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Crete / Falassarna or Phalasarna ( ID crete___falassarna )      Hits: 699
You are here: Europe > Greece > Crete / Falassarna or Phalasarna ( ID crete___falassarna )
Continent: Europe
Country: Greece
Next Big City (Airport):  Heraklion, Chania
Next Town: Platanos
Latitude:   35.4919
Longitude: 23.5805
Type:
- Ocean
Rider Ability:
- Intermediate
- Expert

Good for:
- Kitesurfing
- Windsurfing
- Surfing
Features:
- Parking

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Water
Type:
- Chop
- Small Wave (< 1m)
- Medium Wave (1-3m)
- Big Wave (> 3m)
Hazards:
- Rocks

Quality:
- Crystal Clear
Best Tide:
- Tide Independent


This beach is ridable mostly during winter and spring. Generally it is not a windy place but when the Southwest wind is there it is perfect for wave riding. The water for the South (sideshore) or Southwest (sideonshore) winds that we usually have in winter and spring is from choppy to very big waves (>3m) depending on the wind direction and speed. The waves don't break progressively and there is a large shore break area. Few rocks in the water close to the beach.

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 Beach
Type:
- Sand
Size:
- Big

Hazards:
No Information
Beach crowds:
- July
- August


The sandy beach is very long (2km) and wide (>100m).

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 Weather
Spring:
- Shorts
- Shorty
Summer:
- Shorts

Fall:
- Shorts
- Shorty
Winter:
- Normal Wetsuit


From May to October no wetsuit needed. From November to April a 3 or 5mm wetsuit is fine.

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 Wind

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Best Months:
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- December
Wind Type:
No Information

Best Direction:
- SW
Main Direction:
- N
- S
- SSW
- SW


Falassarna has wind usually only in winter and spring with South or Southwest winds. The South winds are quite gusty but usually ridable. The wind frequency is low, 4-5 time every month during winter and the wind speed is from 4-7 Bft. During summer time it is full of tourists and the preveling North wind is extremely gusty (it comes through the mountains) so the main beach of Falassarna cannot be used for kiteboarding. But there is a small bay near the port of Falassarna where the wind is not so gusty and it is kiteboardable.

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 How to get there
Transport:
- Car
Access:
- Short Walk


It is about 60km from Chania and it takes about 45min to get there.

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 Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info
Rules:
- Other


Don't try to kite to the main beach with North wind unless you want to make a long swim.

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None.

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