Beach

Hot Water Beach

Thames-Coromandel District, New Zealand · sea 21 °C at its warmest, in February

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Sea temperature month by month

20Jan

21Feb

20.6Mar

19.6Apr

18.1May

16.6Jun

15.5Jul

14.9Aug

15Sep

15.6Oct

16.8Nov

18.5Dec

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

About

Hot Water Beach is a beach on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, just south of Mercury Bay.

Questions

How warm is the sea at Hot Water Beach?

The sea off Hot Water Beach averages 21 °C at its warmest, in February, and 14.9 °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 Hot Water Beach?

The sea reaches 20 °C or more from January to March. Twenty degrees is where most swimmers stop calling water cold; below it, a wetsuit helps.

Where is Hot Water Beach?

Hot Water Beach is on the coast of Thames-Coromandel District, New Zealand, at -36.8798, 175.8189. The map on this site flies straight to it.