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Porthchapel Beach

United Kingdom · sea 16.5 °C at its warmest, in August

Porthchapel Beach

Photo: Rod Allday · CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sea temperature month by month

10.4Jan
9.8Feb
9.6Mar
10.2Apr
11.7May
14Jun
15.9Jul
16.5Aug
15.6Sep
14.2Oct
12.9Nov
11.5Dec

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

About

Porthchapel Beach (Cornish: Porth Selevan, meaning Selevan's cove) is a secluded beach located on the south coast of the Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall, England.

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Questions

How warm is the sea at Porthchapel Beach?

The sea off Porthchapel Beach averages 16.5 °C at its warmest, in August, and 9.6 °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 Porthchapel 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 Porthchapel Beach?

Porthchapel Beach is on the coast of United Kingdom, at 50.0393, -5.6577. The globe on this site flies straight to it.

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