Playa Kalki
Playa Kalki is a 129 m-long beach facing west-south-west, 12.0 km north-west of Dorp Soto (Netherlands). The sea averages 28.8 °C in September, its warmest month, and 26.5 °C in February; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Playa Kalki is a beach on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, also known as Alice in Wonderland due to mushroom-shaped coral formations. The name Kalki is unrelated to the Avatar Kalki, but comes from the local Papiamentu word for the white coral rock and limestone, which is abundant on the beach and surrounding cliffs.
Wikidata item Q2048884.
Month by month
October at Playa Kalki
Beach-day index 8.3/10 · Netherlands median 2.3
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 26.8 °C | 26.5 °C | 26.5 °C | 26.8 °C | 27.4 °C | 27.7 °C | 27.8 °C | 28.4 °C | 28.8 °C | 28.8 °C | 28.5 °C | 27.7 °C |
| High °C | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Low °C | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 27° |
| Rain mm | 27 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 26 | 38 | 46 | 52 | 88 | 88 | 47 |
| Cloud % | 34 | 30 | 40 | 57 | 63 | 56 | 48 | 42 | 52 | 59 | 54 | 41 |
| Wind m/s | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 8.1 |
| Daylight h | 11.5 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 11.4 |
| Record high/low | 28°/25° | 28°/25° | 28°/25° | 29°/25° | 30°/25° | 29°/26° | 30°/26° | 30°/27° | 30°/27° | 30°/26° | 30°/26° | 29°/25° |
| Beach index | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.5 |
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 all year; February scores 8.8/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 26.5 °C and 13 mm of rain.
In February that is 6.5 points above the median of the 81 beaches in Netherlands covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 11.3 °C warmer than the Netherlands median for September (17.5 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 27.6 °C, warmer than 87% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
October is the wettest month (88 mm) and March the driest (8 mm); the yearly total is about 470 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.4 hours in December to 12.9 hours in June; in mid-February the sun rises at 06:58 and sets at 18:42 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west-south-west (245°). Open water fills about 39% 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 19:02 local time on a bearing of 294°.
Straight out to the west-south-west the next coast is roughly 80 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell. The beach is on an island of about 430 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 142 m deep and 812 m at 3 km, so deep water starts close to shore. Behind the beach the ground is about 23 m above sea level 500 m inland and 35 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 44% tree cover, 21% shrubland and 20% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 48% of that circle.
- Tree 44%
- Shrub 21%
- Grass 20%
- Built 15%
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.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 8.9 m/s in June, the windiest month.
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
- 5Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 8Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 9Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Water-sports spots
- 6Bus stops (1.5 km)
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 4 restaurants and 1 café. 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
Nature
- Playa Kalki reef 190 m SW
- Tomasito cave cave entrance 290 m NW
- Seru Kabayé peak 1.1 km NE
- Seru Belefa peak 1.3 km SE
- Seru di Sabana peak 1.4 km SE
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hato International Airport Willemstad | CUR | 29.9 km | south-east |
| Queen Beatrix International Airport Oranjestad | AUA | 94.0 km | west |
| Flamingo International Airport Kralendijk | BON | 100 km | east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 6 bus stops within 1.5 km and 8 mapped car parks within 1 km.
No town of 1,000+ people lies within 10 km; within 30 km there are 4 (about 22.2K).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 3,093 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in January (414 views), 3.8× 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 3.6 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w313098903; 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_19PDP_20260613_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 30 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.