Gianiskari beach
Achaia Regional Unit, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian, Greece
Today at a glance
Best: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:46 pm7.0
2 km/h1 mph wind, Great
6.5
1 km/h0 mph wind, Good
6.5
1 km/h1 mph wind, Good
6.3
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
6.4
4 km/h3 mph wind, Good
6.5
7 km/h4 mph wind, Good
6.5
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
6.6
9 km/h6 mph wind, Good
7.9
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
8.5
12 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
8.8
12 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 4 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 19°C66°F
- Water
- 23°C74°F
- Wind
- 21 km/hmph ENE
- Gusts
- 32 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.4 m1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:46 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 9 am, -0.5 m2 ft
- High 3 pm, -0.3 m1 ft
- Low 9 pm, -0.5 m2 ft
- High 3 am, -0.3 m<1 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About Gianiskari beach
Gianiskari beach (Greek: Παραλία Γιανισκάρι), is the name of a sandy beach that is located in the vicinity of the village Akrotirio Araxou, in the northwestern Peloponnese, Greece. The word "Gianiskari" is a paraphrase of the word "Gialiskari" (Γιαλισκάρι) from medieval Greek word "Αιγιαλισκάριον", which is a diminutive form of the word "Aigialos" (Aἰγιαλός) meaning seashore.
It is situated on the Ionian Sea coast and it is the northwesternmost publicly accessible beach of the Peloponnese (north of the beach there is a restricted area belonging to the Araxos Naval Fort). The beach lies between two hills. The hills and the surrounding area of the beach were covered with kermes oaks and other trees and bushes native to the Mediterranean region, but multiple forest fires (in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2017) destroyed completely all of the plantation. The beach is accessed through a partly dirt unpaved road that is starting from the village of Akrotirio Araxou.
Source: Gianiskari beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Food and drink1 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 800 m0.5 mi
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 1.9 km1.2 miΠαραλίμνι (village)
- Nearest airport
- 6 km4 miΚρατικός Αερολιμένας Αράξου (GPA)
Nearby places
- ΓιανισκάριRegional800 m0.5 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Sandhill1.9 km1.2 mi south away8.2 Great tomorrow
- Kalogria beach5.1 km3.2 mi south away8.2 Great tomorrow
- Κουνουπελάκι9.2 km5.7 mi south away7.6 Great tomorrow
- Lakopetra Beach10 km6.5 mi east away7.6 Great tomorrow
- Φάλαρι14 km8.7 mi south away7.6 Great tomorrow
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat8.4 GreatBest 8 am to 11 amWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Sun5.5 GoodBest 7 am to 8 amWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 75%
- Mon6.8 GoodBest 9 am to 6 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 33%
- Tue8.5 ExcellentBest 7 am to 5 pmWind up to 19 km/h11 mph, rain 14%
- Wed9.3 ExcellentBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 17 km/h11 mph, rain 2%
- Thu9.2 ExcellentBest 2 pm to 6 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 1%