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Satellite view of Kurrawa 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

Kurrawa Beach

AustraliaQueensland · Australia · Coral Sea

-28.0295, 153.4355 · Broadbeach, 0 km

  • 26°Sea · February
  • 29°High · January
  • 9.2 hSunshine · November
The dot marks Kurrawa Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Kurrawa Beach in October

  • 26°CAir, daytime high16°C at night
  • 22°CSea temperature
  • 8.7 hSunshine a day
  • 10 daysRainy days in the month83 mm in total
  • 16 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 104Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 17 kmAirport: Gold Coast Airport (OOL)In a straight line; by road it is further

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

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 22.4 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +2.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.1 °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 March26 °C
Most sunshineOctober and November9 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and September35 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan26°8 h153 mm
  2. Feb26°8 h164 mm
  3. Mar26°7 h150 mm
  4. Apr25°7 h83 mm
  5. May24°7 h71 mm
  6. Jun22°6 h93 mm
  7. Jul21°7 h36 mm
  8. Aug21°8 h45 mm
  9. Sep21°9 h35 mm
  10. Oct22°9 h83 mm
  11. Nov24°9 h94 mm
  12. Dec25°8 h138 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
22°24°26°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26°Feb: 26°Mar: 26°Apr: 25°May: 24°Jun: 22°Jul: 21°Aug: 21°Sep: 21°Oct: 22°Nov: 24°Dec: 25°26°21°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 25 °C (High 29° / Low 21°)Feb: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 21°)Mar: 23 °C (High 27° / Low 19°)Apr: 21 °C (High 25° / Low 17°)May: 18 °C (High 22° / Low 13°)Jun: 16 °C (High 20° / Low 11°)Jul: 14 °C (High 19° / Low 10°)Aug: 16 °C (High 21° / Low 10°)Sep: 19 °C (High 24° / Low 13°)Oct: 21 °C (High 26° / Low 16°)Nov: 23 °C (High 28° / Low 18°)Dec: 24 °C (High 29° / Low 20°)25°14°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 153 mmFeb: 164 mm164Mar: 150 mmApr: 83 mmMay: 71 mmJun: 93 mmJul: 36 mmAug: 45 mmSep: 35 mm35Oct: 83 mmNov: 94 mmDec: 138 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.5 hFeb: 7.9 hMar: 7.2 hApr: 7.2 hMay: 6.9 hJun: 5.9 h5.9Jul: 7.1 hAug: 8.1 hSep: 8.7 hOct: 8.7 hNov: 9.2 h9.2Dec: 8.4 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Kurrawa Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January292126153158.517
Februarywarmest sea282126164167.916
March271926150177.216
April25172583137.214
May22132471116.913
June20112293105.914
July1910213687.113
August2110214568.114
September2413213578.715
October26162283108.716
November28182494129.216
December292025138158.416

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Photos

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

Kurrawa Beach: Margaret Avenue beach, Broadbeach, Queensland 02
Photo: Kgbo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Kurrawa Beach: Kurrawa Beach, Broadbeach, Queensland 01
Photo: Kgbo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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.

The nearest sea measurement point is 21 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER31 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202021 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.131 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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