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Beaches in Lefkada usually better when the maistros blows
11 sheltered beaches in Lefkada, oriented away from the maistros. Check live wind & waves on CalmBeach before you go.
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The maistros blows from NW/W, and the split shows up clearly in the data. Of the 33 beaches we have modelled, 11 take no open water toward NW/W; they cluster on the east coast, facing an arc of NE–S. The most reliable of them are listed below. The other 18 sit wide open to it.
The reason is the shape of the coast itself: these beaches have land behind them on the side the wind comes from. They are not necessarily enclosed bays — they simply sit in the wind shadow of the shore opposite.
The trade-off, plainly: the same east coast is open to the opposite wind. On days the wind swings from the east, the shelter reverses and the far side is the better call. So this list narrows the choice — it does not replace the forecast; check live wind and waves on the beach page before you go.
The beaches
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Mikros Gialos
The bay below Poros — Mikros Gialos lies on the southeast coast of Lefkada, in the deep bay of Poros and also known as Rouda Bay or Poros beach, about thirty kilometres…
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DesimiThe pebbled cove with the sea cave — Desimi lies on the east coast of Lefkada, at the head of a bay of the same name, on the outer side of the Vlichos peninsula and just east of Cape…
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Notia Paralia Nikianas
The pebbly shore of the fishing village — The south beach of Nikiana stretches along the east coast of Lefkada, just south of the village's small harbour, between Lygia and Nydri. It is one…
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Pasas
The narrow shore beside Perigiali — Passa is a narrow pebbly beach on the east coast of Lefkada, next to the village of Perigiali, between Nikiana and Nydri. On some maps it appears as…
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Photo credits
- Notia Paralia Skorpiou: Paul Lakin, CC BY 3.0
Good to know
Which beaches in Lefkada may be better when the maistros blows?
The bays listed here are shielded from the maistros in the exposure model, so they may be more comfortable when it blows. Local conditions still vary, so confirm wind and waves before you go.
Does this guarantee low waves?
No. Shelter shows which coasts are shielded from a wind direction, not guaranteed calm or low waves. On strong-wind days follow local flags and check live wind and waves in the app.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 11 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.22 m in June, 0.20 m in July and 0.19 m in August when the maistros is at its strongest, and 0.28 m in September. August 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 11 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.2 °C in May, 22.6 °C in June, 24.6 °C in July, 26.1 °C in August and 25.0 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 23.0 °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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