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Sheltered beaches in Kefalonia
46 beaches in Kefalonia 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 Kefalonia: where land lies close to the north and north-east, waves cannot build.
All 46 sheltered beaches on Kefalonia
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Meltemi shelter (0–100) | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agia Ierousalim Beach | south-west | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Agia Sotira | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Agios Thomas Beach | south | – | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Alaties Beach | south-west | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Avithos Beach | south-west | – | 96 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Avithos South (nudist) | south-west | Sand | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Beach | east | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Gradakia | west | – | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Beach resort | ||
| Kaminia Beach | south | – | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Kaminia Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Beach resort | |||
| Kanali naturist beach | south | – | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | ||||
| Kormoranon Bay Beach | south-west | Pebbles | 96 | ||||||
| Koroni Beach | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Koumaria | south | – | 96 | ||||||
| Lagadakia | south-west | – | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Lefka | south-west | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| Lourdas Beach | south-west | – | 96 | 33 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Beach resort | |||
| Lygia | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Lygia | south | – | 96 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Makris Gialos Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | Lifeguard | 44 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort |
| Nipsias | south | – | 96 | ||||||
| Paliolinos beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Sissia beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Trapezaki beach | south | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | ||||
| Trapezaki naturist beach | south | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Trapezaki port bridge | south | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Vatsa | south-west | – | 96 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Ai helis beach | south | Sand | 95 | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Beach resort | |||
| Ammes Beach | south-west | Sand | 95 | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Beach resort | |||
| Megas Lakkos | south | Sand | 95 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Mouda nudist beach | south-west | Sand | 95 | ||||||
| Plati Beach Port | east | – | 95 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Platis Gialos Beach | south-west | Sand | 95 | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Xi | south | Sand | 95 | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Xylokaravo beach | east | Pebbles | 95 | ||||||
| Kalamia | west | – | 94 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Kounopetra | south-east | – | 94 | ||||||
| Saint Barbara Beach | south | – | 94 | 66 bars and cafés | 1313 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Lithovatis | east | Pebbles | 93 | 11 bar or café | 44 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Paralia Gialiskari | west | Pebbles | 93 | ||||||
| Vrachinari | west | – | 93 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Aspros Vrachos | west | – | 92 | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Lithos | south-west | – | 91 | ||||||
| Megali Ammos | west | Sand | 91 | 11 bar or café | |||||
| Spartias | south-east | Sand | 91 | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Spithi Beach | south-east | Sand | 91 |
Kefalonia: how busy is it, month by month
Kefalonia 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 Kefalonia are sheltered from the meltemi?
46 of the 76 mapped beaches on Kefalonia stay flat in a strong north wind. The best protected are Agia Ierousalim Beach, Agia Sotira, and Agios Thomas 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.