Beach

Tāhunatōrea

Kaikōura District, New Zealand · sea 16.6 °C at its warmest, in February

See it on the map Wikidata OpenStreetMap

Tāhunatōrea — Photo: Mike Dickison · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Sea temperature month by month

16Jan

16.6Feb

15.6Mar

14.2Apr

12.7May

11.4Jun

10.7Jul

10.3Aug

10.6Sep

11.6Oct

13.1Nov

14.7Dec

Monthly means in °C, NOAA OISST v2.1 climatology 1991–2020, sampled 18 km offshore, at the nearest open water cell of a 0.25° grid.

About

beach in New Zealand

Wikipedia has no article about this beach yet. It is on the atlas from its Wikidata record and its photograph.

Questions

How warm is the sea at Tāhunatōrea?

The sea off Tāhunatōrea averages 16.6 °C at its warmest, in February, and 10.3 °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 Tāhunatōrea?

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

Where is Tāhunatōrea?

Tāhunatōrea is on the coast of Kaikōura District, New Zealand, at -42.4790, 173.5290. The map on this site flies straight to it.