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Sheltered beaches in Rhodes
30 beaches in Rhodes 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 Rhodes: where land lies close to the north and north-east, waves cannot build.
All 30 sheltered beaches on Rhodes
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Meltemi shelter (0–100) | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agia Triada | south | Pebbles | 96 | ||||||
| Fourni Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Kerameni | south | – | 96 | ||||||
| Kokkini Ammos (Red Sand) Beach | south-east | – | 96 | ||||||
| Kokkini Ammos Beach | south-east | – | 96 | ||||||
| Lindos Beach | east | – | 96 | 44 bars and cafés | 1111 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Oasis | south-east | Pebbles | 96 | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Plakia Beach | south | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| St. Thomas Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Alyki Beach | south-west | Pebbles | 95 | Parking | |||||
| Charaki Beach | south-east | – | 95 | 33 bars and cafés | 1616 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Grande Blue Beach | east | – | 95 | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Kokkina | south-east | – | 95 | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Kokkinogia Beach | south | Sand | 95 | 33 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Beach resort | |||
| Ladiko Beach | south-east | – | 95 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Lardos beach | south | – | 95 | Parking | Beach resort | ||||
| Pefki Beach | south-west | Sand | 95 | 44 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Agathi Beach | east | – | 94 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Beach resort | ||||
| Glystra Beach | south-east | Sand | 94 | Toilets | Parking | ||||
| Limanaki | south-east | – | 94 | 22 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Memi Vrisia Beach | south | – | 94 | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Plimmiri / Plimmyri | south-east | – | 94 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Prasonisi | south-east | Sand | 94 | Parking | |||||
| St. Paul's Beach | north | Sand | 93 | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Kardamis Beach | south-east | – | 92 | 55 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Kavos Beach | west | – | 92 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | ||||
| Saint George | south-east | – | 92 | Parking | |||||
| Aghia Marina Beach | east | – | 91 | 33 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| Kiotari Beach | south-east | Sand | 91 | 11 bar or café | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Zefyros Beach | south-east | – | 91 | 55 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
Rhodes: how busy is it, month by month
Rhodes 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 May and October.
Visitor levels are nights spent in tourist accommodation in the South Aegean 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 Rhodes are sheltered from the meltemi?
30 of the 68 mapped beaches on Rhodes stay flat in a strong north wind. The best protected are Agia Triada, Fourni Beach, and Kerameni.
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.