Sheltered beaches in Corfu
51 beaches in Corfu that stay flat when the meltemi blows. Most protected first, and re-ranked live for today's wind.
A beach counts as sheltered here when its sea stays flat in a strong north or north-east wind (6 Bft), the meltemi. We measured the open sea upwind of every beach on Corfu: where land lies close to the north and north-east, waves cannot build.
All 51 sheltered 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 | ||
| Alonaki Bay | south | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Ampelaki Beach | south-west | – | 96 | 33 bars and cafés | 33 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 | |||
| Chomi Beach | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Galiskari Beach | south | Pebbles | 96 | ||||||
| Gardeno Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | |||
| Giali beach | south | – | 96 | ||||||
| Glyfada Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 33 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Gyali Beach | south-west | Pebbles | 96 | ||||||
| Issos Beach | south | Sand | 96 | 99 bars and cafés | 2020 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Kamari | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Kanoula Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Lakkiess Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 99 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Liapades beach (Elly) | south-west | – | 96 | 44 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Liniodoros | west | Pebbles | 96 | ||||||
| Maltas beach | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Marathias beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Myrtiotissa Beach | south-west | – | 96 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | 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 | |
| Stelari Beach | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Antipsos | south-west | – | 95 | ||||||
| Ermones Beach | west | Pebbles | 95 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Glyfa Beach | south-east | Pebbles | 95 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Kalamionas Beach | north-west | Pebbles | 95 | 88 bars and cafés | 1414 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Kaminaki Beach | south-east | Pebbles | 95 | 11 bar or café | 44 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Kolias | south-west | – | 95 | ||||||
| Kontogialos | south-west | Sand | 95 | 66 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Mikro Stelari | south-west | – | 95 | ||||||
| Nissaki Beach | south-east | Pebbles | 95 | 11 bar or café | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| Agios Gordios Beach | west | Sand | 94 | 1010 bars and cafés | 2323 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Arillas | south-west | – | 94 | 11 bar or café | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Black Rocks Beach | west | Sand | 94 | 11 bar or café | Toilets | ||||
| Kalami Beach | south-east | Pebbles | 94 | 33 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Kerasia Beach | south | Sand | 94 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Krouzeri | south-east | Pebbles | 93 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Beach resort | ||||
| Alipa beach | north-east | – | 92 | 55 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Krouza | west | – | 92 | ||||||
| NAOK Beach | east | – | 92 | 22 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Prasoudi | south-west | Sand | 92 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Kanoni | south-east | – | 91 | 33 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Agni Beach | south-east | Pebbles | 90 | 33 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| Paramonas | west | Sand | 90 | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | ||||
| Rovinia | south-west | Sand | 90 | 11 bar or café | 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
Which beaches in Corfu are sheltered from the meltemi?
51 of the 105 mapped beaches on Corfu stay flat in a strong north wind. The best protected are Agias Triades Beach, Agios Gordis Beach, and Agios Spiridon Beach.
Are these beaches sheltered every day?
They are sheltered in the meltemi, which blows from the north. With wind from another direction the sheltered side changes, so check the live ranking above: it applies today's forecast to these beaches and is refreshed every 2 hours.
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.