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The Aegean wind machine

Every summer the Meltemi turns the Aegean into a wind machine: Pounda on Paros funnels it through the Antiparos channel, Mikri Vigla on Naxos squeezes 5-10 extra knots out of it. Island tavernas after the session, EU logistics, kid-warm water.

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Naxos

Parthena beach at Mikri Vigla: the Naxos-Paros channel accelerates the Meltemi 5-10 kts, 200+ windy days a year, hotel 50 m from the launch.

Windy days
200+/YEAR · 80% IN SEASON
Wind avg
15–25 KTS
Level
ALL
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Paros

The west-coast kite beach of Paros: Meltemi funnelled through the Antiparos channel, shallow swell-free water, schools and rooms on the sand.

Meltemi window
JUN-SEP · PEAK JUL-AUG
Wind range
12–35 KTS
Level
ALL
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7-day wind forecast

REFERENCE SPOT: NAXOS · UPDATED DAILY
Mikri Vigla · Parthena · Naxos STATIC · OPEN-METEO · SYNCED 20.07
TODAY
20.07
13KTS · GUST 22
N · 12m
OK
TUE
21.07
13KTS · GUST 22
N · 12m
OK
WED
22.07
9KTS · GUST 14
SSE · 12m+
LIGHT
THU
23.07
15KTS · GUST 24
N · 12m
OK
FRI
24.07
15KTS · GUST 23
N · 12m
OK
SAT
25.07
24KTS · GUST 46
NNW · 7m
GO
SUN
26.07
13KTS · GUST 31
NNW · 12m
OK
GO 16–24 kts · OK 12–15 · STRONG 25+ · LIGHT <12 — Open-Meteo data, cached & rewritten nightly by the agent as static HTML.

Country spec sheet

CHECKED NIGHTLY BY THE AGENT
Wind
Meltemi, late May → mid-SeptemberPEAK JUL-AUG
Water temp
~24-25°C in seasonBOARDSHORTS WEATHER
Flight
~2h30-3h to Athens, then 40 min hop or ferry
Time zone
CET +1hZERO JETLAG
Entry
EU / Schengen, ID card is enough
Best window
June → SeptemberMELTEMI SEASON
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