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Satellite view of Silver Strand 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

Silver Strand Beach

United StatesCalifornia · United States · Pacific Ocean

34.1503, -119.2190 · Channel Islands Beach, 1 km

  • 19°Sea · August
  • 22°High · September
  • 12.4 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Silver Strand Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Silver Strand Beach in October

  • 21°CAir, daytime high17°C at night
  • 19°CSea temperature
  • 9.0 hSunshine a day
  • 2 daysRainy days in the month21 mm in total
  • 12 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 8Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 65 kmAirport: Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)In a straight line; by road it is further

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

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 19.1 °C — 0.6 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 18.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.3 °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 seaAugust and September19 °C
Most sunshineJune and July12 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August0 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan15°7 h100 mm
  2. Feb14°8 h85 mm
  3. Mar14°9 h66 mm
  4. Apr14°10 h23 mm
  5. May16°12 h10 mm
  6. Jun17°12 h2 mm
  7. Jul19°12 h1 mm
  8. Aug19°12 h0 mm
  9. Sep19°11 h2 mm
  10. Oct19°9 h21 mm
  11. Nov17°8 h35 mm
  12. Dec15°7 h80 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
14°16°18°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 15°Feb: 14°Mar: 14°Apr: 14°May: 16°Jun: 17°Jul: 19°Aug: 19°Sep: 19°Oct: 19°Nov: 17°Dec: 15°14°19°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 100 mm100Feb: 85 mmMar: 66 mmApr: 23 mmMay: 10 mmJun: 2 mmJul: 1 mmAug: 0 mm0Sep: 2 mmOct: 21 mmNov: 35 mmDec: 80 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.8 hFeb: 7.5 hMar: 8.8 hApr: 10.5 hMay: 11.6 hJun: 12.4 h12.4Jul: 12.2 hAug: 11.9 hSep: 10.6 hOct: 9.0 hNov: 7.8 hDec: 6.6 h6.6

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Silver Strand Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January17131510076.814
February1613148577.514
March1713146668.814
April17131423210.514
May18141610211.613
June1916172012.411
July2117191012.210
Augustwarmest sea2218190011.910
September2218192110.611
October2117192129.012
November1915173537.813
December1713158066.614

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Photos

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

Silver Strand Beach: Silver-Strand-Beach-California
Photo: Niceley · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Silver Strand Beach: Andrea Dransfield, a BeachCOMBERS volunteer, surveys Silver Strand beach. (35521962514)
Photo: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Silver Strand Beach: Andrea Dransfield, a BeachCOMBERS volunteer, examines a California brown pelican found on Silver Strand beach during her monthly survey. (35549064043)
Photo: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US · 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 POWER22 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20209 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.122 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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