Sailing in Greece is one of the many activities that one can do during their holidays in this beautiful country!

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Sailing Clubs

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Aegean Sailing School

Aegean sailing and powerboat school on the island of Aegina, close to Athens. A friendly, professional, British-owned sailing school with an international reputation for quality instruction.
Town, Aegina
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EY Sailing

EYsailing organizes authentic, interactive, experiential and cultural sailing trips in the Ionian Sea and in the Corinthian Gulf. During these interactive sailing trips, the guests share feelings, pictures from landscapes and experiences from Greece.
Town, Lefkada
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Personality Journeys

Personality Journeys is an adventure travel operator based in Greece, specializing in tailor-made yachting and land-based holidays in the best locations that Greece has to offer.
Vouliagmeni, Athens
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Sailing Time

Sailing Time offers sailing and windsurfing lessons in Thessaloniki. This sailing school has various courses for all levels of practitioners, either beginners or advanced. Its introductory course lasts approximately 10 hours and includes both meteorology and righting boat theory and practice.
Thermi, Thessaloniki
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Sunfos Alessia Yachting

Sunfos Alessia Yachting offers various cruises on the island of Mykonos and on the nearby islands of Delos and Rhenia. Providing high-quality services to its customers, this company has qualified crew along with many sailing cruises.
Town, Mykonos
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Sunset Oia

Sunset Oia provides all customers with deluxe sailing experiences, plus various boat and yacht tours. Their professional crew will be your guide throughout their captivating experiences, which include daily visits to top beach destinations around Santorini, enjoying the majestic sunset, sailing ...
Oia, Santorini

All Day Cruise

All Day Cruise operates day cruises and charters on the beautiful cruisers all along the mesmerizing Saronic Sea and its main attractions.
Piraeus, Athens

Golden Yachting & Sailing

Golden Yachting and Sailing offers a wide variety of tours and cruises around Mykonos, as well as the nearby islands. Located in Tourlos, it is the ideal place to start for sea lovers and those who want to try sailing in the crystal-clear waters of the island.
Tourlos, Mykonos

Mykonos Traditional Cruises

Embark on the traditional boat Ouranos II and enjoy an entertaining retreat, sailing on the crystal-clear waters of Mykonos. Located on Kalafatis beach, Traditional Tours is the best place to discover the majestic scenery of the island and explore remote beaches in a unique environment.
Kalafatis, Mykonos

Naoussa Sailing Team

Have fun and educative experience, while spending your holiday in Paros! Situated right on the famous sandy beach of Kolimbithres in Naoussa, Naoussa Sailing Team offers short sailing courses for children and adults. Join their team and you will learn how to steer your own small boat with the help ...
Kolymbithres, Paros

Polco Sailing

Polco sailing is a family run yacht charter company, founded in 1985 by Nick Lagogiannis, an aircraft and maritime engineer whose love for sailing made him give up engineering for the sea. The company was based in Athens and rapidly grew to a fleet of 8 monohull sailing boats.
Adamas, Milos

Rib in Greece

The newly founded company is the result of our deep love for the Greek sea and our long expertise in the marine sector, all aiming to ensure a different cruise experience.
Voula, Athens

Sail in Greece

Sail in Greece is a team of specialists that love to travel. The company specializes in cruises and adventures around Greece and as they are specialized in one country they are good at it!
Ilissia, Athens

Sail in Greece

Sail in Greece offers a unique sailing experience in Greece. By participating in its sailing courses, visitors will have the chance to explore various islands of the Aegean Sea, such as Mykonos, Paros, Ios, and Santorini.
Tourlos, Mykonos

Santorini Yachting Club

Santorini Yachting Club provides customers with expert services and deluxe yacht cruises, traveling around the island’s beaches and tourist focal points.
Oia, Santorini

Sapphire Rental

Sapphire Rental is a company located in Voula offering various services, such as tours, all-day cruises, and car rental. The company’s staff is very helpful, experienced, and qualified, while the quality of the services is very good too. There is a wide variety of available tours from jeep safari ...
Voula, Athens

