Beach

Watergate Beach

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

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Watergate Beach — Photo: Simon Huguet · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Sea temperature month by month

10.1Jan

9.5Feb

9.4Mar

10.2Apr

11.8May

14.1Jun

16Jul

16.5Aug

15.8Sep

14.6Oct

13Nov

11.4Dec

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

About

Watergate Beach is a two-mile-long stretch of sandy beach on the Atlantic coast of north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

Questions

How warm is the sea at Watergate Beach?

The sea off Watergate Beach averages 16.5 °C at its warmest, in August, and 9.4 °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 Watergate 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 Watergate Beach?

Watergate Beach is on the coast of Mawgan-in-Pydar, United Kingdom, at 50.4440, -5.0400. The map on this site flies straight to it.