The warmest beach water in America right now

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Planning ahead? The five warmest for every month of the year

Warmest beach water, month by month

Of the beaches we track, Puerto Rico has the warmest typical water in seven months of the year, Florida in three and Texas in two.

The list above follows the buoys. This table is for planning a trip: the five warmest places we track in each month, by the water's typical temperature for that month — its average at the beach's NOAA tide station or NDBC buoy over 2023–2025. It says what the water usually does in that month, not what it is doing.

Month The five warmest
January typical for January
  1. 81° Flamenco Beach · Puerto Rico
  2. 81° Rincón · Puerto Rico
  3. 81° Condado Beach, Isla Verde Beach and Luquillo Beach · Puerto Rico
  4. 81° Cane Bay · US Virgin Islands
  5. 81° Trunk Bay · US Virgin Islands
February typical for February
  1. 81° Rincón · Puerto Rico
  2. 81° Flamenco Beach · Puerto Rico
  3. 81° Trunk Bay · US Virgin Islands
  4. 80° Condado Beach, Isla Verde Beach and Luquillo Beach · Puerto Rico
  5. 80° Cane Bay · US Virgin Islands
March typical for March
  1. 82° Flamenco Beach · Puerto Rico
  2. 81° Trunk Bay · US Virgin Islands
  3. 81° Cane Bay · US Virgin Islands
  4. 81° Rincón · Puerto Rico
  5. 81° Condado Beach, Isla Verde Beach and Luquillo Beach · Puerto Rico
April typical for April
  1. 83° Flamenco Beach · Puerto Rico
  2. 82° Cane Bay · US Virgin Islands
  3. 82° Trunk Bay · US Virgin Islands
  4. 82° Rincón · Puerto Rico
  5. 81° Condado Beach, Isla Verde Beach and Luquillo Beach · Puerto Rico
May typical for May
  1. 86° Bahia Honda State Park · Florida
  2. 85° Key West · Florida
  3. 85° Captiva, Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel · Florida
  4. 85° Rockport Beach · Texas
  5. 84° Flamenco Beach · Puerto Rico
June typical for June
  1. 89° Rockport Beach · Texas
  2. 88° Bahia Honda State Park · Florida
  3. 87° Key West · Florida
  4. 87° Caladesi Island, Clearwater Beach, Honeymoon Island, Indian Rocks Beach, Madeira Beach, St. Pete Beach and Treasure Island · Florida
  5. 87° Anna Maria Island and Bradenton Beach · Florida
July typical for July
  1. 91° Bahia Honda State Park · Florida
  2. 90° Rockport Beach · Texas
  3. 89° Caladesi Island, Clearwater Beach, Honeymoon Island, Indian Rocks Beach, Madeira Beach, St. Pete Beach and Treasure Island · Florida
  4. 89° Key West · Florida
  5. 89° Anna Maria Island and Bradenton Beach · Florida
August typical for August
  1. 91° Rockport Beach · Texas
  2. 90° Bahia Honda State Park · Florida
  3. 89° Elmer's Island and Grand Isle · Louisiana
  4. 89° Key West · Florida
  5. 89° Caladesi Island, Clearwater Beach, Honeymoon Island, Indian Rocks Beach, Madeira Beach, St. Pete Beach and Treasure Island · Florida
September typical for September
  1. 88° Bahia Honda State Park · Florida
  2. 88° Key West · Florida
  3. 88° Rockport Beach · Texas
  4. 87° Flamenco Beach · Puerto Rico
  5. 87° Trunk Bay · US Virgin Islands
October typical for October
  1. 87° Flamenco Beach · Puerto Rico
  2. 87° Rincón · Puerto Rico
  3. 87° Cane Bay · US Virgin Islands
  4. 87° Trunk Bay · US Virgin Islands
  5. 86° Condado Beach, Isla Verde Beach and Luquillo Beach · Puerto Rico
November typical for November
  1. 85° Rincón · Puerto Rico
  2. 85° Flamenco Beach · Puerto Rico
  3. 85° Condado Beach, Isla Verde Beach and Luquillo Beach · Puerto Rico
  4. 85° Trunk Bay · US Virgin Islands
  5. 85° Cane Bay · US Virgin Islands
December typical for December
  1. 83° Rincón · Puerto Rico
  2. 83° Condado Beach, Isla Verde Beach and Luquillo Beach · Puerto Rico
  3. 83° Flamenco Beach · Puerto Rico
  4. 83° Cane Bay · US Virgin Islands
  5. 82° Trunk Bay · US Virgin Islands

Where one station reads the water for several beaches, they share a number, so they share a line. Lines that print the same degree are in order of the tenths behind them, and by name where the tenths match too.