Med Swim Report

Erimoupoli

Palekastro, Crete, Greece · faces E

Erimoupoli today: calm all day. Water 24°C (refreshing). Sheltered from the north-west wind: it blows off the land here. Offshore swell of 0.9 m mostly misses this beach.

Calm

Calm all day.

Sheltered from the north-west wind: it blows off the land here. Offshore swell of 0.9 m mostly misses this beach.
Offshore wind: keep inflatables and paddleboards on the sand.

Water24°CRefreshing
Wind at 14:00Windy NW · 29 km/h
Sun07:13–18:52UV 6 max
Air21°CPartly cloudy

Hour by hour

Time0708091011121314151617181920
Sea
Waves0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m
Wind 29 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 28 28 27 26 24 24
Gusts4948484949494948484746444240
Air19°19°20°20°20°21°21°21°21°21°21°20°20°20°

Wind in km/h; arrows point where the wind blows to. Waves are our estimate at this beach, not the open-sea figure.

NESW

Why this beach behaves this way

The blue shape shows open water around the beach: the longer the wedge, the more sea the wind can cross before it reaches you. The black line is the wind direction at 14:00 today. When the wind comes from a short wedge or from land, the water stays flat.

Next 7 days

  • Tue 6Calm all dayCalm
  • Wed 7Calm all dayCalm
  • Thu 8Calm all dayCalm
  • Fri 9Calm all dayCalm
  • Sat 10Calm all dayCalm
  • Sun 11Calm all dayCalm
  • Mon 12Calm all dayCalm

Sea temperature by month

MonthAverageUsual range
January18°C17°C – 19°CCool
February17°C16°C – 18°CCold
March17°C16°C – 18°CCold
April18°C17°C – 19°CCold
May19°C18°C – 21°CCool
June23°C21°C – 25°CRefreshing
July26°C25°C – 27°CWarm
August27°C26°C – 27°CWarm
September26°C25°C – 27°CWarm
October24°C23°C – 25°CRefreshing
November22°C20°C – 23°CRefreshing
December19°C18°C – 21°CCool

Monthly averages 2023–2025 for the open sea nearby. Range covers 80% of readings.

EU water quality Excellent

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Official grade from four seasons of lab samples, 2015–2025. National bathing water profile

Official sampling point name: ERIMOUPOLI.