Poros Yacht Anchorages: The Complete Guide

Poros 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.

Poros is a sheltered, easy cruising ground close to Athens with very short distances, and an alternative charter base to Athens / Alimos.

Ashore: Poros town under its clock-tower, the Sanctuary of Poseidon (5th century BCE) northeast of town, and the Lemonodasos lemon groves and ancient Troezen near Galatas.

Poros is the second night of the Saronic week from Athens: 25 nautical miles from Alimos on our distance table, 18 from Aegina, 12 from Hydra and 30 from Spetses.

The three records here are all on the north coast, in the lee: Bisti, with almost all-round shelter and good holding, open only narrowly to the north-east; Russian Bay behind Daskalio islet, a line to the rocks and a reef to respect; Barbaria, sand and weed with good holding, open to the north and excellent in an easterly or a westerly.

The town sits on the strait, a short tender ride, and the strait itself is the Saronic's evening promenade.

Every Athens-based motor yacht we represent fits Poros: MARY, LADY L, SEA U, SEA YA and M FIVE from EUR 17,500 to 47,500 a week from their own rate cards, the 26 to 31 metre class from EUR 35,900 to 75,000 on the Greek Charter Index 2026, per yacht before VAT and APA.

Athens to Athens was the most common request on this desk in the 2026 season.

Where can a yacht anchor at Poros?

Poros has 3 anchorages in this guide: Bistiou (Bisti, N coast), Russian Bay (Daskalia), Barbaria (N coast). Each entry below gives depth, holding, shelter direction and what is ashore.

What is the holding like at Poros?

Bistiou (Bisti, N coast): Good. Russian Bay (Daskalia): Good if weedy patches are avoided. Barbaria (N coast): Sand and weed, good.

When is the best time to anchor at Poros?

Poros is busy every summer evening with the Athens fleets, because it is the first island with a real town on the way south, and the north-coast bays are the answer to the crowded quay. The Meltemi arrives softened in the Saronic, in the lee of the Peloponnese, and Bisti holds in almost anything. May, June and September are quiet, 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 Poros?

Bisti, using the islet of the same name to find the entrance, for the sheltered night, depth confirmed on the chart; Barbaria in an easterly or a westerly; Russian Bay behind Daskalio with a line to the rocks and the reef avoided, for the swim and the photograph. The town quay is for the evening ashore, not the night. Hydra is 12 miles and Spetses 30, both morning passages, and the yacht is anchored before the afternoon breeze. Depths and holding here follow published cruising sources; the captain confirms the anchor drop against current charts on arrival.

Cyclades

Saronic

Ionian

Sporades

Dodecanese

Crete