Pumpkin Bluff Beach
North Caicos · Turks and Caicos Islands
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Pumpkin Bluff Beach is a N-facing sand beach on the Turks and Caicos Islands shoreline, opening onto the Caribbean 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
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water temperature by month
This month: ~28.9°C (84°F) on average
Jan
25.7°C
78.3°F · 23.9–27.1°C
Feb
25.4°C
77.7°F · 24–26.7°C
Mar
25.4°C
77.7°F · 23.7–26.6°C
Apr
26.1°C
79°F · 24.7–27.3°C
May
27.2°C
81°F · 26.1–28.6°C
Jun
28.1°C
82.6°F · 27.1–29.1°C
Jul
28.6°C
83.5°F · 27.3–29.9°C
Aug
29°C
84.2°F · 27.7–30.3°C
Sep
29.2°C
84.6°F · 28–30.3°C
Oct
28.9°C
84°F · 27.9–30.5°C
Nov
27.7°C
81.9°F · 26.3–28.9°C
Dec
26.5°C
79.7°F · 25.4–27.5°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.
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