closes off…
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Tsilivi
Sandy - Easy road access
The organized sands of Planos — Tsilivi spreads along the northeastern coast of Zakynthos, a few kilometres northwest of the town, a large organized sandy beach. It is also known as…
- Vathy Lagkadi Pebbles - Easy path
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Xygkia
Pebbles - Easy path
The beach with sulphur springs — A small cove beneath white cliffs and pines on the north coast, where natural sulphur springs well up into the sea, giving a milky-turquoise colour…
- Alykes Sandy - Easy road access
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Ammoudi
Sandy - Easy road access
The small sandy cove on the north coast — Ammoudi lies on the northern coast of Zakynthos, about 14 kilometres northwest of the town, a small beach of fine sand that continues the shoreline…
- Atsinganos Pebbles - Easy road access
- Vourderi Sandy - Easy road access
- Kamaroti Pebbles - Moderate access
- Levki Paralia Pebbles - Boat access only
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Makrys Gialos
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The pebbled cove with the sea caves — Makris Gialos lies on the north coast of Zakynthos, between Alykes and the small harbor of Agios Nikolaos, a little cove of yellowish pebbles beneath…
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Mavratzis
Sandy - Easy road access
The small cove at the tip of Vasilikos — Mavratzis lies on the Vasilikos peninsula in southeastern Zakynthos, a small sandy cove set between Agios Nikolaos and Porto Roma. The shore faces…
- Megali Myzithra Pebbles - Boat access only
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Navagio
Pebbles - Boat access only
Shipwreck Beach — An enclosed cove with sheer white cliffs and bright white sand, where the rusting hull of the ship "Panagiotis" still lies — it ran aground in 1980…
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Paralia Gerakas
Sandy - Easy road access
The beach of the sea turtles — One of the most important loggerhead (Caretta caretta) nesting beaches in the Mediterranean, within the National Marine Park of Zakynthos (1999, the…
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Paralia Keriou
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The little harbor below the ancient pitch springs — Keri Beach, also known as Limni Keri, sits at the southwestern corner of Laganas Bay on Zakynthos, where the coastline begins to climb toward the…
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Paralia Marathia
Pebbles - Easy road access
The remote pebbled shore by the cape — Marathias beach lies at the southern tip of Zakynthos, in the area of Keri, a pebbled shore with rocks beneath the cape that shares its name. It is a…
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Paralia Marathonisi
Sandy - Boat access only
The turtle-shaped islet of the bay — An uninhabited islet in the Bay of Laganas that, seen from above, resembles a turtle — hence "Turtle Island". It is an important nesting site within…
- Paralia Plakaki Pebbles - Difficult access (path)
- Paralia Selinas Filippon Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Plaka/Perivolakia Sandy - Easy road access
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Porto Vromi
Pebbles - Easy road access
The western cove beneath the limestone cliffs — Porto Vromi is a small cove on the western coast of Zakynthos, in the area of Maries and Anafonitria, tucked between sharp limestone rocks, with…
- Porto Zoro Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Porto Kaminia Sandy - Easy road access
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Porto Roma
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The little harbour with the noble name — Porto Roma sits on the Vasilikos peninsula, about 16 kilometres southeast of Zakynthos town, a small bay of sand and pebble with a fishing harbour at…
- Sekania Sandy - Boat access only
Pick by what you are looking for
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Maistros options
The coves that face away from the prevailing wind — the shortlist for a windy day.
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Family beaches
Organised, not hard to reach, and recorded as shallow in our data.
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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
- Beach bars
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Good to know
Which beaches in Zakynthos are more sheltered from the wind?
14 of the 39 face away from the maistros, 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 39 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.49 m in June, 0.55 m in July and 0.51 m in August when the maistros is at its strongest, and 0.49 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 39 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.1 °C in May, 22.7 °C in June, 24.9 °C in July, 26.4 °C in August and 25.3 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. In October it is still 23.2 °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.