Australia / New South Wales
Bondi Beach
Bondi Beach is a 922 m-long sandy beach facing south-east in Bondi Beach (New South Wales, Australia). The sea averages 23.3 °C in February, its warmest month, and 18.1 °C in August; it is 21 °C or warmer in December–May. Recorded status on Wikidata: listed on the Australian National Heritage List.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Bondi Beach
Beach-day index 5.2/10 · Australia median 5.1
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 22.8 °C | 23.3 °C | 23.2 °C | 22.3 °C | 21.0 °C | 19.6 °C | 18.6 °C | 18.1 °C | 18.3 °C | 19.2 °C | 20.1 °C | 21.4 °C |
| High °C | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 20° | 18° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 22° |
| Low °C | 22° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 18° | 16° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 18° | 19° | 20° |
| Rain mm | 81 | 124 | 105 | 84 | 68 | 98 | 56 | 54 | 52 | 71 | 84 | 73 |
| Cloud % | 59 | 61 | 59 | 54 | 52 | 58 | 49 | 46 | 47 | 55 | 61 | 60 |
| Wind m/s | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Daylight h | 14.2 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 14.4 |
| Record high/low | 32°/18° | 30°/18° | 29°/17° | 27°/14° | 25°/13° | 22°/10° | 22°/10° | 23°/11° | 26°/12° | 28°/13° | 29°/13° | 30°/16° |
| Beach index | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.8 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in January–March; January scores 7.7/10 with highs of 24 °C, sea at 22.8 °C and 81 mm of rain.
In January that is 0.3 points above the median of the 1,950 beaches in Australia covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 1.1 °C warmer than the Australia median for February (22.2 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 20.7 °C, warmer than 65% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
February is the wettest month (124 mm) and September the driest (52 mm); the yearly total is about 950 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.9 hours in June to 14.4 hours in December; in mid-January the sun rises at 05:58 and sets at 20:08 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-east (130°). Open water fills about 36% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 241° to 298°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in August–May.
Straight out to the south-east about 1,200 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 19 m deep and 41 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 21 m above sea level 500 m inland and 33 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 75% built-up land, 12% tree cover and 9% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 41% of that circle.
- Built 75%
- Tree 12%
- Grass 9%
- Bare 4%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
The beach is tagged as supervised.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 258Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 8Public toilets
- –Showers
- 17Drinking water
- 25Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 29Hotels & guesthouses
- 26Grocery shops
- 1Playgrounds & water parks
- 101Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 7Pharmacies & clinics
- 3Cash machines
- 1Bike rental
- 2Viewpoints
- 1Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 170 restaurants, 64 cafés, 20 bars and 4 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 29 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Mackenzies Point Lookout 740 m S
Attractions & museums
- Museum of Precious Objects museum 790 m E
Historic sites
- Black Sunday monument monument 280 m SW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport Sydney (Mascot) | SYD | 11.1 km | south-west |
| Newcastle Airport Williamtown | NTL | 132 km | north-east |
| Bathurst Airport Bathurst | BHS | 160 km | west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 101 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Bondi Junction (2.5 km) and 25 mapped car parks within 1 km.
75 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 6.2M residents); within 30 km there are 351 (about 8.5M).
Map
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 9.2 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w173244595; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_56HLH_20240423_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 1.5M Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.