France / Hauts-de-France
Oye-Plage
Oye-Plage is a coastal resort area in Hauts-de-France, France. The sea averages 17.9 °C in August, its warmest month, and 7.5 °C in February; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
The sea peaks at 17.9 °C in August. Most swimmers find water below 20 °C cold; a wetsuit is common here.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 5Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 24Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 2Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Campsites
- 5Grocery shops
- 18Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 2Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 2 restaurants, 1 café and 2 bars. Accommodation: 2 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.
Month by month
October at Oye-Plage
Beach-day index 2.6/10 · France median 4.9
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 8.5 °C | 7.5 °C | 7.6 °C | 9.1 °C | 11.4 °C | 14.1 °C | 16.4 °C | 17.9 °C | 17.5 °C | 15.6 °C | 13.0 °C | 10.4 °C |
| High °C | 7° | 7° | 10° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 19° | 15° | 11° | 7° |
| Low °C | 2° | 2° | 3° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 12° | 9° | 6° | 3° |
| Rain mm | 65 | 56 | 51 | 38 | 55 | 58 | 69 | 73 | 57 | 74 | 80 | 79 |
| Cloud % | 76 | 74 | 68 | 63 | 68 | 68 | 65 | 66 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 77 |
| Wind m/s | 6.7 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.4 |
| Daylight h | 8.4 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 9.0 | 8.0 |
| Record high/low | 13°/-8° | 16°/-8° | 19°/-5° | 24°/-2° | 26°/4° | 29°/6° | 34°/10° | 31°/10° | 27°/6° | 24°/0° | 18°/-2° | 14°/-6° |
| Beach index | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
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
No month reaches 5.5 on the beach-day index; the best is August at 5.4/10, held back mainly by cold water (17.9 °C) and cool air (highs of 21 °C).
At its warmest the water here is 4.2 °C cooler than the France median for August (22.1 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 12.4 °C, cooler than 82% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (80 mm) and April the driest (38 mm); the yearly total is about 760 mm.
Daylight runs from 8.0 hours in December to 16.5 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:37 and sets at 21:15 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-north-west (340°). Open water fills about 25% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in May–July; in mid-June it goes down at 22:07 local time on a bearing of 310°.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the north-north-west, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
The sea floor is still within the shallow coastal margin 1 km out; 3 km offshore the depth is about 1 m. Behind the beach the ground is about 5 m above sea level 500 m inland and 3 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 35% cropland, 29% grassland and 29% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting.
- Crop 35%
- Grass 29%
- Built 29%
- Tree 6%
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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ostend-Bruges International Airport Oostende | OST | 63.0 km | north-east |
| Lille Airport Lesquin | LIL | 87.7 km | south-east |
| London Southend Airport Southend-on-Sea, Essex | SEN | 114 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 18 bus stops within 1.5 km and 24 mapped car parks within 1 km.
6 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 37.5K residents); within 30 km there are 59 (about 398.5K).
Around the beach
Campsites
- Cht'i Camping 850 m NE
- Camping Bouscarel 960 m NE
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oye-Plage | – | 17.9 °C | – | – |
| Blériot-Plage | 15.8 km W | 17.6 °C | 1.2 km | Sand |
| Wissant | 28.6 km W | 17.6 °C | 7.2 km | Sand |
| Zuydcoote | 32.5 km E | 18.3 °C | 1.6 km | Sand |
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 17.0 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_31UDS_20240919_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 14.8K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.