Beach

Ayre of Cara

Orkney Islands, United Kingdom · sea 12.7 °C at its warmest, in August

See it on the map Wikidata OpenStreetMap

Ayre of Cara — Photo: Karl Cooper · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Sea temperature month by month

7.8Jan

7.1Feb

7Mar

7.4Apr

8.5May

10.1Jun

11.8Jul

12.7Aug

12.6Sep

11.8Oct

10.3Nov

8.9Dec

Monthly means in °C, NOAA OISST v2.1 climatology 1991–2020.

About

cape in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK

Wikipedia has no article about this beach yet. It is on the atlas from its Wikidata record and its photograph.

Questions

How warm is the sea at Ayre of Cara?

The sea off Ayre of Cara averages 12.7 °C at its warmest, in August, and 7 °C at its coolest. These are monthly means from NOAA's OISST v2.1 satellite and buoy record for 1991 to 2020, sampled at the beach's own coordinates.

When can you swim at Ayre of Cara?

The sea here never averages 20 °C in any month, so swimming means cold water all year. Some people do it anyway.

Where is Ayre of Cara?

Ayre of Cara is on the coast of Orkney Islands, United Kingdom, at 58.8333, -2.9000. The map on this site flies straight to it.