Koukounaries, Greece

All 4 surf towns in Greece

Photo: Vasilis Caravitis / Unsplash

Surf, boardshorts–4/3 water by season, quiet nomad scene.

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Data updated 22 September 2026

At a glance

Peak season—below our season threshold

Suits—no month clears our bar

Boardlongboard · bothbreak type not yet verified

Water15–27°Cboardshorts–4/3 most of the year

Internet84 Mbpsmedian download · Ookla

Cost / mo$1,660+all-in, estimated

Where you'll surf — and work, eat, train

1 spot within 25 km · 1 with own season data

spot in season nowout of seasonno dot — no per-spot season data

Hazards

Spot details

Banana Water Sports0 km

3 cafés · 3 gymsPowered by Google — ratings and maps are live from Google Maps. SurfBase doesn't edit or rank the reviews.

All places (6)

Cafés3 listed

Phàos WorldView on Google
Koukounari Cafe BarView on Google
Cafe nostalgicView on Google

Gyms3 listed

skiathos Fitness on the moveView on Google
Glossa GymView on Google
Ιππικός Όμιλος ΣκιάθουView on Google

The surf year

Below our season threshold

Surfable days by month · intermediateNo reliably surfable season in our model

0peak · Jan

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Swell

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Wind ok

69%75%88%92%96%99%99%99%95%95%81%74%

Water

16°15°15°16°18°24°27°27°25°23°20°17°

Barsless surfablemore

Water4/3 wetsuit13–16°3/2 wetsuit17–19°Springsuit20–23°Boardshorts24°+

How we compute this

Computed from hourly ERA5 / ERA5-Ocean reanalysis (2015–2024): swell reaching this coast × wind quality × size for the chosen level, over daylight hours. Sea temperature 2023–2025.model v3 · computed 2026-09-22 · no forecast — a historical climatologyFull methodology

Surfable days by level, month by month

Share of surfable days per month, per level — percent
Level	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Beginner	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Intermediate	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Advanced	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Working from here

median 84 Mbps · no known coworking · from $960 a month · balanced scene

Internet speedmedian download · Ookla84 Mbps

Coworking spacesknown in OpenStreetMap0

Quiet ↔ Party65 / 100

Rent rangework-ready studio, monthly · USD$960–$1,820

Month all-inrent + living, modeled · USD≈ $1,660–$2,760

Estimated — modeled, not sourced

Find a place to stay

Monthly-stay searches for Koukounaries.

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Getting there

Nearest airportSkiathos Island National Airport

CodeJSI

Distance10 km

Towns like Koukounaries

Artemida Municipal UnitGreece

beginner

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La Spezia, Italy1,252 km · $1,090/mo
Rocca Imperiale, Italy590 km · 8% peak · $1,090/mo
Crabas/Cabras, Italy1,287 km · 21% peak · $1,090/mo
Six-Fours-les-Plages, France1,530 km · 5% peak · $1,180/mo
Canacona, India5,590 km · 82% peak · $590/mo
Canggu, Indonesia10,763 km · 99% peak · $500/mo

Sources & confidence

AI-seeded · not yet human-checkedSee the full methodology for how every figure is computed.Town references: osm · openwateratlas · wikidata · open-meteo · osm-coworking · ourairports · ookla · google-places · open-meteo-skill · osm-poi · ookla-wifi · wb-price-level

Updated 2026-09-22Suggest a correction