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Jōdogahama

Miyako, Japan · sea 21.2 °C at its warmest, in August

Jōdogahama

Photo: Junpei Satoh · CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sea temperature month by month

9.7Jan
7.4Feb
6.3Mar
7.9Apr
10.6May
14.8Jun
18.2Jul
21.2Aug
20.9Sep
18.2Oct
15.4Nov
12.6Dec

Monthly means in °C, NOAA OISST v2.1 climatology 1991–2020, sampled 13 km offshore — the nearest open-water cell in a 0.25° grid.

About

Jōdogahama (浄土ヶ浜) (lit. 'Pure Land Beach') is a series of rock formations along the coast of Miyako Bay in the city of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan.

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Questions

How warm is the sea at Jōdogahama?

The sea off Jōdogahama averages 21.2 °C at its warmest, in August, and 6.3 °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 Jōdogahama?

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

Where is Jōdogahama?

Jōdogahama is on the coast of Miyako, Japan, at 39.6489, 141.9817. The globe on this site flies straight to it.

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