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Snorkeling beaches in Corfu
20 snorkeling beaches in Corfu: with clearer water and rocky seabed. Check live wind & waves for each beach on CalmBeach before you go.
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Want clear water and rocks to explore in Corfu? These 20 beaches are good for snorkeling, usually with clearer water and a rocky or mixed seabed. Visibility is often better on low-wind days — check wind and waves in CalmBeach first.
The beaches
The order is not random: rockier seabeds first, and among those the ones whose orientation leaves them less exposed — that is where the water tends to stay clearest. Check conditions before you go.
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Kanali tou ErotaThe "Channel of Love" — Soft sandstone carved by erosion into arches, caves and narrow fjord-like channels, on the northwest coast (Sidari). There is little sand — you…
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Porto TimoniThe double beach of Corfu — Corfu’s most famous "double" beach: two back-to-back bays sharing a thin neck of land, on a wild headland below the village of Afionas.
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Paralia MyrtiotissasLawrence Durrell’s favourite beach — A strip of golden sand beneath white limestone cliffs, on the isolated west coast. Author Lawrence Durrell called it "perhaps the loveliest beach in…
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Nissaki Beach
The little cove at the foot of Pantokrator — Nissaki lies on the northeast coast of Corfu, a small pebble-and-rock cove at the foot of Mount Pantokrator, in the stretch of coast running from…
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Kanoni Beach
The smooth rocks at the tip of the peninsula — Kanoni sits on the northern coast of Corfu, at the tip of a green peninsula just north of Kassiopi, between Pipitos and Bataria beaches. It is not a…
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Photo credits
- Kanali tou Erota: Sergey Rsavin, CC BY 3.0
- Porto Timoni: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
- Paralia Myrtiotissas: maczopikczu, CC BY 3.0
- Paralia Klimatia: maczopikczu, CC BY 3.0
- Paralia Gyali: Romanos Kalamatianos, CC BY 3.0
- Glyfa Beach: Alex Alishevskikh, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mikro Stelari: LucT, CC BY-SA 3.0
Good to know
Where do I snorkel when the north wind blows?
7 of the beaches listed here face away from all three northerly directions, based on their orientation: Paralia Myrtiotissas, Prasoudi, Paralia Gyali and 4 more on this page. That usually means less chop and better visibility while the Meltemi is up — orientation is a strong hint, not a promise, so check wind and waves before you go.
Which beaches in Corfu are good for snorkeling?
The beaches listed here have rockier seabed and clearer water, where you are more likely to see fish and underwater life. Conditions vary, so check the forecast before you go.
When is snorkeling more comfortable?
Snorkel close to shore when conditions are mild and avoid strong wind, waves or currents. Check live wind and waves in the app and follow any local flags.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 20 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.57 m in June, 0.59 m in July and 0.56 m in August when the maistros is at its strongest, and 0.62 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 20 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.7 °C in May, 22.0 °C in June, 23.4 °C in July, 25.3 °C in August and 24.5 °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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