This study examines the dispersion of heavy metals (Cu and Ld), as pollutant indicators, in the surface sediment of the inner shelf of the north coast of Crete (Gulfs of Heraklion and Malia) on the basis of their source points, in land, and the general circulation of surface shelf waters. Increased values of Cu and Ld have found at the western part of the Heraklion Gulf, close to their terrestrial source, whilst increased values in the Gulf of Malia have been attributed to the presence of an anticyclonic circulation.