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Sea
16°
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Sea
16°
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Sea
15°
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Sea
16°
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Sea
17°
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Sea
22°
Swim
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Sea
24°
Swim
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25°
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Sea
25°
Swim
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23°
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20°
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18°
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Today the maximum temperature will be 20° which is not so warm but sunbathing may be possible. Today the water temperature will be 24° which is warm and pleasant for relaxing and swimming for long periods.
Today will be dry with no rain showers. Expect plentiful sunshine and mostly clear blue skies with an average cloud cover of 13%.
The winds will be cross-off shore and moderate at 23kmh from the North. The moderate winds will keep the temperatures feeling cooler.
Elafonissi Beach faces Southwest and the sunset will be visible over the ocean to the West at 06:42 PM. The skies should be very clear at that time, ideal for a sunset.
For Beach Weather for the next next 7 days, wind and wave conditions and tide and the next 14 days weather use the tabs below.
This weekend the average maximum daily temperatures will be 20° which is not so warm but sunbathing may be possible. The average water temperature will be 24° which is warm and pleasant for relaxing and swimming for long periods.
There will be no rainy days at all this weekend. Expect some sunshine and occasionally cloudy periods with an average cloud cover of 53%.
12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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17° | 17° | 16° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 17° | 15° |
7% | 15% | 31% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 12% | 3% |
0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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13° | 16° | 15° | 16° | 20° | 20° | 18° | 14° |
5% | 17% | 33% | 27% | 85% | 73% | 28% | 19% |
0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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14° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 21° | 20° | 18° | 15° |
77% | 70% | 79% | 89% | 24% | 77% | 21% | 40% |
0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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14° | 13° | 16° | 17° | 20° | 20° | 18° | 17° |
11% | 73% | 55% | 54% | 75% | 57% | 84% | 30% |
0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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16° | 16° | 17° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 17° |
19% | 21% | 19% | 14% | 0% | 3% | 20% | 19% |
0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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17° | 17° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 18° | 17° |
24% | 40% | 76% | 73% | 69% | 67% | 57% | 34% |
0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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18° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 18° | 17° |
65% | 81% | 59% | 50% | 66% | 27% | 37% | 28% |
0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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24°
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12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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14 kmh
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19 kmh
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15 kmh
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12 kmh
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17 kmh
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22 kmh
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23 kmh
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19 kmh
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0.7m
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1.0m
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0.9m
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1.0m
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1.1m
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1.2m
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1.2m
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1.2m
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3.6s | 7.9s | 7.3s | 7.0s | 6.6s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s |
12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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33 kmh
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33 kmh
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30 kmh
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22 kmh
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18 kmh
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18 kmh
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22 kmh
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21 kmh
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1.7m
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1.7m
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1.7m
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1.6m
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1.3m
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1.4m
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1.3m
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1.3m
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6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s |
12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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19 kmh
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20 kmh
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17 kmh
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13 kmh
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14 kmh
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22 kmh
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19 kmh
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17 kmh
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1.1m
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1.0m
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0.9m
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0.7m
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0.9m
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1.2m
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1.0m
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0.9m
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6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s |
12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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22 kmh
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24 kmh
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21 kmh
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15 kmh
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14 kmh
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17 kmh
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22 kmh
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22 kmh
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1.0m
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1.1m
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1.2m
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1.1m
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1.2m
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1.3m
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1.2m
