Organized beaches in Santorini — CalmBeach

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Organized beaches in Santorini

9 organized beaches in Santorini: with sunbeds, umbrellas and facilities. Check live wind & waves for each beach on CalmBeach before you go.

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Prefer sunbeds, umbrellas and a beach bar in Santorini? These 9 organized beaches usually have facilities and easier access. Check wind and waves in CalmBeach before you go.

The beaches

  • Kamari
    Kamari
    • Sand & pebbles
    • Easy road access
    • More sheltered from northerlies

    Black sand and Ancient Thera — A wide beach of black volcanic sand and pebbles at the northern foot of Mesa Vouno — the same rocky wall separates Kamari from Perissa. High above…

  • Perissa
    • Sand & pebbles
    • Easy road access
    • More sheltered from northerlies

    Black sand below Mesa Vouno — A long beach of jet-black volcanic sand at the southern foot of the rocky Mesa Vouno headland. Crowning the mountain are the ruins of Ancient Thera…

  • Monolithos
    • Sandy
    • Easy road access
  • Vlychada
    • Sand & pebbles
    • Easy road access
    • More sheltered from northerlies

    Santorini’s lunar coastline — A long strip of dark volcanic sand beneath tall pale cliffs of ash, tuff and pumice — debris from the Minoan eruption (~3,600 years ago) that wind…

  • Perivolos
    • Sand & pebbles
    • Easy road access
    • More sheltered from northerlies
  • Agios Georgios
    • Sand & pebbles
    • Easy road access
    • More sheltered from northerlies
  • Baxes
    • Sand & pebbles
    • Easy road access
  • Vourvoulos
    Vourvoulos
    • Sand & pebbles
    • Easy road access
  • Levki Paralia
    • Sand & pebbles
    • Boat access only
    • More sheltered from northerlies

    The White Beach and its pale cliffs — A small cove just past the Red Beach, beneath tall pale (cream-white) volcanic cliffs — the visual opposite of its red neighbour. The "white" refers…

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Good to know

Which beaches in Santorini are organized?

The beaches listed here are marked as organized, usually with sunbeds, umbrellas and food or a beach bar nearby. Facilities can change by season, so confirm locally.

Are organized beaches less windy?

Not necessarily. Facilities do not change the wind or waves — check live conditions in the app and compare less exposed beaches on windy days.

When is the sea calmest here?

Across 9 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.84 m in June, 1.00 m in July and 1.00 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.91 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 9 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.2 °C in May, 22.5 °C in June, 24.0 °C in July, 24.9 °C in August and 24.3 °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.

Wind and waves change every day. See live conditions for any of these beaches before you drive out.

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