Indonesia / Bali

Pantai Batu Karas

Pantai Batu Karas is a beach facing south-west, 5.8 km south-west of Dalung (Bali, Indonesia). The sea averages 28.9 °C in March, its warmest month, and 26.0 °C in August; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.

Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.

Tanah Lot, Bali
Photo: alex hanoko from Jakarta, Indonesia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Month by month

October at Pantai Batu Karas

Sea27.1 °C
Day high29 °C
Night low25 °C
Rain62 mm
Cloud cover45%
Wind3.7 m/s
Daylight12.3 h05:56–18:13

Beach-day index 9.1/10 · Indonesia median 8.3

Monthly averages at Pantai Batu Karas
MeasureJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Sea °C28.8 °C28.8 °C28.9 °C28.8 °C28.1 °C27.3 °C26.4 °C26.0 °C26.3 °C27.1 °C28.3 °C28.7 °C
High °C28°28°28°28°28°27°27°27°28°29°29°28°
Low °C26°26°26°26°26°25°24°24°24°25°26°26°
Rain mm318251206123824633164262159296
Cloud %827872604841403235456584
Wind m/s3.12.82.42.63.33.84.14.34.13.73.02.8
Daylight h12.612.412.211.911.711.611.711.812.012.312.512.6
Record high/low31°/25°31°/25°30°/25°30°/24°30°/24°30°/22°29°/22°30°/22°31°/22°32°/24°32°/25°32°/25°
Beach index7.27.27.68.48.99.29.39.59.39.18.17.2

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

The beach-day index peaks in May–October; August scores 9.5/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 26.0 °C and 16 mm of rain.

That matches the median for beaches in Indonesia in the same month.

Across the year the sea averages 27.8 °C, warmer than 89% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.

January is the wettest month (318 mm) and August the driest (16 mm); the yearly total is about 1,630 mm.

Daylight runs from 11.6 hours in June to 12.6 hours in December; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:29 and sets at 18:18 local time.

Day highNight lowSeaRain (mm)
Climate and sea temperature at Pantai Batu KarasMonthly averages. Lines: daytime high, night low, sea surface temperature. Bars: rainfall in millimetres.20°25°30°35°0 mm175 mm350 mmJanuary: 318 mm rainFebruary: 251 mm rainMarch: 206 mm rainApril: 123 mm rainMay: 82 mm rainJune: 46 mm rainJuly: 33 mm rainAugust: 16 mm rainSeptember: 42 mm rainOctober: 62 mm rainNovember: 159 mm rainDecember: 296 mm rainJanuary: sea 28.8 °CFebruary: sea 28.8 °CMarch: sea 28.9 °CApril: sea 28.8 °CMay: sea 28.1 °CJune: sea 27.3 °CJuly: sea 26.4 °CAugust: sea 26 °CSeptember: sea 26.3 °COctober: sea 27.1 °CNovember: sea 28.3 °CDecember: sea 28.7 °CJanuary: high 28 °CFebruary: high 27.9 °CMarch: high 28.1 °CApril: high 28.3 °CMay: high 28 °CJune: high 27.4 °CJuly: high 27.1 °CAugust: high 27.3 °CSeptember: high 28.2 °COctober: high 29.2 °CNovember: high 29.2 °CDecember: high 28.3 °CJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Orientation, sun and shore

JunDecNESW

The shore faces south-west (225°). Open water fills about 50% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.

The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 18:08 local time on a bearing of 293°.

Straight out to the south-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell. The beach is on an island of about 5,399 km².

About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 9 m deep and 23 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 10 m above sea level 500 m inland and 17 m at 1.5 km.

Within 1 km, the land is 43% built-up land, 36% tree cover and 13% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 51% of that circle.

  • Built 43%
  • Tree 36%
  • Grass 13%
  • Crop 5%
  • Bare 4%
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Sunset over seayesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes
Sunrise over sea––––––––––––

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.

Very wet season

Rainfall reaches 318 mm in January and stays above 250 mm in January, February and December.

No lifeguard mapped

OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.

Photos

From above

Satellite image of Pantai Batu Karas and its surroundings
Satellite view, 2.4 × 1.6 km centred on the beach, 2026-06-07. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026.

Facilities within 1 km

  • 188Restaurants, cafés & bars
  • 1Public toilets
  • –Showers
  • 6Car parks
  • –Lifeguard stations
  • 195Hotels & guesthouses
  • 6Grocery shops
  • 1Water-sports spots
  • 1Bus stops (1.5 km)
  • 1Pharmacies & clinics
  • 8Cash machines
  • 1Viewpoints

Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 134 restaurants, 28 cafés, 25 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 195 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

  • Sunset watching spot 720 m NW

Attractions & museums

  • 3 B aquarium - sanur attraction 700 m NE
  • G Swing Bali attraction 970 m N

Diving & boat hire

  • Pantai Nelayan Canggu 450 m E

Getting there

Airports with scheduled flights
AirportCodeDistanceDirection
Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport Kuta, BadungDPS10.7 kmsouth
Lombok International Airport Mataram (Pujut, Lombok Tengah)LOP127 kmeast
Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport MalangMLG278 kmwest

Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.

Local transport: 1 bus stop within 1.5 km and 6 mapped car parks within 1 km.

6 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 742.8K residents); within 30 km there are 24 (about 1.1M).

Map and nearby beaches

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Compared with the nearest beaches
BeachDistanceWarmest seaLengthSurface
Pantai Batu Karas–28.9 °C––
Pantai 66 Seminyak3.7 km SE28.9 °C3.6 kmSand
Pantai Jerman9.2 km SE28.9 °C1.4 km–

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 3.9 km away.
  • Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature n10703647325; 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.
  • Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
  • Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_50LKR_20260607_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 720 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).

Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.