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Sandy beaches in Kavala
16 sandy beaches in Kavala: with sand underfoot rather than pebbles. Check live wind & waves for each beach on CalmBeach before you go.
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Looking for sand rather than pebbles in Kavala? These 16 beaches are recorded as sandy, so they are easier on bare feet and better for children playing. Check wind and waves in CalmBeach before you go.
The beaches
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AmmolofiAmmolofoi — one of north Greece’s finest — About 3 km of soft, very fine sand — the name means "sand dunes", which the wind genuinely builds here. It is routinely called the finest beach in…
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Rapsani
The city sands with a Thessalian name — Rapsani is the central city beach of Kavala, a sandy shore of about 250 metres beside the Faliro Municipal Park, between the Kalamitsa cape and the…
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ToskaA small cove among the pines — It is very close to Kavala town, yet feels secluded thanks to the pines.
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Paralia Neas IraklitsasA wide beach with a picturesque harbour — A long, wide beach of good yellow sand, with shallow, gentle water, ~13 km west of Kavala; it splits into three parts (the last, past the marina…
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Photo credits
- Ammolofi: Georgios K. Kleitsiotis, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ammolofi: Georgios K. Kleitsiotis, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Batis: An. Antoniou, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Toska: Sotiria Pacharaki, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paralia Neas Iraklitsas: An. Antoniou, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paralia Kavalas: rene boulay, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paralia Gymniston: DocWoKav, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paralia Ofryniou: Hoňunda, CC BY 3.0
- Psatha: Sotiria Pacharaki, CC BY-SA 4.0
Good to know
Which beaches in Kavala are sandy?
The beaches listed here are recorded as sand rather than pebbles or rock. Shorelines shift with storms and seasons, so the mix can change from year to year.
Does sand mean shallow water?
Not always. Sand describes the shore, not the depth — some sandy beaches drop away quickly. Open a beach to see its recorded depth, and check live wind and waves before you swim.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 16 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.20 m in June, 0.19 m in July and 0.21 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.25 m in September. July 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 16 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.1 °C in May, 23.5 °C in June, 26.1 °C in July, 26.6 °C in August and 24.2 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 20.7 °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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