Red Beach
Heraklion Regional Unit, Region of Crete, Greece
Today at a glance
Best: 3 pm to sunset, sunset 6:36 pm7.8
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
8.2
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
8.8
4 km/h2 mph wind, Excellent
8.8
2 km/h1 mph wind, Excellent
7.7
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.8
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.5
12 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.3
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.0
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.7
10 km/h6 mph wind, Excellent
7.9
5 km/h3 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 3 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 17°C63°F
- Water
- 22°C71°F
- Wind
- 64 km/hmph E
- Gusts
- 96 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.4 m1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:36 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 9 am, -0.4 m1 ft
- Low 3 pm, -0.5 m2 ft
- High 11 pm, -0.4 m1 ft
- Low 4 am, -0.5 m2 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.
Facilities
- Food and drink43 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 10 m30 ft
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 800 m0.5 miΜαταλα
- Nearest town
- 4.4 km2.7 miΠιτσίδια (village)
- Nearest airport
- 55 km34 miΚρατικός Αερολιμένας Ηρακλείου Νίκος Καζαντζάκης (HER)
Nearby places
- Red beach Εxtra vitamin Street Beach food and drinksFood and drink10 m30 ft
- YannisFood and drink40 m140 ft
- Eva MarinaFood and drink690 m0.4 mi
- George's YardGreek700 m0.4 mi
- CretaFood and drink710 m0.4 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Matala0.9 km0.5 mi north away9.2 Excellent tomorrow
- Komos Beach3.4 km2.1 mi north away9.2 Excellent tomorrow
- Βαθύ3.8 km2.4 mi south away9.2 Excellent tomorrow
- Afrathia6.4 km4.0 mi north away9.2 Excellent tomorrow
- Πόρος6.8 km4.2 mi south away9.2 Excellent tomorrow
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat9.6 ExcellentBest 10 am to 4 pmWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Sun6.6 GoodBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 25%
- Mon4.5 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 71%
- Tue6.8 GoodBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 39%
- Wed6.7 GoodBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 47%
- Thu7.9 GreatBest 7 am to 2 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 16%