Agistri Yacht Anchorages: The Complete Guide

Agistri sits in the Saronic.

The Saronic and Argolic gulfs are markedly calmer than the Cyclades, with light northeasterly to easterly summer winds (mostly Force 4 to 6).

Short distances make it forgiving family cruising close to Athens.

This guide covers the island's main anchorages with the practical detail charterers and captains actually use: depth where a published cruising source documents it, holding, and shelter direction.

Where a figure was not documented we say so rather than guess.

Agistri is an easy weekend sail from Athens (about 20 nm from Alimos, 3 nm SW of Aegina) and, like the rest of the Saronic, largely sheltered from the Meltemi.

Ashore: A pine-forested island with beaches at Skala, Dragonera, Aponisos and Chalikiada, the church of Agioi Anargyroi near Skala, and walking, kayaking and horse-riding ashore.

Agistri is the easiest anchorage from Athens, about 20 nautical miles from Alimos and three south-west of Aegina, and it is where the Saronic week begins when the party boards late: pine forest, four records, all within a mile of each other.

Aponisos on the south-west, five to ten metres over sand between the Posidonia patches, is the beautiful one, less protected from the north and north-west, with lines ashore to the western rocks when it blows; Skala, the main port, five to twelve metres over sand and mud with reliable holding, exposed to north-westerlies and ferry wash; Dragonera on the west, six to fourteen metres over mixed bottom, exposed to the south-east and open to a strong westerly; Megalochori, the small port of the capital, four to eight metres over sand.

The Aegina guide adds the Aponisos and Dorousa islets between the two islands, with combined all-round shelter.

Every Athens-based yacht we represent fits Agistri: LADY L, SEA U, SEA YA and M FIVE from EUR 17,500 to 33,000 a week from their own rate cards, per yacht before VAT and APA, and the crewed catamarans from EUR 17,000 on the Greek Charter Index 2026.

Where can a yacht anchor at Agistri?

Agistri has 4 anchorages in this guide: Aponisos (SW), Skala (main port and town), Dragonera (west coast), Megalochori / Mylos (capital). Each entry below gives depth, holding, shelter direction and what is ashore.

Which Agistri anchorages are sheltered from the meltemi, the summer north wind?

Aponisos (SW): A beautiful anchorage, less protected from N-NW, consider lines ashore to the western rocks.

How deep are the anchorages at Agistri?

Aponisos (SW) 5-10m; Skala (main port and town) 5-12m; Dragonera (west coast) 6-14m; Megalochori / Mylos (capital) 4-8m. Depths are typical sand-bottom anchoring depths; the captain drops on current chart data.

What is the holding like at Agistri?

Aponisos (SW): Sand, good (between Posidonia patches). Skala (main port and town): Sand and mud, reliable. Dragonera (west coast): Mixed, varies with sand coverage. Megalochori / Mylos (capital): Sand, moderate in the outer areas.

When is the best time to anchor at Agistri?

Agistri is an Athens weekend island, busy with the city's own boats on summer Saturdays and quiet on weekdays. The Meltemi arrives softened in the Saronic, in the lee of the Peloponnese; the north-westerly is what Skala and Aponisos feel, and the islets between Agistri and Aegina give shelter from everything. May, June and September are the months the beaches are empty, and on the Greek Charter Index the shoulder months price 15 to 25% below peak on the same rate card with three to four months of lead time rather than a year. Late September and October in the Saronic are the value weeks of the Greek year.

What does the captain plan around at Agistri?

Aponisos, five to ten metres, dropped on a sand patch between the Posidonia, with lines ashore to the western rocks when the north-westerly builds, for the swim and the night in settled weather; the islets between Agistri and Aegina for the all-round shelter when it does not. Skala for the town, with reliable holding in five to twelve metres and the ferry wash expected; Dragonera in a northerly, never in a strong westerly. Aegina is three miles, Poros 18 from Aegina, Alimos 20, all short passages. Depths and holding here follow published cruising sources; the captain confirms the anchor drop against current charts on arrival.

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