Is it a good beach day?

Live water temperature, tide times, waves, UV, and air quality for 154 US ocean and Great Lakes beaches — scored for today.

Popular beaches

99 Myrtle Beach76°F water · 1.2 ft 96 Clearwater Beach83°F water · 1.5 ft 86 Santa Monica Beach73°F water · 3.2 ft · 30–86 along the beach 94 Waikiki Beach82°F water · 3.8 ft 97 Outer Banks Beach72°F water · 2 ft 98 Siesta Key Beach84°F water · 1.2 ft 99 Virginia Beach70°F water · 1.7 ft 45 Cannon Beach51°F water · 5 ft

Best in the US right now

99 Hilton Head Beach78°F water · 0.6 ft 99 Pawleys Island Beach77°F water · 1 ft 99 Folly Beach77°F water · 1.1 ft 99 Isle of Palms Beach77°F water · 1.2 ft 99 Myrtle Beach76°F water · 1.2 ft 99 Jacksonville Beach81°F water · 1.2 ft

Most-checked water temperatures

Myrtle Beach water temperature — 76°F Ocean City Beach water temperature — 67°F Clearwater Beach water temperature — 83°F Outer Banks Beach water temperature — 72°F Gulf Shores Beach water temperature — 79°F Hampton Beach water temperature — 60°F Old Orchard Beach water temperature — 58°F Indian Rocks Beach water temperature — 82°F Bonita Beach water temperature — 85°F New Smyrna Beach water temperature — 82°F Siesta Key Beach water temperature — 84°F Virginia Beach water temperature — 70°F

Sea-surface temperature, updated hourly. All 154 beaches

What we check

Water temperature — sea-surface temperature, updated hourly. Browse all
Tides — NOAA high and low predictions, with the source station named on every page. Browse all
Waves, wind, UV and air quality — combined into a Beach Day Score for morning, midday, and afternoon.

When a data source is unavailable we say so rather than filling the gap. How the score works.