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Red Beach

Greece · sea 25.4 °C at its warmest, in August

Red Beach

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

Sea temperature month by month

16.6Jan
16Feb
16.1Mar
17Apr
19.1May
22.1Jun
24.4Jul
25.4Aug
25Sep
23.5Oct
21.1Nov
18.5Dec

Monthly means in °C, NOAA OISST v2.1 climatology 1991–2020, sampled 17 km offshore — the nearest open-water cell in a 0.25° grid.

About

La plage Rouge (en grec moderne : κόκκινη άμμος) est une plage de sable rougeâtre dans une baie au sud de Matala sur l'île de Crète, en Grèce.

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Questions

How warm is the sea at Red Beach?

The sea off Red Beach averages 25.4 °C at its warmest, in August, and 16 °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 Red Beach?

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

Where is Red Beach?

Red Beach is on the coast of Greece, at 34.9867, 24.7489. The globe on this site flies straight to it.

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