Check the Beach

Boathaven Beach

Whitsunday Regional, Queensland, Australia

Boathaven Beach 5 photos

  • Airlie Beach is a departure point for the Great Barrier Reef

    Airlie Beach is a departure point for the Great Barrier Reef. Richard N Horne, CC BY 4.0. Source

  • The Airlie Beach lagoon is an enormous swimming area, approximately 4,300sqm, and holds 4.5 million litres of fresh, chlorinated water

    The Airlie Beach lagoon is an enormous swimming area, approximately 4,300sqm, and holds 4.5 million litres of fresh, chlorinated water. Richard N Horne, CC BY 4.0. Source

  • Airlie Beach is little station .Many tourist coming here only for to do trip around to Great Barrier reef and Whitsunday island .

    Airlie Beach is little station .Many tourist coming here only for to do trip around to Great Barrier reef and Whitsunday island .. DANIEL JULIE from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0. Source

  • Airlie Beach is little city where people take boat for visiting the whitsunday island area and the Great Barrier Reef

    Airlie Beach is little city where people take boat for visiting the whitsunday island area and the Great Barrier Reef. DANIEL JULIE from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0. Source

  • Australia Parrot (Unsplash)

    Australia Parrot (Unsplash). Claude Piché peecho, CC0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:10 pm
6 am
4.2
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
7 am
4.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
8 am
4.5
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
9 am
4.8
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.7
12 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.8
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.7
14 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.6
15 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.5
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
Now
4.4
15 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
4.8
14 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
5.6
15 km/h9 mph wind, Good
6 pm
6.1
14 km/h9 mph wind, Good

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Where to stay near the beach

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
25°C77°F
Water
26°C78°F
Wind
159 km/hmph N
Gusts
3924 km/hmph
Waves
0.4 m1 ft
UV
6 high
Tide
rising
Rain
85%
Sunset
6:10 pm
Today
4.2Fair6 am53
4.4Fair7 am117
4.5Fair8 am74
4.8Fair9 am85
4.7Fair10 am127
4.8Fair11 am138
4.7Fair12 pm149
4.6Fair1 pm1510
4.5Fair2 pm1610
4.4FairNow159
4.8Fair4 pm149
5.6Good5 pm159
6.1Good6 pm149
Sat
5.5Good6 am1610
5.2Fair7 am1610
4.8Fair8 am1610
4.8Fair9 am1711
4.7Fair10 am1811
4.2Fair11 am1912
4.1Fair12 pm2113
4.1Fair1 pm2013
4.0Fair2 pm2113
4.3Fair3 pm2012
4.3Fair4 pm1811
4.9Fair5 pm1711
5.7Good6 pm1510
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 8 pm, 1.7 m. Low at 2 am, -0.8 m. High at 8 am, 1.6 m. Low at 2 pm, -0.5 mHigh 8 pm, 1.7 m6 ftLow 2 am, -0.8 m3 ftHigh 8 am, 1.6 m5 ftLow 2 pm, -0.5 m2 ftNow9 pm3 am9 am3 pm
  • High 8 pm, 1.7 m6 ft
  • Low 2 am, -0.8 m3 ft
  • High 8 am, 1.6 m5 ft
  • Low 2 pm, -0.5 m2 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun9.5 ExcellentBest 1 pm to 5 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 20%
  • Mon9.2 ExcellentBest 9 am to 2 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 17%
  • Tue8.1 GreatBest 6 am to 7 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 24%
  • Wed7.8 GreatBest 3 pm to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 31%
  • Thu9.1 ExcellentBest 2 pm to 7 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 20%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • Restrooms160 m520 ft away
  • Drinking water270 m890 ft away
  • Parking6 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 140 m470 ft. Listed as paid
  • Food and drink34 within 1 km0.6 mi
  • Playground350 m0.2 mi away
  • Boat ramp420 m0.3 mi away
  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest bus stop
430 m0.3 miCoconut Grove at Airlie Esplanade
Nearest town
790 m0.5 miAirlie Beach (town)
Nearest airport
3 km2 miWhitsunday Airstrip (WSY)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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