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Sunset beaches in Kythira
12 west-facing beaches in Kythira: 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 Kythira? These 12 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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KapsaliThe twin bay beneath the Castle — Kapsali lies at the southernmost tip of Kythira, directly below Chora, where two crescents of sand form the island's famous twin bay. The two shores…
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Paralia LykodimouRed pebbles and a cave with a spring — Fine pebbles, sand and characteristic red pebbles in the centre-west. In the middle of the beach opens an impressive cave with a freshwater spring…
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Paralia KalamiA hard-to-reach beach with a sunken cannon — A small pebble-and-some-sand beach in the centre-west, with deep, clear water. On the seabed near the centre of the bay lies a sunken cannon…
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Kapsali Piso GialosKapsali's second shore — Piso Gialos is the second shore of Kapsali, at the southernmost tip of Kythira, spread toward the eastern arm of the double bay…
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Photo credits
- Kapsali: Ioannis Fakis, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paralia Lykodimou: Dionisio Calucci, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paralia Kalami: Alexey Komarov, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Agios Levteris: Dionisio Calucci, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Agios Nikolaos: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kalami: Alexey Komarov, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kapsali Piso Gialos: Alexey Komarov, CC BY-SA 4.0
Good to know
Which beaches in Kythira 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 12 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.76 m in June, 0.72 m in July and 0.70 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.80 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 12 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.6 °C in May, 22.3 °C in June, 25.5 °C in July, 26.5 °C in August and 25.5 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. In October it is still 23.4 °C — warmer than June. 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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