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GreeceMELTEMI JUN -> SEP
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
Greece in motion ▶ YOUTUBE · KITEBOARDING CRUISE
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
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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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