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Satellite view of Tata 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

Tata Beach

New ZealandNelson Region · New Zealand · Tasman Sea

-40.8083, 172.9102 · Takaka, 10 km

  • 19°Sea · February
  • 21°High · February
  • 10.2 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Tata Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Tata Beach in October

  • 15°CAir, daytime high9°C at night
  • 14°CSea temperature
  • 8.1 hSunshine a day
  • 13 daysRainy days in the month97 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

  • 5Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 60 kmAirport: Nelson Airport (NSN)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 14.6 °C — 0.8 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 14.7 °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 February19 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and February10 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and November61 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan18°10 h75 mm
  2. Feb19°9 h61 mm
  3. Mar18°8 h71 mm
  4. Apr17°6 h96 mm
  5. May15°5 h105 mm
  6. Jun14°4 h115 mm
  7. Jul12°5 h90 mm
  8. Aug12°6 h91 mm
  9. Sep13°7 h86 mm
  10. Oct14°8 h97 mm
  11. Nov15°9 h68 mm
  12. Dec17°9 h98 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
12°15°18°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18°Feb: 19°Mar: 18°Apr: 17°May: 15°Jun: 14°Jul: 12°Aug: 12°Sep: 13°Oct: 14°Nov: 15°Dec: 17°12°19°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18 °C (High 21° / Low 14°)Feb: 18 °C (High 21° / Low 15°)Mar: 16 °C (High 19° / Low 14°)Apr: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 12°)May: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 10°)Jun: 10 °C (High 12° / Low 8°)Jul: 9 °C (High 11° / Low 7°)Aug: 9 °C (High 12° / Low 7°)Sep: 11 °C (High 13° / Low 8°)Oct: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 9°)Nov: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 11°)Dec: 16 °C (High 19° / Low 13°)18°9°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 75 mmFeb: 61 mm61Mar: 71 mmApr: 96 mmMay: 105 mmJun: 115 mm115Jul: 90 mmAug: 91 mmSep: 86 mmOct: 97 mmNov: 68 mmDec: 98 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 10.2 h10.2Feb: 9.4 hMar: 8.3 hApr: 6.5 hMay: 5.3 hJun: 4.3 h4.3Jul: 4.7 hAug: 6.0 hSep: 7.1 hOct: 8.1 hNov: 9.3 hDec: 9.3 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Tata Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January211418751010.211
Februarywarmest sea2115196189.410
March19141871108.310
April17121796126.510
May141015105135.311
June12814115144.312
July1171290144.711
August1271291156.011
September1381386147.112
October1591497138.112
November17111568129.312
December19131798139.311

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Photos

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

Tata Beach: View of Tata Bay
Photo: Krzysztof Golik · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Tata Beach: Tata Beach, Golden Bay, 3 April 2012
Photo: Mark in New Zealand · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Tata Beach: Tata Beach and Tata Bay - panoramio
Photo: nut.in.a.hut · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 POWER28 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202020 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.128 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

More about this place: Wikipedia See every data source →