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Satellite view of Ocean 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

Ocean Beach

AustraliaTasmania · Australia · Indian Ocean

-42.1711, 145.2580 · Queenstown, 27 km

  • 17°Sea · February
  • 17°High · February
  • 8.3 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Ocean Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Ocean Beach in October

  • 13°CAir, daytime high10°C at night
  • 13°CSea temperature
  • 6.4 hSunshine a day
  • 20 daysRainy days in the month151 mm in total
  • 23 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 2Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 136 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 13.0 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 12.9 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.0 °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 March17 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJanuary and February8 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February80 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan16°8 h88 mm
  2. Feb17°8 h80 mm
  3. Mar16°6 h121 mm
  4. Apr15°5 h136 mm
  5. May15°3 h180 mm
  6. Jun14°3 h186 mm
  7. Jul14°3 h216 mm
  8. Aug13°4 h221 mm
  9. Sep13°5 h185 mm
  10. Oct13°6 h151 mm
  11. Nov14°7 h112 mm
  12. Dec15°8 h123 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°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 16°Feb: 17°Mar: 16°Apr: 15°May: 15°Jun: 14°Jul: 14°Aug: 13°Sep: 13°Oct: 13°Nov: 14°Dec: 15°17°13°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°12°15°18°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 14°)Feb: 16 °C (High 17° / Low 14°)Mar: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 14°)Apr: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 12°)May: 13 °C (High 14° / Low 12°)Jun: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 11°)Jul: 11 °C (High 12° / Low 10°)Aug: 11 °C (High 12° / Low 9°)Sep: 11 °C (High 12° / Low 10°)Oct: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 10°)Nov: 13 °C (High 14° / Low 11°)Dec: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 12°)16°11°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 88 mmFeb: 80 mm80Mar: 121 mmApr: 136 mmMay: 180 mmJun: 186 mmJul: 216 mmAug: 221 mm221Sep: 185 mmOct: 151 mmNov: 112 mmDec: 123 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.3 h8.3Feb: 7.8 hMar: 6.0 hApr: 4.7 hMay: 3.3 hJun: 2.9 h2.9Jul: 2.9 h2.9Aug: 3.7 hSep: 4.6 hOct: 6.4 hNov: 7.2 hDec: 7.5 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Ocean Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January17141688148.320
Februarywarmest sea17141780137.819
March171416121166.020
April151215136184.722
May141215180223.324
June131114186212.925
July121014216242.926
August12913221243.727
September121013185224.626
October131013151206.423
November141114112177.221
December151215123177.521

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 POWER29 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202012 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.129 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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