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Flickr - ronsaunders47 - BEACH BAR IN GOLDEN BEACH. THASSOS GREECE.
Golden Beach, Thassos. Photo: Ronald Saunders from Warrington, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Golden Beach, Thassos

Surf spot · Greece

Is it worth the trip?

12Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

6 days tie for best, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 12 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 12 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 12 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 12 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 12 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 12 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Mon 9 · 10 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Etakes swell from the E
  • Offshore: Wwind from the land
  • Beginner +who it suits
  • Works 4–19 ftof swell
  • Water 18 °C2 mm shorty

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual surf conditions at Golden Beach, Thassos, each day of your trip
DaySwellEnergyWindTemp
Tue 3to 8usually3 ft4 s20kJNE17°C
Mon 9usually3 ft4 s20kJNE15°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather, a surf spot for experts: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Golden Beach, Thassos

Flickr - ronsaunders47 - GOLDEN BEACH JETTY. THASSOS GREECE.
Photo: Ronald Saunders from Warrington, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Golden Beach - panoramio
Photo: petiapa, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
THASSOS-XRISI AMMOUDIA - panoramio
Photo: konstantinos kolimpa…, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Golden Beach, Thassos

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated.

The spot faces E (111°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (291°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 4–19 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 700 m out (1 in 70). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 13°C in March, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 26°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Potos.

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,150–US$2,200 each

about US$1,150–US$2,200 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, board and wetsuit.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to KVA, estimated from distance and season, changing at FRA, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$569–US$1,190
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$54–US$87
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$208–US$348
Food7 days eating outabout US$234–US$442
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$87–US$141
Totalabout US$1,150–US$2,200

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Potos

Closest

Potos

about 35 min by car · 108 places to stay

about US$80/nightcountry average

See 108 places to stay in Potos · Booking.com

About Potos its beds, food and every spot near it

Nearest beds: Potos, 18 km (about 35 min by car)

About US$80 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 19h 20m

About 19h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → KVA, changing at Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), then 45 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.