Gold Coast sea temperature today: 21°C – beach water temperature, Gold Coast, Australia
Australia · Queensland

Gold Coast

Sea
69.1°F
Air
UV
Refreshing
18–23°C
Climate · monthly averages
Sea temperature by month
5-year averages (2021–2025). Min/Max are typical daily lows and highs, not record extremes.
61°F
64°F
68°F
72°F
75°F
79°F
82°F
86°F
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Min
78
79
79
77
72
70
69
68
69
71
72
76
Avg
79
80
79
77
74
71
70
69
70
72
73
77
Max
80
81
80
78
75
73
70
70
71
72
75
78

Warmest in February (79.9°F). Coldest in August (69.3°F). Comfortable for swimming year-round.

About Gold Coast

Queensland's Gold Coast threads 70 kilometres of subtropical Pacific shoreline, with Surfers Paradise at its centre and the 322-metre Q1 Tower – the country's tallest residential building outside Sydney – anchoring its high-rise skyline. To the south, Burleigh Heads pairs a celebrated point break with a rainforest headland reserve, while Coolangatta stretches family-friendly sand along the New South Wales border. The sea holds 25–27 °C from December through April, with Gold Coast Airport thirty minutes from the central strip.