Platypus Bay
Queensland · Australia
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Platypus Bay is a SW-facing sand beach on the Australia shoreline, opening onto the Coral Sea — it catches S–W swell, and offshore N–E winds tidy the banks through october–april.
10-day forecast
Local time · updates hourly
Wave height & period
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water temperature by month
This month: ~23.2°C (73.8°F) on average
Jan
26.9°C
80.4°F · 25.3–28.3°C
Feb
27.2°C
81°F · 25.3–28.9°C
Mar
26.7°C
80.1°F · 24.9–28.1°C
Apr
25.7°C
78.3°F · 23.9–27.4°C
May
23.8°C
74.8°F · 22.1–25°C
Jun
21.8°C
71.2°F · 20.4–22.7°C
Jul
20.7°C
69.3°F · 17.9–22°C
Aug
20.5°C
68.9°F · 18.9–21.6°C
Sep
21.6°C
70.9°F · 20.3–23.1°C
Oct
23.2°C
73.8°F · 21.7–25.4°C
Nov
24.7°C
76.5°F · 23.6–26.4°C
Dec
26.1°C
79°F · 24.3–28.5°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
S–W
Best wind
N–E
Break type
Beach break
Best season
October–April
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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