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Cape Cleveland Beach

Coastal areas · Australia

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Cape Cleveland Beach is a N-facing sand beach on the Australia shoreline, opening onto the Coral Sea — it catches NW–NE swell, and offshore SE–SW winds tidy the banks through year-round.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~23.9°C (75°F) on average

Jan

28.9°C

84°F · 27.9–30.4°C

Feb

28.8°C

83.8°F · 27.3–31.2°C

Mar

28.4°C

83.1°F · 26.7–30.8°C

Apr

27.3°C

81.1°F · 25.4–29.4°C

May

25.2°C

77.4°F · 23.6–27.1°C

Jun

23.4°C

74.1°F · 21.9–25.8°C

Jul

22.6°C

72.7°F · 21.1–24.5°C

Aug

22.6°C

72.7°F · 21.1–23.7°C

Sep

23.9°C

75°F · 22.3–25.5°C

Oct

25.7°C

78.3°F · 24.1–27.1°C

Nov

27.2°C

81°F · 25.8–28.6°C

Dec

28.5°C

83.3°F · 27.2–29.5°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

NW–NE

Best wind

SE–SW

Break type

Beach break

Best season

Year-round

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.

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