Check the Beach

Plage de la Pointe aux Requins

Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia

Today at a glance

Calmest: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 5:58 pm
6 am
4.3
38 km/h24 mph wind, Fair
7 am
4.6
38 km/h24 mph wind, Fair
8 am
4.4
39 km/h24 mph wind, Fair
9 am
4.7
38 km/h24 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.8
38 km/h23 mph wind, Fair
11 am
5.0
38 km/h23 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
5.3
38 km/h23 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
5.8
38 km/h23 mph wind, Good
2 pm
6.3
37 km/h23 mph wind, Good
3 pm
6.6
36 km/h22 mph wind, Good
Now
6.9
36 km/h22 mph wind, Good
5 pm
7.1
38 km/h23 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
24°C75°F
Water
24°C76°F
Wind
3622 km/hmph E
Gusts
4628 km/hmph
Waves
1.4 m5 ft
UV
4 moderate
Tide
falling
Rain
6%
Sunset
5:58 pm
Today
4.3Fair6 am3824
4.6Fair7 am3824
4.4Fair8 am3924
4.7Fair9 am3824
4.8Fair10 am3823
5.0Fair11 am3823
5.3Fair12 pm3823
5.8Good1 pm3823
6.3Good2 pm3723
6.6Good3 pm3622
6.9GoodNow3622
7.1Great5 pm3823
Sat
5.5Good6 am3823
5.7Good7 am3823
5.8Good8 am3723
6.0Good9 am3622
5.7Good10 am3522
5.9Good11 am3421
6.2Good12 pm3421
7.1Great1 pm3321
7.0Great2 pm3320
7.0Great3 pm3321
6.7Good4 pm3421
6.1Good5 pm3421
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 10 pm, 0.3 m. High at 4 am, 1.0 m. Low at 10 am, 0.3 mLow 10 pm, 0.3 m<1 ftHigh 4 am, 1.0 m3 ftLow 10 am, 0.3 m<1 ftNow10 pm4 am10 am4 pm
  • Low 10 pm, 0.3 m<1 ft
  • High 4 am, 1.0 m3 ft
  • Low 10 am, 0.3 m<1 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.

  • Sun7.8 GreatBest 11 am to 4 pmWind up to 31 km/h19 mph, rain 31%
  • Mon7.6 GreatBest 2 pm to 6 pmWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 54%
  • Tue9.6 ExcellentBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 4%
  • Wed9.8 ExcellentBest 6 am to 1 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 8%
  • Thu9.5 ExcellentBest 6 am to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 8%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest town
4.2 km2.6 miHeo (St. Joseph) (town)
Nearest airport
24 km15 miAérogare d'Ouvéa (UVE)

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

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