Palm Beach
Cairns Regional, Queensland, Australia
Today’s timelapseToday at a glance
Best: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:19 pm4.7
3 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
4.5
3 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
4.9
2 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
5.4
3 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
6.8
3 km/h2 mph wind, Good
7.4
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.9
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
7.7
12 km/h8 mph wind, Great
9.0
12 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
8.3
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.6
9 km/h6 mph wind, Great
7.2
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
7.6
9 km/h5 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 4 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 27°C80°F
- Water
- 27°C81°F
- Wind
- 96 km/hmph NNE
- Gusts
- 3119 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.4 m1 ft
- UV
- 5 moderate
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 4%
- Sunset
- 6:19 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 6 pm, 1.6 m5 ft
- Low 1 am, -0.4 m1 ft
- High 7 am, 1.4 m5 ft
- Low 1 pm, -0.1 m<1 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- Showers200 m650 ft away
- Drinking water320 m0.2 mi away
- Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 250 m830 ft. Fee not listed
- Food and drink25 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 120 m400 ft
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 370 m0.2 miVeivers Road at Talpa Close
- Nearest town
- 8.8 km5.5 miKuranda (town)
- Nearest airport
- 16 km10 miCairns Airport (CNS)
Nearby places
- Nu Nu RestaurantFood and drink120 m400 ft
- Chill CaféFood and drink160 m510 ft
- The Beach Hut Cafe & Juice BarFood and drink160 m520 ft
- Deli aDriftFood and drink160 m530 ft
- Miguel'sFood and drink200 m640 ft
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Palm Cove0.4 km0.3 mi south-east away8.3 Great
- Clifton Beach1.1 km0.7 mi south away8.3 Great
- Back shot beach1.5 km1.0 mi north away8.3 Great
- Ellis Beach2.2 km1.4 mi north-west away8.3 Great
- Kewarra Beach3.6 km2.2 mi south-east away8.3 Great
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat8.6 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 2 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 75%
- Sun9.5 ExcellentBest 5 pm to 7 pmWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 25%
- Mon9.7 ExcellentBest 6 am to 8 amWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Tue8.3 GreatBest 6 am to 1 pmWind up to 14 km/h8 mph, rain 21%
- Wed8.8 ExcellentBest 3 pm to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h10 mph, rain 41%
- Thu8.3 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 26%