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Family beaches
Family beaches in Karpathos
21 shallow, organised beaches in Karpathos: all with easy access, picked for young children. Check live wind & waves on CalmBeach.
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Travelling with young children in Karpathos? We picked these 21 beaches because they are organised, not hard to reach, and recorded as shallow. How quickly the water deepens varies from beach to beach, so check wind and waves in CalmBeach before you go.
The beaches
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DamatriaA quiet beach facing an islet — A small, clean beach of white pebbles and golden/coarse sand — pebbly at the shore, turning sandy a few metres in — with a shallow, gentle seabed…
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Kipos Michaliou
A small cove with fossils — A very small cove of fine golden and coarse sand, with pebbles and rocks in the water (entry needs care). It is rimmed by sandstone walls embedded…
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Lakki
Organized (bars, showers, tavernas, sunbeds); paved-road access, ~6 km south of Pigadia.
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Photo credits
- Apella: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Achata: from a visitor
- Paralia Diakoftis: Mitakidis Vangelis / Mitak at Greek Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 gr
- Damatria: pastitio, CC BY 2.0
- Mikri Ammoopi: Bukvoed, CC BY 4.0
- Lakki: pastitio, CC BY 2.0
- Finiki: Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Gialou Chorafi: Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Potali: andrej911, CC BY 3.0
- Vathia: Bukvoed, CC BY 4.0
- Paralia Arkasa: Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paralia Agiou Nikolaou: Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
Good to know
Which beaches in Karpathos are family-friendly?
Every beach on this list meets three criteria: it is organised, it has no difficult access, and our data records its water as shallow. How fast the seabed drops away underfoot is not something any map can guarantee — for small children, pick a calm, sheltered day as well.
How do I compare sea conditions?
CalmBeach checks wind, waves and exposure, so you can compare less exposed beaches and more comfortable visiting times.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 21 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.75 m in June, 0.87 m in July and 0.84 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 19.4 °C in May, 22.2 °C in June, 24.1 °C in July, 25.7 °C in August and 25.0 °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.
Wind and waves change every day. See live conditions for any of these beaches before you drive out.
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