Beach · Κρητηνία, Greece

Kritinia Castle

Kritinia Castle is a beach in Κρητηνία, Greece. It is fairly sheltered, with open water only toward the west-south-west, so waves pick up when the wind blows from there. The bottom drops away quickly: about 4.5 m of water only 50 m from the shore. Further out it reaches roughly 71.7 m at 400 m. Tides are barely noticeable (about 15 cm). The nearest other beach is Παραλία Κοπριά in Kamiros Skala, 1.4 km away.

Wave shelterFairly shelteredopen to the west-south-west
Depth4.5 m at 50 m outdrops off quickly
Tidal range15 cmbarely noticeable
Tree cover9%little tree cover by satellite

Conditions right now at Kritinia Castle

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Where it is

36.2639, 27.8058 · Google Maps · OpenStreetMap

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