In summary, there are no naturist beaches as such in Cyprus but there are many stretches of little-used coastline where no-one will get upset. Evidently this is the only way these poor individuals can find out what naked people look like. The story, below, about men in cars above the unoccupied Governor's Beach with binoculars, waiting for the nudists to arrive, is particularly extraordinary. The Captain has been struck by the percentage of reports about gawkers on those few beaches in Cyprus where nudists can go. There are lots of sunny days in Cyprus in winter but you can also be unlucky and have a a week or more of dull, cold or rainy weather, especially December to March. The sea stays warm enough for swimming well into November and really, if you can find yourself a sheltered spot you can usually sunbathe even in the middle of winter providing it is a sunny day. At other times of the year there are few, if any locals on the out-of-town beaches and no-one seems to mind providing you are reasonably discreet. The locals escape the summer heat in Nicosia by arriving en masse at the beaches, some with camping gear and it is then at many of the places just about impossible to skinny-dip, in particular on the week-ends.
