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Sandy beaches in Skyros
8 sandy beaches in Skyros: 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 Skyros? These 8 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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Kalogria
The sandy stretch before Kyra Panagia — Kalogria stretches along the northwest coast of Skyros, about 12 kilometres from Chora, just before Kyra Panagia. Its name, which means nun in Greek…
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Agios Fokas
The remote cove with the country chapel — Agios Fokas lies on western Skyros, south of Atsitsa, in a small cove that faces south. It takes its name from the picturesque country chapel of…
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Glyfada
A beach on an uninhabited islet (boat only) — A small beach of white sand and pebble with crystal-clear water, on the uninhabited islet of Sarakiniko off southern Skyros (not to be confused with…
Good to know
Which beaches in Skyros 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 8 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.67 m in June, 0.81 m in July and 0.88 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.83 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 8 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.0 °C in May, 22.1 °C in June, 24.6 °C in July, 25.1 °C in August and 23.8 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 20.9 °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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