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Sarti Beach 37.3

#4959 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇬🇷 Greece · Kentriki Makedonia · near Polygyros

Wind is the enemy here, gentle enough to learn.

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Sarti Beach, Greece
Photo: Palickap · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Surf score37.3 /100
Surfable days46% of the year
Clean days0% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell0% period 11 s+
Typical size0.5 m 1.8 ft median
Water20°C a 2 mm shorty

Best time to surf Sarti Beach

It rarely works. The nearest airport is SKG (98 km) and the nearest town is Polygyros (55 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan63%0%0.8 m16°C3/2
Feb65%0%0.9 m15°C4/3
Mar60%0%0.8 m14°C4/3
Apr44%0%0.5 m15°C4/3
May25%0%0.3 m18°C3/2
Jun15%0%0.2 m24°Cvest
Jul21%0%0.3 m27°Cboardies
Aug35%0%0.5 m26°Cboardies
Sep43%0%0.5 m24°Cvest
Oct50%0%0.6 m20°C2mm
Nov66%0%0.9 m19°C3/2
Dec61%0%0.8 m17°C3/2

What is under Sarti Beach

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor is still shallow, 10 m. Alongside the bank the survey finds a channel, 46 m against 10 m, deep enough to bend swell onto one peak instead of spreading it along the beach.

Depth 8 km out10 m
Depth 4 km out10 m
Channel beside it46 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 37.3

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
13.0
Best days 22.4%
6.7
Clean days 18.4%
0.0
Consistency 10.2%
5.0
Season spread 4.1%
1.9
Water comfort 6.1%
2.9
Access 4.1%
2.9

The detail

Faces 75° with 28% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 54% of days. Mean peak period 4.4 s. Days over 3 m: 1%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.7 m, with a peak period of 6 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 41%. Months that work: 6 of 12. Coordinates 40.089, 23.979 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,130/ month
typically €995 – €1,270
Rent, one bedroom€595
Groceries€238
Eating out€136
Getting around€81
Phone + internet€85
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,210/ month
typically €1,940 – €2,480
Somewhere to stay€1,300
Eating out€463
Car, transfers, fuel€302
Data + extras€140
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Remote spot, so the local estimate is 15% below the country average. Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Greece (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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