Hairpin Beach
Southern District, Hong Kong, China
Today at a glance
Best: 1 pm to sunset, sunset 5:52 pm7.7
26 km/h16 mph wind, Great
8.2
24 km/h15 mph wind, Great
8.8
20 km/h13 mph wind, Excellent
9.1
18 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
9.2
17 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
9.3
16 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
9.6
13 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
9.7
12 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
9.5
14 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
9.5
16 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
9.6
15 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 1 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 29°C85°F
- Water
- 28°C82°F
- Wind
- 138 km/hmph NNW
- Gusts
- 2113 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.9 m3 ft
- UV
- 7 high
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 5:52 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 7 pm, 1.5 m5 ft
- Low 1 am, 0.7 m2 ft
- High 7 am, 1.4 m5 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.
About Hairpin Beach
Hairpin Beach is a beach in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It has an area of 650 square meters and is 54 meters long. The nearest bus stop is 105 meters away, and Stanley Main Beach is located 400 meters away.
Hairpin Beach or Hair Pin Beach is a gazetted beach located north of Stanley Main Beach in the eastern coast of Stanley peninsula, Southern District, Hong Kong. The beach has barbecue pits and is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government. The beach did not get its grading and it is currently not open for swimming as no lifeguard facilities are available. The beach offers views of Shek O Peak as well as D'Aguilar Peak.
Source: Hairpin Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms30 m100 ft away
- Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 390 m0.2 mi. Fee not listed
- Food and drink13 within 1 km0.6 mi
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 110 m340 ft赤柱峽道交匯處 Stanley Gap Road Interchange
- Nearest town
- 3.7 km2.3 mi鶴咀村 Hok Tsui Village (village)
- Nearest airport
- 63 km39 mi深圳宝安国际机场 (SZX)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Stanley Main Beach0.4 km0.2 mi south away9.6 Excellent
- St. Stephen's Beach1.3 km0.8 mi south away9.6 Excellent
- Turtle Cove Beach1.3 km0.8 mi north-east away9.6 Excellent
- Chung Hom Kok Beach1.5 km0.9 mi south-west away9.6 Excellent
- South Bay Beach1.8 km1.1 mi west away9.1 Excellent
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat8.6 ExcellentBest 3 pm to 6 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 0%
- Sun9.8 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 6 pmWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 0%
- Mon9.8 ExcellentBest 11 am to 6 pmWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 8%
- Tue9.4 ExcellentBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 14%
- Wed7.0 GreatBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 42 km/h26 mph, rain 18%
- Thu6.4 GoodBest 2 pm to 6 pmWind up to 41 km/h25 mph, rain 31%