Med Swim Report

Karavostasi, Folegandros

Folegandros, Greece · faces NE

Karavostasi, Folegandros today: rough all day. Water 22°C (refreshing). Open to the north wind, with open sea upwind.

Rough

Rough all day.

Open to the north wind, with open sea upwind.

Water22°CRefreshing
Wind at 14:00Moderate breeze N · 20 km/h
Sun07:19–18:56UV 6 max
Air21°CSunny

Hour by hour

Time0708091011121314151617181920
Sea
Waves1.1 m1.1 m1.1 m1.1 m1.1 m1.1 m1.1 m1.0 m1.0 m1.0 m1.0 m1.0 m1.0 m1.0 m
Wind 23 23 24 24 23 22 21 20 19 19 18 17 16 16
Gusts3535363636353432303029272523
Air20°20°20°20°20°20°21°21°21°21°21°21°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.

Calmer nearby today

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 6Rough all dayRough
  • Wed 7Choppy until 16:00, then small wavesChoppy
  • 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
January17°C16°C – 18°CCold
February17°C16°C – 18°CCold
March17°C16°C – 18°CCold
April17°C16°C – 18°CCold
May19°C18°C – 21°CCool
June23°C21°C – 24°CRefreshing
July25°C24°C – 26°CWarm
August26°C25°C – 27°CWarm
September25°C23°C – 26°CWarm
October23°C22°C – 24°CRefreshing
November21°C20°C – 22°CCool
December19°C18°C – 20°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: KARAVOSTASI.