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Sunset beaches in Messinia
28 west-facing beaches in Messinia: that look out toward the sunset. Check live wind & waves for each beach on CalmBeach before you go.
- 28beaches
- 15organized
- 11with photos
Want to watch the sun go down over the sea in Messinia? These 28 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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Vidokilia
The perfect Ω-shaped bay — It forms a near-perfect Ω-shaped (omega) semicircular bay ("ox-belly", hence the name), with golden fine sand and shallow, gentle water — one of the…
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Stoupa
A family beach with a "Zorba" link — Two main sandy beaches (Stoupa and nearby Kalogria) with fine sand and shallow, gentle water — well suited to families; Stoupa is organized with…
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Paralia FoneasA cove with a huge rock for diving — A small, deep cove of white pebbles and crystal-clear blue-green water, ~4 km south of Kardamyli, in the Messinian Mani. A colossal rock splits the…
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KalogriaKalogria, in Zorba's footsteps — Kalogria unfolds at Stoupa, in the Messinian Mani, a beach of fine sand at the foot of Mount Taygetos. It is the best known and most organized shore…
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LagkouvardosLagouvardos, the surfers' beach — Lagouvardos is a large sandy beach near Marathopoli, on the Kyparissia Gulf of Messinia. It stretches for about two kilometres of sand, framed by…
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Paralia Ritsa
Ritsa at Kardamyli — Ritsa is the main beach of Kardamyli, in the Messinian Mani, a pebbly shore just a few metres from the settlement. It runs for about one kilometre of…
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Paralia Pantazi
Pantazi — Pantazi beach stretches along the Messinian Mani, between the villages of Agios Dimitrios and Agios Nikolaos, a few kilometres from the latter. It is…
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TsapiTsapi — Tsapi is a small, secluded cove in southern Messinia, in the area of Chrysokellaria, between Koroni and Methoni. It has soft sand, fine and coarse…
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Paralia Santovas
Santova — Santova beach lies at Avia, about 12 kilometres south of Kalamata, on the road towards the Messinian Mani. It is a narrow shore of pebbles and coarse…
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Romanos
Dunes and turtles at Costa Navarino — A 1km+ sandy, dune-backed beach, part of Costa Navarino — partly undeveloped, partly served by resort beach clubs and watersports.
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Photo credits
- Paralia Foneas: Alfie (Helmut Schütz), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paralia Foneas: Alfie (Helmut Schütz), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lagkouvardos: Zoizimono, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tsapi: Francesco Boggia, CC BY 3.0
- Glossa (gymniston): Angela Stefanoni, CC BY 3.0
- Paralia Kalamitsi: lo.tangelini, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Paralia Salio: macrolepis, CC BY 3.0
- Loutsa: Klaus Wessel, CC BY 2.0
- Mati: Julie N.
- Petrochori: darkobajic, CC BY 3.0
Good to know
Which beaches in Messinia 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 28 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.52 m in June, 0.55 m in July and 0.52 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.53 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 28 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.1 °C in May, 22.6 °C in June, 25.4 °C in July, 26.7 °C in August and 25.7 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. In October it is still 23.5 °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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