Chalkidiki is a peninsula with 3 “legs”.
The 3rd one called ATHOS starts with the small Ouranoupolis village on it’s west coast and with the Platy village on the opposite coast in Strymonikos Bay, about 10 km away from the village Ierissos. On this leg is situated the Holy Mountain but in that area spearfishing is forbidden by the local law. Spearfishing is also forbidden in Thermaikos Bay from Thessaloniki to the Village Posidi in the first leg. On the first leg at it`s very edge there is a place called Paliouri. Over there the sea bottom generally slopes gradually but in some other places the local mountains end up into the sea and the depth increases immediately.
The fishes are not so abundant there because of the industrial fishing and this is a very common phenomenon across the world, but in relation to the moon phases and the weather conditions you can find many big specimen over there.
The fishes that we are used to spear here are: groupers, red snappers (Dentex Dentex) , golden groupers, white breams, Amberjacks, Bluefish and some other small species.
About 7-8 miles off the coast of Paliouri, heading to Limnos island you will also have the chance to make your own luck hunting great tunas. Owning a boat is not necessary as there is plenty of choice to rent one. Btw, you can also use
car rental in Chalkidiki. Koufo is a naturally closed and very deep bay protected from any kind of weather and in case you have a boat it is a unique place to anchor.
Porto Koufo and heading south east we will find so many places for spear fishing that 7 days of holidays won’t be enough. Of course inside the bay spear fishing is forbidden along with the south east side just out side of the bay.
The sea bottom here is much steeper and the depth just keeps on going !!! Sea currents are also hard sometimes and you always have to be cautious but whenever there is current fishes are there.
Big red snappers side by side with huge golden groupers will show up just below 20m depth. Never be hasty. Always wait because the bigger fishes come after the small ones. Between the 2nd and the 3rd leg there is an Island called Ammouliani that you can reach by a ferry leaving every 30min in summer time from Tripiti.
For the lucky ones who have a boat it’s a walk in the park, green and blue waters blend in a magnificent underwater landscape.
Many fishes like red snappers and golden groupers come to this island for summer vacations too.