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1.2m
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6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s |
12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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21 kmh
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19 kmh
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20 kmh
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20 kmh
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18 kmh
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21 kmh
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23 kmh
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18 kmh
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1.3m
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1.3m
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1.3m
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1.2m
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1.2m
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1.2m
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1.2m
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1.0m
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6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s |
12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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20 kmh
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23 kmh
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22 kmh
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9 kmh
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10 kmh
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16 kmh
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16 kmh
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13 kmh
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1.1m
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1.1m
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1.0m
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0.9m
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0.9m
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1.2m
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1.1m
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1.1m
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6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s |
12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM |
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17 kmh
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17 kmh
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15 kmh
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1 kmh
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4 kmh
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5 kmh
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8 kmh
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9 kmh
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1.1m
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1.1m
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1.2m
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1.0m
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1.1m
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1.1m
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0.9m
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0.8m
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6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s | 6.3s |
4:12 AM | 10:02 AM | 4:29 PM | 10:31 PM |
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0.20 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.10 |
5:02 AM | 10:49 AM | 5:21 PM | 11:22 PM |
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0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
6:00 AM | 11:49 AM | 6:24 PM |
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0.10 | 0.30 | 0.10 |
12:34 AM | 7:10 AM | 1:30 PM | 7:41 PM |
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0.30 | 0.10 | 0.40 | 0.00 |
2:32 AM | 8:34 AM | 3:33 PM | 9:09 PM |
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0.30 | 0.10 | 0.40 | 0.00 |
4:00 AM | 9:53 AM | 4:37 PM | 10:22 PM |
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0.30 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.10 |
4:52 AM | 10:50 AM | 5:19 PM | 11:13 PM |
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0.30 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.10 |
Mon 21st October |
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20° |
0.0mm |
22kmh NNE |
13% |
Tue 22nd October |
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21° |
0.0mm |
19kmh NNE |
35% |
Wed 23rd October |
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21° |
0.0mm |
20kmh NNE |
59% |
Thu 24th October |
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20° |
0.0mm |
13kmh NE |
54% |
Fri 25th October |
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21° |
0.0mm |
15kmh NNE |
14% |
Sat 26th October |
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20° |
0.0mm |
14kmh NNE |
55% |
Sun 27th October |
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20° |
0.0mm |
15kmh NE |
51% |
Mon 28th October |
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21° |
0.0mm |
13kmh NE |
9% |
Tue 29th October |
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21° |
0.0mm |
7kmh SE |
21% |
Wed 30th October |
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24° |
0.0mm |
17kmh WNW |
48% |
Thu 31st October |
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24° |
0.0mm |
9kmh ESE |
36% |
Fri 1st November |
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25° |
0.3mm |
4kmh WSW |
53% |
Sat 2nd November |
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22° |
0.4mm |
22kmh W |
42% |
Sun 3rd November |
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22° |
0.2mm |
17kmh W |
66% |
In the next 14 days average maximum daily temperatures will be 22° which is warm and pleasant for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 24° which is warm and pleasant for relaxing and swimming for long periods. There will be 3 days of very light rain with an average of 0.3mm rain on those days. Average cloud cover will be 40%.
If you are sailing, windsurfing, fishing, surfing etc. in Elafonissi Beach don't forget to check the tide and wind and wave conditions
Elafonissi Beach in Crete, Greece, is one of those rare places where the natural beauty can leave you truly speechless. Known for its shimmering waters and scenic views, a holiday at Elafonissi Beach promises relaxation and an escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
Elafonissi Beach is renowned for its unique and stunning pinkish-white sand, which gets its color from the thousands of broken seashells mixed with the sand. This fine sand against the backdrop of turquoise water creates a tropical paradise-like feel. The beach is mostly sandy with some areas having coarse sand and small pebbles. Although not abundant in rocks or reefs directly at the beachfront, there are spots nearby that cater to snorkelers and divers looking to explore marine life.
Directly on Elafonissi Beach there aren't any resorts or hotels due to environmental protection laws. However, nearby areas offer various accommodation options ranging from luxury resorts to budget-friendly hotels. Some notable mentions include:
These accommodations provide convenient access to the beach while respecting the natural landscape.
For those looking for places to stay when visiting Elafonissi Beach, consider:
These areas provide different experiences - Chania is bustling with activities whereas Kissamos offers tranquility closer to Elafonissi.
Elafonissi Beach offers several amenities that include:
Keep in mind that during peak tourist seasons, it's best to arrive early at Elafonissi Beach as amenities such as sunbeds can be quickly occupied.
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