Netherlands / Groningen
Strand Zuid
Strand Zuid is a 145 m-long beach, 2.0 km north-east of Heiligerlee (Groningen, Netherlands). The sea averages 19.0 °C in August, its warmest month, and 3.7 °C in February; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Strand Zuid
Beach-day index 2.2/10 · Netherlands median 2.3
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 4.3 °C | 3.7 °C | 4.8 °C | 7.8 °C | 11.5 °C | 15.0 °C | 17.7 °C | 19.0 °C | 16.9 °C | 13.2 °C | 9.4 °C | 6.2 °C |
| High °C | 4° | 5° | 7° | 12° | 16° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 9° | 6° |
| Low °C | 1° | 1° | 2° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 15° | 15° | 12° | 8° | 5° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 80 | 63 | 54 | 39 | 55 | 66 | 83 | 86 | 70 | 75 | 77 | 83 |
| Cloud % | 83 | 80 | 74 | 65 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 77 | 83 | 84 |
| Wind m/s | 7.4 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.1 |
| Daylight h | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.8 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 10.7 | 8.7 | 7.6 |
| Record high/low | 12°/-11° | 13°/-13° | 18°/-9° | 23°/-2° | 26°/2° | 30°/7° | 33°/11° | 32°/10° | 28°/6° | 23°/0° | 18°/-4° | 13°/-12° |
| Beach index | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
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 5.5/10 with highs of 21 °C, sea at 19.0 °C and 86 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Netherlands in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 10.8 °C, cooler than 88% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
August is the wettest month (86 mm) and April the driest (39 mm); the yearly total is about 830 mm.
Daylight runs from 7.6 hours in December to 16.9 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:11 and sets at 21:02 local time.
Setting
Within 1 km, the land is 50% grassland, 23% built-up land and 17% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 39% of that circle.
- Grass 50%
- Built 23%
- Tree 17%
- Crop 6%
- Wetland 4%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m).
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Strand Zuid Oldambtmeer”, 60 m from the beach centre, was rated Sufficient for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 3 of its 6 classified seasons since 2020.
- 2019Not classified
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Good
- 2024Sufficient
- 2025Sufficient
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 7.4 m/s in January, the windiest month.
The mapped beach is tagged as not allowing dogs.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Facilities within 1 km
- 1Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 12Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 1Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Grocery shops
- 1Marinas & slipways
- 5Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 1 restaurant. Accommodation: 1 hotel or guesthouse.
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
Marinas
- Havenkwartier Blauwestad 200 m NW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groningen Airport Eelde Groningen | GRQ | 31.1 km | west |
| Bremen Airport Bremen | BRE | 118 km | east |
| Münster Osnabrück Airport Greven | FMO | 123 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 5 bus stops within 1.5 km and 12 mapped car parks within 1 km.
10 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 39.2K residents); within 30 km there are 63 (about 418.8K).
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 25.8 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w823264601; 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 S2B_31UGU_20260305_0_L2A.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site NLBW33_6406).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 33.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.