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Satellite view of Golden Beach; 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

Golden Beach

AustraliaTasmania · Australia · Indian Ocean

-40.4471, 144.8392 · Smithton, 50 km

  • 18°Sea · February
  • 19°High · February
  • 9.4 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Golden Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Golden Beach in October

  • 14°CAir, daytime high11°C at night
  • 13°CSea temperature
  • 8.0 hSunshine a day
  • 14 daysRainy days in the month85 mm in total
  • 27 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 0Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 97 kmAirport: Wynyard Airport (BWT)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 13.2 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.6 °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 seaFebruary and March18 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJanuary and December9 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February45 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan17°9 h55 mm
  2. Feb18°9 h45 mm
  3. Mar18°7 h68 mm
  4. Apr16°6 h82 mm
  5. May15°4 h100 mm
  6. Jun14°4 h113 mm
  7. Jul13°4 h131 mm
  8. Aug13°5 h137 mm
  9. Sep13°6 h104 mm
  10. Oct13°8 h85 mm
  11. Nov14°9 h73 mm
  12. Dec15°9 h74 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
12°14°16°18°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 17°Feb: 18°Mar: 18°Apr: 16°May: 15°Jun: 14°Jul: 13°Aug: 13°Sep: 13°Oct: 13°Nov: 14°Dec: 15°18°13°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°12°15°18°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 15°)Feb: 17 °C (High 19° / Low 16°)Mar: 17 °C (High 18° / Low 15°)Apr: 15 °C (High 16° / Low 14°)May: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 12°)Jun: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 11°)Jul: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 10°)Aug: 11 °C (High 12° / Low 10°)Sep: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 10°)Oct: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 11°)Nov: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 12°)Dec: 15 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)17°11°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 55 mmFeb: 45 mm45Mar: 68 mmApr: 82 mmMay: 100 mmJun: 113 mmJul: 131 mmAug: 137 mm137Sep: 104 mmOct: 85 mmNov: 73 mmDec: 74 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9.4 h9.4Feb: 8.7 hMar: 7.2 hApr: 5.6 hMay: 4.3 hJun: 4.0 h4.0Jul: 4.0 h4.0Aug: 5.2 hSep: 6.4 hOct: 8.0 hNov: 8.7 hDec: 9.1 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Golden Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1815175599.426
Februarywarmest sea1916184588.726
March18151868107.226
April16141682135.625
May151215100174.326
June131114113174.027
July131013131204.029
August121013137205.230
September131013104186.429
October14111385148.027
November15121473128.726
December16131574119.128

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

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 POWER15 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20209 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.115 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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