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Satellite view of Fishers Cove; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Fishers Cove

British Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin Islands · Caribbean Sea

18.4500, -64.4333 · Spanish Town, 0 km

  • 29°Sea · September
  • 29°High · September
  • 9.4 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Fishers Cove. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Fishers Cove in October

  • 29°CAir, daytime high28°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 7.7 hSunshine a day
  • 15 daysRainy days in the month104 mm in total
  • 20 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 5Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 1 kmAirport: Virgin Gorda Airport (VIJ)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 29.6 °C — 0.8 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.9 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaSeptember and October29 °C
Most sunshineMarch and April9 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and March14 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan26°8 h23 mm
  2. Feb26°9 h14 mm
  3. Mar26°9 h20 mm
  4. Apr27°9 h28 mm
  5. May27°9 h63 mm
  6. Jun28°9 h46 mm
  7. Jul28°9 h57 mm
  8. Aug29°9 h72 mm
  9. Sep29°8 h91 mm
  10. Oct29°8 h104 mm
  11. Nov28°7 h87 mm
  12. Dec27°8 h40 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
26°27°28°29°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26°Feb: 26°Mar: 26°Apr: 27°May: 27°Jun: 28°Jul: 28°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 28°Dec: 27°26°29°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Feb: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Mar: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Apr: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)May: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Jun: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 28°)Jul: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Aug: 29 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Sep: 29 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Oct: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Nov: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Dec: 27 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)29°26°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23 mmFeb: 14 mm14Mar: 20 mmApr: 28 mmMay: 63 mmJun: 46 mmJul: 57 mmAug: 72 mmSep: 91 mmOct: 104 mm104Nov: 87 mmDec: 40 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.1 hFeb: 8.8 hMar: 9.2 hApr: 9.4 h9.4May: 8.7 hJun: 8.8 hJul: 8.9 hAug: 8.9 hSep: 8.5 hOct: 7.7 hNov: 7.3 h7.3Dec: 7.6 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Fishers Cove: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Fishers Cove: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2625262368.124
February2625261448.824
March2625262049.222
April2726272859.422
May28272763138.722
June28282846118.823
July29282857148.926
August29282972158.924
Septemberwarmest sea29282991178.519
October292829104157.720
November28272887147.321
December2726274097.625

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Fishers Cove: Crooks Bay, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
Photo: User:Mattes · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 de · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Fishers Cove: SeaDream II — Complete side view
Photo: User:Mattes · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 de · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER8 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202010 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.18 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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