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Satellite view of Bushy Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Bushy Beach

New ZealandOtago · New Zealand · Tasman Sea

-45.1184, 170.9701 · Oamaru, 2 km

  • 15°Sea · February
  • 17°High · January
  • 8.0 hSunshine · November
The dot marks Bushy Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Bushy Beach in October

  • 12°CAir, daytime high8°C at night
  • 11°CSea temperature
  • 7.5 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month53 mm in total
  • 19 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 23Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 93 kmAirport: Timaru Airport (TIU)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 11.6 °C — 0.6 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 11.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 12.5 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJanuary and February15 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineNovember and December8 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and September39 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan15°8 h59 mm
  2. Feb15°8 h52 mm
  3. Mar14°7 h45 mm
  4. Apr13°6 h55 mm
  5. May12°4 h57 mm
  6. Jun11°4 h51 mm
  7. Jul10°4 h42 mm
  8. Aug9°5 h43 mm
  9. Sep10°6 h39 mm
  10. Oct11°8 h53 mm
  11. Nov12°8 h54 mm
  12. Dec14°8 h63 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
10°12°14°16°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 15°Feb: 15°Mar: 14°Apr: 13°May: 12°Jun: 11°Jul: 10°Aug: 9°Sep: 10°Oct: 11°Nov: 12°Dec: 14°9°15°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 13°)Feb: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 13°)Mar: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 12°)Apr: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 10°)May: 10 °C (High 12° / Low 9°)Jun: 8 °C (High 10° / Low 7°)Jul: 8 °C (High 9° / Low 6°)Aug: 8 °C (High 10° / Low 7°)Sep: 9 °C (High 11° / Low 8°)Oct: 10 °C (High 12° / Low 8°)Nov: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 10°)Dec: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 12°)15°8°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm20 mm40 mm60 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 59 mmFeb: 52 mmMar: 45 mmApr: 55 mmMay: 57 mmJun: 51 mmJul: 42 mmAug: 43 mmSep: 39 mm39Oct: 53 mmNov: 54 mmDec: 63 mm63

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.7 hFeb: 7.5 hMar: 6.6 hApr: 5.5 hMay: 4.2 hJun: 3.7 h3.7Jul: 4.3 hAug: 5.2 hSep: 6.5 hOct: 7.5 hNov: 8.0 h8.0Dec: 7.7 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Bushy Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Bushy Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January17131559117.719
Februarywarmest sea1713155287.518
March1612144596.618
April14101355105.518
May1291257114.219
June1071151113.720
July961042104.319
August107943105.218
September1181039106.519
October1281153127.519
November14101254128.019
December16121463127.719

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Bushy Beach: Bushy Beach Oamaru. NZ. (52061386225)
Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Bushy Beach: 向前走可以看到企鹅和海豹 Bushy Beach Scenic Reserve - panoramio
Photo: wanghongliu · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Bushy Beach: Bushy Beach on a foggy day
Photo: Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER26 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202012 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.126 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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