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Sandy beaches in Corfu
36 beaches in Corfu with sand underfoot. Re-ranked live, so the one with the flattest sea today comes first.
These are the beaches on Corfu tagged as sand on the map: soft underfoot and easier for children and bare feet than pebbles. Sand says nothing about the sea, so the live ranking checks today's wind for each of them.
All 36 sandy beaches on Corfu
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Meltemi shelter (0–100) | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agias Triades Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 55 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Agios Gordis Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Agios Spiridon Beach | south | Sand | 96 | 55 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Arkoudilas Beach | south | Sand | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Canal d'Amour Beach | west | Sand | 96 | 33 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Chalikounas Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Gardeno Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | |||
| Glyfada Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 33 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Issos Beach | south | Sand | 96 | 99 bars and cafés | 2020 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Kanoula Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Lakkiess Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 99 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Marathias beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Porto Timoni | west | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| Santa Barbara beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Skalia Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| St. Georges Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 66 bars and cafés | 1515 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Kontogialos | south-west | Sand | 95 | 66 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Agios Gordios Beach | west | Sand | 94 | 1010 bars and cafés | 2323 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Black Rocks Beach | west | Sand | 94 | 11 bar or café | Toilets | ||||
| Kerasia Beach | south | Sand | 94 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Prasoudi | south-west | Sand | 92 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Paramonas | west | Sand | 90 | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | ||||
| Rovinia | south-west | Sand | 90 | 11 bar or café | Parking | ||||
| Bouka Beach | east | Sand | 42 | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Parakladi Beach | east | Sand | 36 | 22 bars and cafés | Parking | ||||
| Skaloma Beach | north-east | Sand | 32 | 11 bar or café | |||||
| Capo di Corfu | east | Sand | 31 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Acquasanta Beach | north-east | Sand | 28 | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Agios Spyridon Beach | north | Sand | 22 | 33 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Agios Spiridon Beach | north | Sand | 21 | 22 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Almiros | north-west | Sand | 18 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Kavos | north-east | Sand | 17 | 88 bars and cafés | 99 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| St. Peter Beach | east | Sand | 14 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Acharavi Beach | north-west | Sand | 13 | 33 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| Astrakeri | north | Sand | 9 | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Sidari Beach | north | Sand | 4 | 1212 bars and cafés | 3333 tavernas and restaurants | Parking |
Corfu: how busy is it, month by month
Corfu is busiest in August. In May and October there are about half as many visitors, or fewer. For a flat sea and fewer people, the best months are June and October.
Visitor levels are nights spent in tourist accommodation in the Ionian Islands region (Eurostat, average of 2023–2025), compared with its busiest month. They show when the area is busy, not how many people are on a given beach.
Frequently asked questions
Where are the sandy beaches in Corfu?
36 of the 105 mapped beaches on Corfu are tagged as sand, for example Agias Triades Beach, Agios Gordis Beach, and Agios Spiridon Beach. The ones best sheltered from the meltemi are listed first.
Is a sandy beach also a sheltered beach?
Not necessarily. Sand tells you what is underfoot, not what the sea does. A long open sandy bay can have waves when the wind blows onshore. The live ranking above shows which sandy beaches are flat right now.
How do you know which beaches are sheltered?
For every beach we measured how much open sea lies in each of 16 compass directions, using OpenStreetMap coastlines. Waves build over open water, so a beach with land close by in the direction the wind comes from is sheltered. Today's wind forecast from MET Norway is then applied, and the result is refreshed every 2 hours.
Are the forecasts reliable?
They are estimates. The model does not include swell from distant storms, and local gusts can be stronger than forecast. Always follow lifeguard flags and local warnings.