Check the Beach

Whitehouse Beach

Westmoreland, Cornwall County, Jamaica

Whitehouse Beach 1 photo

  • Damage by Hurricane Ivan to trees lining beach at Whitehouse, Jamaica . Photo by User:Op. Deo November 20,2005: over one year later.

    Damage by Hurricane Ivan to trees lining beach at Whitehouse, Jamaica . Photo by User:Op. Deo November 20,2005: over one year later.. Op. Deo at English Wikipedia, Public domain. Source

Today at a glance

Best: 10 am to 12 pm, sunset 5:44 pm
7 am
7.1
5 km/h3 mph wind, Great
8 am
6.9
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
9 am
6.9
3 km/h2 mph wind, Good
10 am
9.1
8 km/h5 mph wind, Excellent
11 am
8.8
12 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
12 pm
7.5
12 km/h7 mph wind, Great
1 pm
7.1
9 km/h6 mph wind, Great
2 pm
6.5
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
3 pm
7.0
7 km/h5 mph wind, Great
4 pm
6.4
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
5 pm
5.6
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good

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

Best time to swim

Best: 10 am to 12 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
26°C80°F
Water
30°C86°F
Wind
11 km/hmph NE
Gusts
85 km/hmph
Waves
0.4 m1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
2%
Sunset
5:44 pm
Today
7.1Great7 am53
6.9Good8 am21
6.9Good9 am32
9.1Excellent10 am85
8.8Excellent11 am128
7.5Great12 pm127
7.1Great1 pm96
6.5Good2 pm138
7.0Great3 pm75
6.4Good4 pm85
5.6Good5 pm117
Sat
6.2Good7 am63
5.9Good8 am63
5.9Good9 am74
6.0Good10 am63
5.6Good11 am117
3.0Poor12 pm2012
3.5Poor1 pm85
5.0Fair2 pm85
5.1Fair3 pm64
5.2Fair4 pm53
5.2Fair5 pm63
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 7 am, 0.6 m. Low at 12 pm, 0.4 m. High at 6 pm, 0.6 mHigh 7 am, 0.6 m2 ftLow 12 pm, 0.4 m1 ftHigh 6 pm, 0.6 m2 ftNow7 am1 pm7 pm1 am
  • High 7 am, 0.6 m2 ft
  • Low 12 pm, 0.4 m1 ft
  • High 6 pm, 0.6 m2 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 Whitehouse Beach

From Wikipedia

Whitehouse Beach adjoins an area of former salt marsh in Westmoreland, Jamaica. The area is being developed as a tourist resort. It is located next to the small mountainous community of Culloden and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the town of White House.

About 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of the beach is maintained by the new Sandals Whitehouse resort.

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

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
2.2 km1.4 miCulloden (village)
Nearest airport
45 km28 miNegril Aerodrome (NEG)

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

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

Compare hotels and apartments near Whitehouse Beach.

Partner links

Beachfront rooms go first on warm weekends.

Loads the map from Stay22, our stays partner.

Hotel results come from our stays partner. We may earn a commission when you book, at no extra cost to you, and it never changes the beach score.

The days ahead

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

  • Sat6.2 GoodBest 7 am to 12 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 75%
  • Sun8.6 ExcellentBest 7 am to 2 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 27%
  • Mon9.1 ExcellentBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 17%
  • Tue9.8 ExcellentBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 14%
  • Wed9.7 ExcellentBest 10 am to 2 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 16%