Sheltered beaches in Evia
58 beaches in Evia 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 Evia: where land lies close to the north and north-east, waves cannot build.
All 58 sheltered beaches on Evia
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Meltemi shelter (0–100) | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agia Eirini | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Agia Eirini | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Agios Antonios | south | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Agios Athanasios | south | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Agios Vasileios | south-east | – | 96 | ||||||
| Akrotiri | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Almyrichi | east | – | 96 | ||||||
| Aralimos | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Galataki | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Kakolimano | east | – | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | ||||
| Kalamitsi | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Kavos | south-west | – | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | Beach resort | ||||
| Laka Saravanou | south | – | 96 | ||||||
| Limnionas | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Limnionas | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Loutraki Bourou | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Marmara | south | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Mikri Kefala | south-west | – | 96 | Parking | |||||
| paralia Figia | south-west | – | 96 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| Pinelopi | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| piso sykia | south-east | – | 96 | ||||||
| Porto Lafia | south | – | 96 | ||||||
| Prasidi | east | – | 96 | ||||||
| Psili Ammos | south | – | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Sarakiniko | east | – | 96 | ||||||
| Triantafyllenia | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Zastana | south | Pebbles | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Zefyros | west | – | 96 | 11 bar or café | |||||
| Chrysi akti | south-east | – | 95 | 11 bar or café | |||||
| Dafni Beach | west | Pebbles | 95 | ||||||
| Ex Eva Camping | south-west | Sand | 95 | ||||||
| Kalami | south-east | – | 95 | ||||||
| Paralia Gialtron | south-east | Sand | 95 | 33 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Paralia Kotsikias | south-east | – | 95 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Platys Gialos | south-east | – | 95 | ||||||
| Tsokaiti | west | Sand | 95 | ||||||
| Dafni Beach | south-west | Pebbles | 94 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Gallida | south-east | – | 94 | ||||||
| Kalamos Beach | south-east | Sand | 94 | Lifeguard | 33 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||
| Kremala | south | – | 94 | 11 bar or café | 1818 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Beach resort | ||
| Limiona | east | – | 94 | ||||||
| Paralia | south | – | 94 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Agios Nikolaos | east | Pebbles | 93 | ||||||
| Kakia | east | – | 93 | 33 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Katsouli | south-east | – | 93 | ||||||
| Linari | east | – | 93 | ||||||
| Thapsa | north-west | – | 93 | ||||||
| Klimaki | east | – | 92 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Mageiras | east | – | 92 | ||||||
| Navtiko | north-west | – | 92 | ||||||
| Sarakiniko | north-west | – | 92 | ||||||
| Steni Beach | west | – | 92 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Kefala | south-east | – | 91 | Parking | |||||
| Livadi | south-east | – | 91 | ||||||
| Agia Paraskevi | east | – | 90 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Gregolimano | south-east | Sand | 90 | ||||||
| Levki Akti | west | – | 90 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Livadaki | south-east | – | 90 |
Evia: how busy is it, month by month
Evia is busiest in August. In May, June, September, and October there are about half as many visitors, or fewer. For a flat sea and fewer people, the best months are June and July.
Visitor levels are nights spent in tourist accommodation in the Central Greece 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 Evia are sheltered from the meltemi?
58 of the 115 mapped beaches on Evia stay flat in a strong north wind. The best protected are Agia Eirini, Agia Eirini, and Agios Antonios.
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.