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Satellite view of Gibsons 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

Gibsons Beach

AustraliaNew South Wales · Australia · Tasman Sea

-33.8463, 151.2811 · Vaucluse, 1 km

  • 23°Sea · February
  • 26°High · January
  • 8.2 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Gibsons Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Gibsons Beach in October

  • 22°CAir, daytime high15°C at night
  • 19°CSea temperature
  • 8.1 hSunshine a day
  • 9 daysRainy days in the month64 mm in total
  • 15 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 20.5 °C — 1.3 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 19.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +2.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.5 °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 seaFebruary and March23 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and December8 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and September43 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan23°8 h83 mm
  2. Feb23°7 h134 mm
  3. Mar23°7 h104 mm
  4. Apr22°7 h73 mm
  5. May21°6 h54 mm
  6. Jun20°5 h87 mm
  7. Jul19°6 h44 mm
  8. Aug18°7 h46 mm
  9. Sep18°8 h43 mm
  10. Oct19°8 h64 mm
  11. Nov20°8 h83 mm
  12. Dec21°8 h72 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
18°20°22°24°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23°Feb: 23°Mar: 23°Apr: 22°May: 21°Jun: 20°Jul: 19°Aug: 18°Sep: 18°Oct: 19°Nov: 20°Dec: 21°18°23°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23 °C (High 26° / Low 20°)Feb: 23 °C (High 25° / Low 20°)Mar: 22 °C (High 24° / Low 20°)Apr: 20 °C (High 22° / Low 18°)May: 17 °C (High 20° / Low 15°)Jun: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 13°)Jul: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 12°)Aug: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 12°)Sep: 17 °C (High 20° / Low 14°)Oct: 18 °C (High 22° / Low 15°)Nov: 20 °C (High 23° / Low 17°)Dec: 21 °C (High 24° / Low 19°)23°14°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 83 mmFeb: 134 mm134Mar: 104 mmApr: 73 mmMay: 54 mmJun: 87 mmJul: 44 mmAug: 46 mmSep: 43 mm43Oct: 64 mmNov: 83 mmDec: 72 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.2 h8.2Feb: 7.3 hMar: 6.9 hApr: 6.6 hMay: 6.2 hJun: 5.1 h5.1Jul: 6.2 hAug: 7.3 hSep: 8.1 hOct: 8.1 hNov: 8.0 hDec: 8.2 h8.2

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Gibsons Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January26202383128.215
Februarywarmest sea252023134137.315
March242023104136.915
April22182273106.614
May2015215496.215
June17132087105.115
July1612194486.215
August1712184677.316
September2014184378.115
October2215196498.115
November23172083128.015
December24192172118.215

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Photos

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

Gibsons Beach: 306 Hopetoun Avenue, Watsons Bay, New South Wales (2011-01-05)
Photo: OSX · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Gibsons Beach: 333 Old South Head Road, Watsons Bay, New South Wales (2011-01-05)
Photo: OSX · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Gibsons Beach: Watsons Bay - panoramio - Maksym Kozlenko (1)
Photo: Maksym Kozlenko · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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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 POWER17 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20209 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.117 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.1 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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