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Sheltered beaches in Peloponnese
120 beaches in Peloponnese 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 Peloponnese: where land lies close to the north and north-east, waves cannot build.
All 120 sheltered beaches on Peloponnese
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Meltemi shelter (0–100) | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alypa | east | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Androgyalos | south-east | – | 96 | ||||||
| Arkoudi | south | Sand | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Artani | south | – | 96 | 11 bar or café | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Chalikia | north-west | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Chalikia Vata | south-east | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Charachia | south-west | Sand | 96 | Toilets | |||||
| Drepano Kite Surfer's Paradise Beach | west | – | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Filoxenia Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | Parking | Beach resort | ||||
| Foneas beach | south-west | Pebbles | 96 | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Gay Beach Unofficial | south | – | 96 | ||||||
| Glifada | south-west | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| Glossa Beach (nudist) | east | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| Kalamaki | south-east | – | 96 | Toilets | Parking | ||||
| Kalamata Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Kandia beach | south | Sand | 96 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Karavostasi | south-west | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Kastraki | south | – | 96 | 33 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Kavos | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Beach resort | ||||
| Kyani Akti | south | – | 96 | Toilets | Parking | ||||
| Lampes | south-west | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Lepitsa | west | – | 96 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Loutsa | south | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Megalo Amoni | east | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Mikri Vourlia | south | – | 96 | ||||||
| Mikro Marathi | south | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| Neraki Beach | south-west | Pebbles | 96 | ||||||
| Pantazi Beach | south-west | – | 96 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Paralia "Panagia Polemarchos" | east | Pebbles | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Paralia Almyrou | south | Pebbles | 96 | ||||||
| Paralia Arvanitia | south | Sand | 96 | 99 bars and cafés | 1616 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Paralia Gialova | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 55 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Paralia Gialova | south-west | Sand | 96 | 33 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | ||||
| Paralia Kato Mezapos | west | – | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Paralia Kokkinia | south-west | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Paralia Marathias | south-west | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Paralia Ritsa | south-west | Pebbles | 96 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Paralia Ritsa 2i | south-west | Pebbles | 96 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Petrochori | west | – | 96 | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Pikria Beach | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Plytra | south | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Ritsa | south-west | Pebbles | 96 | 66 bars and cafés | 1111 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Skafidia Beach | west | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Skopa | south-east | – | 96 | ||||||
| Spiaggia | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Thyni | south | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | ||||
| Tigania beach | south-west | Pebbles | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Trinisa Beach | south | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| Tsapi | south | Sand | 96 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| Viandini (Vourkos) beach | south-west | Pebbles | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Agios Andreas | south-west | Sand | 95 | 22 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Agios Nikolaos | south-west | – | 95 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Divari | south | Sand | 95 | 11 bar or café | Parking | ||||
| Hobo | south-west | – | 95 | ||||||
| Kalamata Beach | south | – | 95 | 33 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Kantouni | west | – | 95 | ||||||
| Kondyli beach | south-west | Sand | 95 | ||||||
| Kotronas beach | south | – | 95 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | |||
| Matzakoura | south | – | 95 | Parking | |||||
| Mavrovouni | south | Sand | 95 | 11 bar or café |
Showing 60 of 120 beaches. Use the beach finder above for the full ranked list.
Peloponnese: how busy is it, month by month
Peloponnese is busiest in August. In May, June, 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 Peloponnese 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 Peloponnese are sheltered from the meltemi?
120 of the 213 mapped beaches on Peloponnese stay flat in a strong north wind. The best protected are Alypa, Androgyalos, and Arkoudi.
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.