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Satellite view of Orient 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

Orient Beach

South AfricaEastern Cape · South Africa · Indian Ocean

-33.0253, 27.9155 · East London, 1 km

  • 25°Sea · February
  • 25°High · February
  • 7.5 hSunshine · September
The dot marks Orient Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Orient Beach in October

  • 21°CAir, daytime high17°C at night
  • 21°CSea temperature
  • 7.0 hSunshine a day
  • 13 daysRainy days in the month95 mm in total
  • 24 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 21Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Orient Beach ↗
  • 8 kmAirport: King Phalo Airport (ELS)In a straight line; by road it is further

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

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 19.5 °C — 1.4 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −1.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 20.9 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.2 °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 March25 °C
Most sunshineAugust and September8 h of sun a day
Least rainMay and June28 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan24°7 h136 mm
  2. Feb25°7 h104 mm
  3. Mar25°7 h98 mm
  4. Apr24°7 h93 mm
  5. May23°7 h34 mm
  6. Jun22°7 h28 mm
  7. Jul21°7 h40 mm
  8. Aug20°7 h58 mm
  9. Sep20°8 h65 mm
  10. Oct21°7 h95 mm
  11. Nov22°7 h126 mm
  12. Dec23°7 h108 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
20°22°24°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 24°Feb: 25°Mar: 25°Apr: 24°May: 23°Jun: 22°Jul: 21°Aug: 20°Sep: 20°Oct: 21°Nov: 22°Dec: 23°25°20°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 21°)Feb: 23 °C (High 25° / Low 22°)Mar: 23 °C (High 25° / Low 21°)Apr: 21 °C (High 23° / Low 19°)May: 20 °C (High 22° / Low 18°)Jun: 18 °C (High 21° / Low 15°)Jul: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 15°)Aug: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 15°)Sep: 18 °C (High 21° / Low 16°)Oct: 19 °C (High 21° / Low 17°)Nov: 20 °C (High 22° / Low 18°)Dec: 22 °C (High 23° / Low 20°)23°18°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 136 mm136Feb: 104 mmMar: 98 mmApr: 93 mmMay: 34 mmJun: 28 mm28Jul: 40 mmAug: 58 mmSep: 65 mmOct: 95 mmNov: 126 mmDec: 108 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.1 hFeb: 7.2 hMar: 7.1 hApr: 6.8 h6.8May: 6.9 hJun: 7.0 hJul: 7.3 hAug: 7.4 hSep: 7.5 h7.5Oct: 7.0 hNov: 7.1 hDec: 7.0 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Orient Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January242124136177.122
Februarywarmest sea252225104157.222
March25212598157.121
April23192493106.821
May2218233456.921
June2115222837.022
July2015214047.322
August2015205867.424
September2116206577.524
October21172195137.024
November221822126157.123
December232023108167.022

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Plan your trip

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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 POWER20 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202012 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.120 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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