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Excellent: 1684Good: 42Sufficient: 1Not classified: 7
✅ Not a single site in Greece is rated Poor this season.
✅ The safest bets in Greece
Sites that have held the top rating five seasons in a row — not a one-year fluke.
- Kaiafas - Zacharo 3 Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Pantazi Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Mikri Mantineia Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Koroni Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Loutsa Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Methoni 1 Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Stomio Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Katragaki Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Tsilivi - Kampitsi Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Gaidaros Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Poli - Ta Dexia Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Poli - Loutsa Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
📍 Destinations in Greece
- Athens
109 excellent of 109 within 35 km - Corfu
71 excellent of 80 within 35 km - Zakynthos
41 excellent of 43 within 35 km - Heraklion
38 excellent of 38 within 35 km - Rhodes
23 excellent of 36 within 35 km - Chania
32 excellent of 32 within 35 km - Mykonos
32 excellent of 32 within 35 km - Kos
19 excellent of 29 within 35 km - Kavala
20 excellent of 22 within 35 km - Santorini
13 excellent of 13 within 35 km - Thessaloniki
11 excellent of 11 within 35 km
Common questions about swimming in Greece
Is it safe to swim in Greece?
Mostly yes. 98% of Greece's 1,734 officially monitored bathing sites hold the top "Excellent" class in the 2025 assessment, and not a single one is rated Poor.
Which beaches in Greece should I avoid?
None. No bathing site in Greece carries a Poor classification in the 2025 assessment.
Where is the water cleanest in Greece?
1,560 sites have held the top rating five seasons running — a far better signal than a single good year. Around Athens, Corfu, Zakynthos you will find the densest clusters.
How often is water quality tested in Greece?
Through the whole bathing season. National sanitary authorities sample each official site for E. coli and intestinal enterococci, report to the European Environment Agency, and the published class reflects the last four seasons combined.
Ratings are the official season-long classification, computed from the last four seasons of sampling — not a live reading. After a storm any site can be temporarily worse; local advisories win.