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Sunset beaches in Ithaca
8 west-facing beaches in Ithaca: that look out toward the sunset. Check live wind & waves for each beach on CalmBeach before you go.
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Want to watch the sun go down over the sea in Ithaca? These 8 west-facing beaches look out toward the sunset. Time your visit for late afternoon — and check wind and waves in CalmBeach before you go.
The beaches
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Mikri Poli
The little cove of Polis bay — Mikri Poli is a small cove in Polis bay, below the village of Stavros in northern Ithaca. It sits just west of the main Polis beach, with pebbles and…
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Poli
The beach with the sunken ancient town — Poli (or Polis) is the beach below Stavros, the main village of northern Ithaca, set in a bay with a small fishing harbour and greenish water. Its…
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Paralia Skinos
The narrow cove where pines meet the sea — Skinos is a narrow cove east of Vathy on Ithaca, where pine trees come down to the water's edge. It lies within the bay of the same name, a rocky…
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Photo credits
- Aspros Gialos: Евгений Лыков, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Loutsa: Евгений Лыков, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Koutoupi: Евгений Лыков, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ammoudi: CucombreLibre from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0
Good to know
Which beaches in Ithaca face the sunset?
The beaches listed here face west or southwest, so the sun sets over the water in front of you. Arrive before sunset to find a spot and enjoy the light.
Anything to know for an evening visit?
Wind can pick up or drop in the evening, and remote beaches have no lights. Check live wind and waves in the app and bring a torch for the walk back.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 8 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.35 m in June, 0.39 m in July and 0.37 m in August when the maistros is at its strongest, and 0.40 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 19.2 °C in May, 22.8 °C in June, 25.0 °C in July, 26.3 °C in August and 25.1 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 22.9 °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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