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Sissi, Greece
Sissi, Greece | © Margus Rebane

Current water temperature in the Cretan Sea. Historical and statistical data. Forecast of changes in water temperature in the Cretan Sea.

Current water temperature in Cretan Sea

#minimal
60°F
#average
61°F
#maximum
62°F

At the moment the water temperature on the beaches in Cretan Sea is quite cool. Swimming in this water can be uncomfortable.

Cretan Sea: countries

We track and show sea surface temperature in the following countries and regions related to this sea:

Cretan Sea: water temperature data

Bathing comfort is also affected by air temperature, wind or precipitation. All this data you can see on the page of each location. To do this, you can use the search or view all locations in a region, country, state or coastline of a particular part of Earth.

Balos Beach, Greece
Balos Beach, Greece | © Rafał Furmański

The warmest water in Cretan Sea was recorded today in Stalida. The water temperature in this location is 62°F. And the coldest in Panormos, its value 60°F.

The water temperature in Cretan Sea tends to decrease, its value has decreased both over the last week and over the month. The general trend can be seen on the graph. It shows the change in the average water temperature, calculated at all points in Cretan Sea over the past two months.

Indicators of changes in water temperature values throughout the year are important. For the two most popular swimming location in Cretan Sea, the annual schedules look like this:

Cretan Sea: general information

Bali, Greece
Bali, Greece | © Kreta Impressionen

The Cretan Sea is the southern deep-water part of the Aegean Sea. It is located between the Cyclades and Dodecanese islands to the north and east and Crete to the south. The southeastern part of the Aegean Sea by ancient authors was called the Karpathos Sea on the island of Karpathos, lying between Crete and Rhodes.

In the north, it borders the Aegean Sea, apparently because of this there is often a misconception that the Cretan Sea is part of the Aegean. The Cretan Sea is very warm, with temperatures reaching 26 degrees in summer. The sea gently steps onto the shore, therefore the entrance to the water is gradual, not abrupt. At the end of summer, the velvet season begins here.

Below is information about the current water temperature, the current trend of its change, information about the weather in selected locations in Cretan Sea.

CityWaterAir
Heraklion61°F72°F
Chania61°F71°F
Rethimno61°F67°F
Agios Nikolaos61°F65°F
Hersonissos62°F72°F
Ierapetra61°F65°F
Plakias61°F71°F
Stavros61°F71°F
Malia61°F72°F
Balos Beach61°F65°F
Matala61°F66°F
Agia Marina62°F65°F
Pantanassa61°F62°F
Palaiochora62°F65°F
Bali61°F67°F

Find out the temperature of sea water in more than 12000 cities and resorts around the world. Water surface temperature values are available in real time. There is a forecast of water temperature changes for the next few days, as well as historical data of sea surface temperature are available for all days of the last years.

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