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Southern Andros

Southern Andros

9:25 am, Dec 7, 2025

15°C

broken clouds

Humidity: 92 %

Pressure: 1008 mb

Wind: 11 mph

Wind Gust: 15 mph

Clouds: 83%

Visibility: 10 km

Sunrise: 7:22 am

Sunset: 5:01 pm

• Temperature
• Precipitation
• Rain Chance
• Wind
• Humidity
• Pressure

11:00 am

14°/15°°C 0.77 mm 77% 13 mph 87% 1008 mb 0 mm/h

2:00 pm

15°/16°°C 1 mm 100% 17 mph 82% 1009 mb 0 mm/h

5:00 pm

15°/15°°C 0.52 mm 52% 16 mph 78% 1010 mb 0 mm/h

8:00 pm

14°/14°°C 0.32 mm 32% 15 mph 78% 1011 mb 0 mm/h

11:00 pm

14°/14°°C 0 mm 0% 15 mph 76% 1012 mb 0 mm/h

2:00 am

13°/13°°C 0 mm 0% 14 mph 78% 1013 mb 0 mm/h

5:00 am

15°/15°°C 0 mm 0% 14 mph 76% 1013 mb 0 mm/h

8:00 am

15°/15°°C 0 mm 0% 14 mph 75% 1014 mb 0 mm/h

Weather from OpenWeatherMap

A kind Greek contributor tells the Captain there are four completely secluded beaches to the southern parts of Andros. Many of these beaches aren't even mentioned on the maps. There are dirt roads to these beaches but again they are not shown on maps to deter tourists. The beach is Agios Ioannis Kremides (= Onion Beach). The Saint John beach is named because there is a small church above the beach. (Do not let this deter you though.) The beach is majestic. It is completely natural with no buildings or homes in sight. You feel one with nature. It is a white sandy beach with about 2000 square metres of sitting space. It is a shallow water beach and very clean. No garbage, no tar, no rocks. There is only sand in the water! It is another beach that regardless of the weather the water is never choppy. The water is so still you can compare it with olive oil in a plate.

Around the corner of the small mountain there is another very small bay which has a small rocky beach. The rocks are so smooth that you can walk without the fear of stubbing your toe. The beach is located south of Korthion. There are 3 ways of reaching this beach. Fisherman boat, walking (not recommended: 2.5 hours each way from Korthion) and a dirt car road which has been smoothed out. If you go by boat you leave with any fisherman for a small price 5-10 euro. He drops you off and then returns after 5-6 hours of his fisherman duties (this is nice because you get to see all of the other small secluded beaches on the way). By car you leave Korthi going towards Batsi, turn right to go up to Iedonia and when you pass the (Nichols Hotel) you make the first left.

Follow this road to the top of the mountain (you can see all of Korthion at a bird's-eye view and on clear days you can see Samos, Chios and Kos). On the tip of the mountain you continue straight and trek down the mountain. About 1 km down the mountain you will see the small church on the left and the beach (Guide mark). 1km after, the road splits and you take the road that goes down (left) and follow this road till the beach. Logically I believe that this a nudist beach (except on September 20th which the church opens for a festival). My contributor went with his significant other and they stripped down. There were two other groups of textiles one family with kids and and adult company but they did not deter us from stripping down. In a place like this Greeks prefer to see nudists. We even went on one corner of the beach and achieved an intimacy that left us feeling that there was nobody at the beach.

In August about 10th till the 30th there are very few small groups that go to this beach. The rest of the year it is completely empty. Perfect time to go is June or July. I rate this beach a 9 out of 10. I subtract only one point for the long trek. But it is definitely worth it. When you go there you do not want to leave. And since I had no problem going 7 times this summer, there is proof of not minding the long trek.