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Satellite view of Ohope 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

Ohope Beach

New ZealandAuckland · New Zealand · Pacific Ocean

-37.9667, 177.0333 · Ohope Beach, 4 km

  • 21°Sea · February
  • 24°High · February
  • 9.4 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Ohope Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Ohope Beach in October

  • 17°CAir, daytime high10°C at night
  • 15°CSea temperature
  • 7.6 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month83 mm in total
  • 10 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 22Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 11 kmAirport: Whakatāne Airport (WHK)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 15.8 °C — 0.6 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 16.6 °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 March21 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and November9 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and November58 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan20°9 h71 mm
  2. Feb21°8 h70 mm
  3. Mar20°8 h82 mm
  4. Apr19°6 h100 mm
  5. May18°5 h101 mm
  6. Jun16°4 h117 mm
  7. Jul15°5 h124 mm
  8. Aug14°6 h104 mm
  9. Sep15°6 h84 mm
  10. Oct15°8 h83 mm
  11. Nov16°9 h58 mm
  12. Dec18°9 h88 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
15°18°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 20°Feb: 21°Mar: 20°Apr: 19°May: 18°Jun: 16°Jul: 15°Aug: 14°Sep: 15°Oct: 15°Nov: 16°Dec: 18°21°14°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 19 °C (High 24° / Low 15°)Feb: 20 °C (High 24° / Low 16°)Mar: 18 °C (High 22° / Low 14°)Apr: 15 °C (High 19° / Low 12°)May: 13 °C (High 16° / Low 10°)Jun: 11 °C (High 13° / Low 8°)Jul: 10 °C (High 12° / Low 7°)Aug: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 7°)Sep: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 8°)Oct: 13 °C (High 17° / Low 10°)Nov: 15 °C (High 19° / Low 11°)Dec: 18 °C (High 22° / Low 14°)20°10°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 71 mmFeb: 70 mmMar: 82 mmApr: 100 mmMay: 101 mmJun: 117 mmJul: 124 mm124Aug: 104 mmSep: 84 mmOct: 83 mmNov: 58 mm58Dec: 88 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9.4 h9.4Feb: 8.1 hMar: 7.5 hApr: 6.3 hMay: 5.3 hJun: 4.4 h4.4Jul: 4.7 hAug: 5.6 hSep: 6.4 hOct: 7.6 hNov: 8.7 hDec: 8.6 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Ohope Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January24152071109.410
Februarywarmest sea24162170108.19
March22142082117.59
April191219100126.39
May161018101135.310
June13816117144.410
July12715124164.710
August13714104155.610
September1581584136.410
October17101583127.610
November19111658118.710
December22141888128.610

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Photos

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

Ohope Beach: Moutohora Island from Ohope Beach 01
Photo: Krzysztof Golik · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Ohope Beach: Moutohora Island from Ohope Beach 02
Photo: Krzysztof Golik · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Ohope Beach: Tephra Layers at Ohope in New Zealand
Photo: Colin Pain (University of Seville) ( https://imaggeo.egu.eu/user/1096/ ) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · 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.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER14 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202013 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.114 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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