India / Tamil Nadu
Marina Beach
Marina Beach is a 3.2 km-long beach facing east-south-east on the Bay of Bengal, 4.0 km south of Chennai (Tamil Nadu, India). The sea averages 29.4 °C in May, its warmest month, and 26.5 °C in January; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Marina Beach, or simply the Marina, is a natural urban beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, along the Bay of Bengal. The beach runs from near Fort St.
Wikidata item Q673659.
Month by month
October at Marina Beach
Beach-day index 7.3/10 · India median 7.8
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 26.5 °C | 27.2 °C | 28.4 °C | 29.3 °C | 29.4 °C | 29.1 °C | 28.7 °C | 28.6 °C | 28.9 °C | 29.3 °C | 28.3 °C | 27.0 °C |
| High °C | 26° | 27° | 29° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 27° |
| Low °C | 25° | 25° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 26° |
| Rain mm | 13 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 56 | 71 | 111 | 141 | 140 | 272 | 286 | 112 |
| Cloud % | 36 | 29 | 30 | 37 | 54 | 77 | 83 | 81 | 72 | 63 | 61 | 51 |
| Wind m/s | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| Daylight h | 11.4 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.4 |
| Record high/low | 28°/23° | 30°/24° | 32°/25° | 34°/27° | 36°/27° | 36°/26° | 34°/26° | 34°/26° | 32°/26° | 32°/24° | 31°/25° | 28°/23° |
| Beach index | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 8.3 |
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–April; February scores 9.6/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 27.2 °C and 4 mm of rain.
In February that is 0.5 points above the median of the 107 beaches in India covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 28.4 °C, warmer than 92% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (286 mm) and February the driest (4 mm); the yearly total is about 1,240 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.4 hours in December to 12.9 hours in June; in mid-February the sun rises at 06:31 and sets at 18:14 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-south-east (110°). Open water fills about 47% 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 246° to 294°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east-south-east there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 11 m deep and 18 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 9 m above sea level 500 m inland and 11 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 45% built-up land, 42% bare ground, sand or rock and 9% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 49% of that circle.
- Built 45%
- Bare 42%
- Tree 9%
- Grass 3%
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.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 12Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Drinking water
- 8Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 9Hotels & guesthouses
- 3Grocery shops
- 13Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 7Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
- 1Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 9 restaurants, 2 cafés and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 9 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
- Vivekananda House museum 530 m SW
- Ice House, Chennai museum 560 m SW
- The Museum of Possibilities museum 810 m SW
Historic sites
- Kannagi Statue monument 490 m N
Islands in view
- The Island 2.5 km N
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chennai International Airport Chennai | MAA | 14.3 km | south-west |
| Tirupati International Airport Tirupati | TIR | 103 km | north-west |
| Pondicherry Airport Puducherry (Pondicherry) | PNY | 131 km | south-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 13 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Thiruvallikeni (420 m), rail station Chepauk (1.0 km) and 8 mapped car parks within 1 km.
7 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 4.8M residents); within 30 km there are 78 (about 8.4M).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 88,726 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in May (8,536 views), with little seasonal swing.
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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 12.7 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w22902280; 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_44PMV_20241026_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 1M Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.