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Whitehaven Beach

Whitsunday Regional, Queensland, Australia

Whitehaven Beach 2 photos

  • Whitsunday Haven is beautifull place with many colourfull landscape changing all the day according to the tide

    Whitsunday Haven is beautifull place with many colourfull landscape changing all the day according to the tide. DANIEL JULIE from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0. Source

  • White sand and tropical vegetation at Whitehaven Beach.

    White sand and tropical vegetation at Whitehaven Beach.. Pediant at Dutch Wikipedia, Public domain. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:09 pm
6 am
5.5
17 km/h11 mph wind, Good
7 am
4.7
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
8 am
3.4
9 km/h5 mph wind, Poor
9 am
5.2
14 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
10 am
5.1
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
11 am
5.2
15 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.8
17 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.6
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.5
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
Now
4.4
19 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
4.8
17 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
5.9
17 km/h11 mph wind, Good
6 pm
7.0
17 km/h11 mph wind, Great

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

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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
25°C78°F
Wind
1912 km/hmph N
Gusts
4327 km/hmph
Waves
0.4 m1 ft
UV
6 high
Tide
rising
Rain
80%
Sunset
6:09 pm
Today
5.5Good6 am1711
4.7Fair7 am138
3.4Poor8 am95
5.2Fair9 am148
5.1Fair10 am1610
5.2Fair11 am159
4.8Fair12 pm1711
4.6Fair1 pm1811
4.5Fair2 pm1811
4.4FairNow1912
4.8Fair4 pm1710
5.9Good5 pm1711
7.0Great6 pm1711
Sat
6.5Good6 am1811
7.9Great7 am1811
6.2Good8 am1811
5.6Good9 am1912
5.5Good10 am2012
4.1Fair11 am2113
4.3Fair12 pm2214
4.1Fair1 pm2314
4.1Fair2 pm2314
4.3Fair3 pm2113
4.7Fair4 pm2012
5.1Fair5 pm1912
7.6Great6 pm1811
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 8 pm, 1.9 m. Low at 2 am, -1.0 m. High at 9 am, 1.8 mHigh 8 pm, 1.9 m6 ftLow 2 am, -1.0 m3 ftHigh 9 am, 1.8 m6 ftNow9 pm3 am9 am3 pm
  • High 8 pm, 1.9 m6 ft
  • Low 2 am, -1.0 m3 ft
  • High 9 am, 1.8 m6 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.

  • Sun9.1 ExcellentBest 6 am to 9 amWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 43%
  • Mon9.3 ExcellentBest 6 am to 8 amWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 27%
  • Tue8.7 ExcellentBest 6 am to 8 amWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 39%
  • Wed8.6 ExcellentBest 4 pm to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 33%
  • Thu8.4 GreatBest 1 pm to 7 pmWind up to 20 km/h13 mph, rain 11%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

About Whitehaven Beach

Whitehaven Beach is a sand beach on Whitsunday Island, Australia. It is 5512 meters long and located 13 kilometers from Hamilton Island Airport. South Whitehaven Beach is nearby, 2431 meters away.

From Wikipedia

Whitehaven Beach is on Whitsunday Island, Queensland, Australia. The island is accessible by boat, seaplane, or helicopter from Airlie Beach, as well as from Hamilton Island. It lies across from Stockyard Beach, also known as Chalkie's Beach, on Haslewood Island. The beach is seven kilometres in length and is famous for its white silica sands and turquoise water.

Source: Whitehaven Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

  • LifeguardNone listed
  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest airport
13 km8 miHamilton Island Airport (HTI)

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

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