Canada / Ontario
Sauble Beach
Sauble Beach is a 4.8 km-long sandy beach, 15.6 km south-west of Wiarton (Ontario, Canada). The sea averages 19.9 °C in August, its warmest month, and 1.5 °C in March; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Sauble Beach is a beach community and unincorporated area in the town of South Bruce Peninsula, Bruce County, in the northern area of southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on the Bruce Peninsula, along the eastern shore of Lake Huron, on the north edge of the Saugeen First Nation.
Wikidata item Q601160 · classified as human settlement, unincorporated area and sand beach.
Month by month
October at Sauble Beach
Beach-day index 2.1/10 · Canada median 2.3
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 3.5 °C | 2.1 °C | 1.5 °C | 2.5 °C | 4.4 °C | 9.7 °C | 17.4 °C | 19.9 °C | 18.1 °C | 13.2 °C | 8.6 °C | 5.6 °C |
| High °C | -1° | -2° | 1° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 21° | 22° | 19° | 12° | 7° | 2° |
| Low °C | -6° | -7° | -4° | 1° | 5° | 11° | 17° | 19° | 15° | 9° | 4° | -2° |
| Rain mm | 59 | 49 | 44 | 61 | 59 | 67 | 56 | 62 | 63 | 71 | 61 | 64 |
| Cloud % | 87 | 83 | 80 | 86 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 73 | 70 | 78 | 82 | 88 |
| Wind m/s | 8.0 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 8.2 |
| Daylight h | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.6 | 8.8 |
| Record high/low | 9°/-19° | 7°/-25° | 15°/-20° | 17°/-9° | 21°/-0° | 26°/3° | 28°/11° | 27°/13° | 25°/7° | 22°/1° | 15°/-7° | 12°/-15° |
| Beach index | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
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 August; August scores 6.1/10 with highs of 22 °C, sea at 19.9 °C and 62 mm of rain.
In August that is 0.9 points above the median of the 1,211 beaches in Canada covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 3.6 °C warmer than the Canada median for August (16.3 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 8.9 °C, cooler than 92% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
October is the wettest month (71 mm) and March the driest (44 mm); the yearly total is about 720 mm.
Daylight runs from 8.8 hours in December to 15.5 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:26 and sets at 20:33 local time.
Setting
Within 1 km, the land is 66% tree cover, 17% built-up land and 9% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 75% of that circle.
- Tree 66%
- Built 17%
- Grass 9%
- Bare 8%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m).
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 8.2 m/s in December, the windiest month.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 27Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 3Public toilets
- –Showers
- 13Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 20Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Campsites
- 5Grocery shops
- 1Water-sports spots
- 2Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 21 restaurants, 2 cafés, 2 bars and 2 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 20 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
Attractions & museums
- Sauble Golfland attraction 190 m W
Diving & boat hire
- Extreme World 260 m W
Campsites
- Woodland Park 490 m N
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiarton Airport Wiarton | YVV | 17.8 km | north-east |
| Barrie-Lake Simcoe Regional Airport Barrie | YLK | 138 km | east |
| Region of Waterloo International Airport Breslau | YKF | 150 km | south-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 13 mapped car parks within 1 km.
No town of 1,000+ people lies within 10 km; within 30 km there are 3 (about 31.2K).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 24,390 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in July (5,211 views), 7.7× the quietest month.
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 8.0 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w179308628; 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 S2C_17TMK_20250930_0_L2A.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 60.5K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.