We found only two operators selling sunset kayak tours in Cyprus in 2026: Cool Divers at Latchi and Pomos in Paphos district, and the Sea Kayak Cyprus club in Limassol. Which coast you choose matters more than anything else. By our estimate from the map, on the west coast from Paphos to Coral Bay the sun sets over open sea all year, and at Pomos for most of it; at Latchi it drops behind the Akamas hills, in Limassol behind the city and the Akrotiri peninsula, and at Protaras and Konnos on the east coast it sets inland, behind the headlands.

Cool Divers, a dive centre with a beach kiosk next to the Island beach bar in Latchi, runs a Pomos Sunset Tour: four hours from Pomos village, a relaxed paddle of about two hours and then the sunset from the water. The coast there faces north-west, so the sun goes down into open sea from about February to the end of October. The tour costs 70 EUR on the company's 2026 price list, including the kayak equipment, a guide, snacks and drinks, snorkelling gear and free transport from your hotel; it is for ages 8 and up, and the guides are certified lifeguards (+357 99 47 21 56).

From Latchi itself, the same company's three-hour Latchi Sunset Tour paddles west towards the Anassa hotel, also 70 EUR. Two things to know about Chrysochou Bay: the sun sets behind the Akamas hills rather than into the sea, and a strip along the shore between Anassa and Latchi harbour, about 1.7 km long and up to roughly 450 m out, is a marine protected area closed to all craft, kayaks included, all year under a 2021 fisheries decree, so routes must keep outside it. If you would rather go alone, Latchi Watersports Centre rents single and double kayaks and promotes summer sunset paddles across the bays around Latchi; its website lists 08:00 to 20:00, so ask about the last hire time first (+357 26 322 095).

In Limassol, the Sea Kayak Cyprus club runs a "City Skyline" paddle along the seafront: about 2 to 2.5 km in 1 to 1.5 hours, from 20 EUR, with a short paddling and safety briefing, sit-on-top kayaks, a paddle and a life jacket provided, and no experience needed. Its 2026 evening dates were 7 August and 24 September at 19:00 and an adults-only "Moonlight and city lights" paddle on 26 September at 19:30, from 25 EUR, so watch its calendar for new ones. It meets at the nautical club beach next to the Guaba beach bar in Mouttagiaka and takes children over 15 with an adult (+357 96 585959). Here the sun sets over the city and the Akrotiri peninsula, not the sea.

On the east coast we found no sunset kayak tour. Daytime trips are easy to book: Cyprus Walks Etc runs private guided kayak trips from Ayia Napa, from 250 EUR per group for three hours at the Cape Greco sea caves cove to 300 EUR for four hours to the Ayia Napa sea caves, and Mike's Watersports at Konnos Bay rents a tandem kayak for one adult and one child at 20 EUR an hour. The Ayia Napa sea caves are a marine protected area closed to all craft, kayaks included, from 1 November to 30 April, and the Peyia sea caves north of Coral Bay have been closed to all craft all year since April 2025.

Wherever you launch, the buoyed swimming areas, marked with red, orange, pink, yellow or white buoys, are reserved for bathers from 06:00 to 20:30 every day under the 2026 decree, which runs to the end of November, so kayaks must use the marked craft lanes. Lifeguard shifts end at 17:00, 18:00 or 19:00 depending on the beach, so a summer sunset paddle happens after the towers close. At the Lara and Toxeftra turtle beaches north of Coral Bay, boats may not pass or anchor out to the 20 m depth line from 1 May to 31 October, and nobody may stay on the beach from an hour before sunset between June and September.

Wind and sea usually build through the day: one Ayia Napa operator warns that after about eleven o'clock the sea usually gets choppier, and the Limassol club's sunset pages warn of light wind and waves. The open sea stays above 22°C from June to November and drops to 16 or 17°C from January to March, according to Visit Cyprus. In Paphos the sun sets at about 20:05 in mid-June, 19:40 in mid-August, 18:15 in mid-October and 16:40 in mid-December, a few minutes earlier in the east, and the clocks go back on 25 October 2026. In an emergency at sea, call 112 or the Search and Rescue Coordination Centre on 1441.

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