Trails Beyond

Trails Beyond is a boutique tour operator in Greece, offering unique guided adventures, off the beaten pathway. It’s a company of and for travelers, dedicated to creating authentic, meaningful and transformative travel experiences, that benefit not only our travelers but also the places and people ...
Neos Kosmos, Athens

YachtHop

YachtHop is a sailing company in Athens that organizes various sailing tours on the Greek Islands. By participating in the Ios Sailing Trip, people have the chance to admire the romantic sunset along with the beauty of this Cycladic Island. The sailing trip starts from the port of Ios in Chora and ...
Chora, Ios

YachtHop

Welcome to YachtHop, dedicated to bringing the unforgettable experience of sailing in Greece to everyone!The scheduled day cruises allow you to explore the beaches around Athens, Mykonos, Santorini and other islands of Greece.
Alimos, Athens
 

General information

Whether you wish to sail for pleasure or practice sailing as a sport, Greece will meet all your sailing expectations. Greece is considered a paradise for sailing and, as it has many gulfs and archipelagos, it offers all kinds of seas and winds. A trip around the Greek islands on a privately owned or chartered pleasure bareboat, is, hands down, a wonderful experience!

Whether you wish to sail for pleasure or practice sailing as a sport, Greece will meet all your sailing expectations. Greece is considered a paradise for sailing and, as it has many gulfs and archipelagos, it offers all kinds of seas and winds. A trip around the Greek islands on a privately owned or chartered pleasure bareboat, is, hands down, a wonderful experience!

Greece has more than 2,000 islands, 169 of which are inhabited, boasting a unique beauty, charm and many virgin bays accessible only by boat.

Some of the best areas for sailing in Greece, where many yacht centers are located, are the islands of Poros, Lefkada, Paros, Skiathos, Corfu and more.

The winds in Greece are divided according to the country’s two sea regions: the Aegean Sea and the Ionian Sea.

The Aegean Sea winds usually blow during the summer, from May to September. The winds that blow during July and August are known as "Meltemia". “Meltemia” blow mostly during the day, for about 2 to 4 days at a time. These winds don’t follow the same direction in the whole Aegean sea. In the northern Aegean, they come from the NE, in the central Aegean (Cyclades) from the North and in the South Aegean from the NW. The intensity of the winds depends on the area where they blow. One of the strongest “Meltemi” winds blows in the island of Naxos, which, thanks to its ideal wind conditions, is also a popular windsurfing destination. Apart from the summer, strong winds blow in the Aegean sea during the winter with speed of 8-9 Beaufort.

As for the Ionian Sea winds, they usually blow from the NW during the summer and are known as “Maistros” winds and are mostly thermic.

 

Sailing areas, winds, companies and federation

We propose essential information in order to get an idea about conditions for sailing in Greece: sailing areas, winds, agencies in the islands and information about the Hellenic Yachting Federation.

Famous Sailing Areas

Some of the most famous areas for Greece sailing are the islands of Poros, Lefkada, Paros, Skiathos, Corfu and more. Many yacht charter agencies are settled there. Read more: Top Sailing Destinations in Greece

The winds of Greece

The country's winds can be divided into two sea regions: the Aegean Sea and the Ionian Sea.

The Aegean Sea Winds usually blow during the summer season, from May to September, but they are particularly known for the months of July and August. Those winds are called "Meltemia" and they are mostly blowing during the day and their average duration is from 2 to 4 days.
The Meltemia do not have the same direction in all the regions of the Greek Seas. In the Northern Aegean, they come from the NE, in the central Aegean (Cyclades) from the North and in the South Aegean from the NW. The intensity of the winds depends on the region. One of the stronger Meltemi can be found in the Island of Naxos, in the Cyclades, which attracts many windsurfers. Strong winds blow on the Aegean Sea also during the winter with a power of 8-9 Beaufort.
The Ionian Sea Winds usually appear during summer season and are called Maistros. They are blowing from the NW.

Greece sailing federations

The Hellenic Yachting Federation is the organisation which supervises all the sailing races in Greece. Many sailing races are organised every year by the 134 sailing clubs operating in the country.

Some sailing companies in Greece