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Sheltered beaches in Halkidiki
62 beaches in Halkidiki 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 Halkidiki: where land lies close to the north and north-east, waves cannot build.
All 62 sheltered beaches on Halkidiki
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Meltemi shelter (0–100) | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agios Nikolaos | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Agridia | south-east | – | 96 | 11 bar or café | Parking | ||||
| Beach | south | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| beach of Anthoupolis | south-west | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Beach resort | ||||
| Castello beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Destenika Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | Toilets | Beach resort | ||||
| Fteroti Beach | south-east | Sand | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Kalamitsi Nudist Beach | south | – | 96 | ||||||
| Kampoudi 1 | south | Sand | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Kampoudi 2 | south | Sand | 96 | Lifeguard | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||
| Korakas | south-west | – | 96 | 11 bar or café | |||||
| Lagomandra Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 33 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Livadi | south-east | – | 96 | ||||||
| Marathias Beach | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Mykoniatika Nudist Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| Nea Kallikratia Beach | south | Sand | 96 | Lifeguard | 55 bars and cafés | 1313 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Nikiti Beach | south-west | – | 96 | 88 bars and cafés | 1919 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Nudist Beach | south | – | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Nudist Beach Destinika | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Ouranoupoli 3/Aristoteles | south | Sand | 96 | Lifeguard | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||
| Par. Lagomadra | south-west | Sand | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Paralia Ouranoupoli | south-west | – | 96 | 33 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Paralia Psakoudia | south | Sand | 96 | 33 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Paralia Vergias | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Plagia-Flogita Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 1818 bars and cafés | 1717 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Prassou Beach | east | – | 96 | ||||||
| Secret Paradise Nudist Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Small Kastri Beach | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Spathies Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Stageia | east | – | 96 | ||||||
| Trimi Beach | south | – | 96 | ||||||
| Tristinika Beach | south | Sand | 96 | 33 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Wiggi Beach | south-east | – | 96 | ||||||
| Achlada Beach | south | – | 95 | Toilets | Parking | ||||
| Agios Ioannis Beach | south | – | 95 | 22 bars and cafés | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Elani Beach | south-west | – | 95 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Kaboudi / Akrathos | south | Sand | 95 | Lifeguard | 11 bar or café | Parking | |||
| Kalogrias beach | south-west | – | 95 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Katergopetra Nudist Beach | west | Sand | 95 | ||||||
| Koviou Beach | south-west | – | 95 | Parking | Beach resort | ||||
| Lira Bay | east | Sand | 95 | ||||||
| Mikres Aretes | south-west | Sand | 95 | 11 bar or café | |||||
| Mikri Elia Beach | south-west | – | 95 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Nikiti Beach | south-west | Sand | 95 | 77 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Nudist Beach | south-west | – | 95 | ||||||
| Porto Koufo | south-west | – | 95 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| Toroni Beach | south-west | Sand | 95 | 11 bar or café | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Anthemus Beach | west | – | 94 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Kalamitsi | south-east | – | 94 | 22 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Kastri beach | south-west | – | 94 | Parking | |||||
| Par. Azapiko | south | – | 94 | 22 bars and cafés | Toilets | Beach resort | |||
| Portes Beach | south-west | Sand | 94 | Parking | |||||
| Griavas Beach | east | – | 93 | ||||||
| Lemos Beach | south-east | – | 93 | ||||||
| Livari Beach | west | Sand | 93 | Parking | |||||
| Par. Ambelos | east | – | 93 | ||||||
| Blue Dream | west | – | 92 | 55 bars and cafés | 1212 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Aretes Beach | south-west | Sand | 91 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Likithos Beach | east | – | 91 | 11 bar or café | |||||
| Paralia Develiki | south | Sand | 91 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Beach resort |
Showing 60 of 62 beaches. Use the beach finder above for the full ranked list.
Halkidiki: how busy is it, month by month
Halkidiki 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 July.
Visitor levels are nights spent in tourist accommodation in the Central Macedonia 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 Halkidiki are sheltered from the meltemi?
62 of the 163 mapped beaches on Halkidiki stay flat in a strong north wind. The best protected are Agios Nikolaos, Agridia, and 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.