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Woodbine Beach

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Woodbine Beach 2 photos

  • Woodbine Beach, Toronto, Canada

    Woodbine Beach, Toronto, Canada. Rebecca Li rbccali, CC0. Source

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    Seen in The Handmaid's Tale episode #101. <a href=" https://moviemaps.org/locations/7wf " rel="nofollow">moviemaps.org/locations/7wf</a>. Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Best: 8 am to 9 am, sunset 6:21 pm
8 am
7.6
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
9 am
5.8
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
10 am
4.7
20 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.8
19 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.7
20 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.7
20 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.8
19 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
4.8
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
4.6
22 km/h13 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
4.8
21 km/h13 mph wind, Fair
6 pm
4.8
19 km/h12 mph wind, Fair

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

Best time to swim

Best: 8 am to 9 am. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
11°C52°F
Water
—
Wind
96 km/hmph N
Gusts
1811 km/hmph
Waves
0.3 m<1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
—
Rain
0%
Sunset
6:21 pm
Today
7.6Great8 am159
5.8Good9 am1610
4.7Fair10 am2012
4.8Fair11 am1912
4.7Fair12 pm2012
4.7Fair1 pm2012
4.8Fair2 pm1912
4.8Fair3 pm1811
4.6Fair4 pm2213
4.8Fair5 pm2113
4.8Fair6 pm1912
Sat
7.7Great8 am159
7.8Great9 am148
8.0Great10 am127
8.0Great11 am106
8.0Great12 pm64
8.0Great1 pm74
8.0Great2 pm106
8.0Great3 pm96
8.0Great4 pm96
8.0Great5 pm117
8.0Great6 pm117
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide data is not available for this beach. Rip current and water quality data are not available either.

Beach info

Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.

About Woodbine Beach

Woodbine Beach is a sandy beach located in Ontario, Canada. It is 768 meters long and has drinking water available on site. The beach is 26 kilometers from Toronto Pearson International Airport and 6,240 meters from the city of Toronto.

From Wikipedia

Woodbine Beach is situated along Toronto waterfront's with Lake Ontario and is the largest beach in Toronto. It is located in the Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto, south of Lake Shore Boulevard at the foot of Woodbine Avenue, and is next to Ashbridge's Bay and Kew-Balmy Beach. Woodbine Beach, together with Kew Balmy Beach and Balmy Beach Park, formed the eastern shoreline of Old Toronto.

The beach is part of Woodbine Beach Park, a larger recreational area that features a boardwalk and the Martin Goodman Trail that runs parallel to the shoreline.

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

Facilities

  • LifeguardListedOpenStreetMap lists lifeguards here.
  • Restrooms150 m500 ft away
  • Drinking water180 m570 ft away
  • Parking2 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 300 m990 ft. Fee not listed
  • Food and drink29 within 1 km0.6 mi
  • Picnic tables480 m0.3 mi away
  • Playground240 m770 ft away
  • Boat ramp430 m0.3 mi away
  • Rentals1 within 500 m0.3 miNorthern Dancer Blvd / Lake Shore Blvd E
  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest bus stop
260 m860 ftWoodbine Beach Loop
Nearest town
6.2 km3.9 miToronto (city)
Nearest airport
26 km16 miToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)

Nearby places

  • Northern Dancer Blvd / Lake Shore Blvd ERental
    280 m920 ft

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

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

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The days ahead

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

  • Sat8.0 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
  • Sun8.0 GreatBest 8 am to 11 amWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon6.2 GoodBest 11 am to 12 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 1%
  • Tue5.3 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 2%
  • Wed6.2 GoodBest 2 pm to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 4%