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Chesil Beach

Dorset, United Kingdom · sea 17 °C at its warmest, in August

Chesil Beach

Photo: Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sea temperature month by month

9.6Jan
8.7Feb
8.5Mar
9.5Apr
11.4May
13.7Jun
15.8Jul
17Aug
16.9Sep
15.6Oct
13.4Nov
11.1Dec

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

About

Chesil Beach (also known as Chesil Bank) is a major shingle beach structure in Dorset, England. Behind the beach is the Fleet, a shallow tidal lagoon.

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Questions

How warm is the sea at Chesil Beach?

The sea off Chesil Beach averages 17 °C at its warmest, in August, and 8.5 °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 Chesil Beach?

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

Where is Chesil Beach?

Chesil Beach is on the coast of Dorset, United Kingdom, at 50.6040, -2.5160. The globe on this site flies straight to it.

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