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

95 Myrtle Beach85°F water · 1.8 ft 93 Clearwater Beach89°F water · 0.9 ft 96 Santa Monica Beach74°F water · 2.6 ft · 30–96 along the beach 72 Waikiki Beach80°F water · 4.9 ft 90 Outer Banks Beach83°F water · 1.7 ft 95 Siesta Key Beach89°F water · 0.7 ft 91 Virginia Beach79°F water · 1.6 ft 60 Cannon Beach60°F water · 3.5 ft

Best in the US right now

99 East Beach72°F water · 2.8 ft 98 Vero Beach87°F water · 1.2 ft 98 Indiana Dunes Beach75°F water · 1.3 ft 98 South Haven Beach72°F water · 1.2 ft 98 Dockweiler Beach74°F water · 2.6 ft 97 Jupiter Beach85°F water · 1.4 ft

Most-checked water temperatures

Myrtle Beach water temperature — 85°F Ocean City Beach water temperature — 76°F Clearwater Beach water temperature — 89°F Outer Banks Beach water temperature — 83°F Gulf Shores Beach water temperature — 88°F Hampton Beach water temperature — 67°F Old Orchard Beach water temperature — 62°F Indian Rocks Beach water temperature — 89°F Bonita Beach water temperature — 90°F New Smyrna Beach water temperature — 82°F Siesta Key Beach water temperature — 89°F Virginia Beach water temperature — 79°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.