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Instructors guide a guest into the shallow water at Lixouri Bay Beach Club, Kefalonia, Greece, during a watersports activity.
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Water Ski & Inflatables

Ski boat sessions, wakeboarding, kneeboarding and towable inflatables at XI Beach, 15 minutes from our Kefalonia beach clubs. Fifteen-minute sessions with English-speaking instructors, from first-timers to old hands.

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Some afternoons call for engine noise. XI Beach, on Kefalonia's south coast, runs the ski boat operation our beach club guests use for the fast stuff: water skiing, wakeboarding, kneeboarding and a fleet of towable inflatables, all with English-speaking instructors and beginner-friendly tuition.

Water skiing and wakeboarding

Sessions run in 15-minute slots behind the ski boat, which sounds short until your forearms report in. First-timers get proper coaching from the boat, and kneeboarding is the easier entry point if standing up on skis is proving optimistic. Riders who already carve can push as hard as they like; the driver reads the rider.

The inflatables

Ringos, sofas, flying fish and banana boats. There is no skill requirement and no dignity either, which is why they work so well for families and groups of teenagers: everyone falls off, everyone queues to go again.

Jet ski hire

Jet skis are available to hire at XI Beach for exploring the south coastline and XI Bay itself.

How it fits into a beach club week

XI Beach is about 15 minutes from Paliki Beach Club and 25 from Lixouri Bay, with bars and restaurants on the sand, so it works as a half-day out: sessions in the morning, long lunch, back to the club for the afternoon breeze. It is a paid extra rather than part of the free club fleet, booked locally through our team during your week.

  • 15-minute ski boat sessions

    Water ski, wakeboard or kneeboard with English-speaking instructors

  • Towable inflatables

    Ringos, sofas, flying fish and banana boats for families and groups

  • XI Beach, south Kefalonia

    15 minutes from Paliki Beach Club, 25 from Lixouri Bay

  • Jet ski hire

    Explore XI Bay and the south coastline

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No. Water ski, wakeboard and inflatable sessions at XI Beach are a paid extra booked locally during your week, unlike the free watersports fleet at the clubs.

Yes. Sessions come with beginner-friendly tuition from English-speaking instructors, and kneeboarding is an easier starting point before graduating to skis or a wakeboard.

Yes. The ringos, sofas, flying fish and banana boats are designed for families and children, and XI Beach has bars and restaurants that make it an easy half-day out.

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