New Zealand water temperature in July

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Is New Zealand too cold to swim in summer? In July sea water temperature throughout New Zealand is not yet warm enough for swimming and does not exceed 20°C. Based on average water temperature observations over the past ten years, the warmest sea in New Zealand in July was 16.2°C (in Poor Knights Islands), and the coldest water 8.9°C (in Timaru). To find out the sea temperature today and in the coming days, go to Current sea temperature in New Zealand

New Zealand sea surface temp in July

New Zealand cities and resorts with the values of the average water temperature in July in recent years.
For more detailed information about water temperature, surf forecast, weather and time of sunrise and sunset in any specific area of your interest, just click on a city name. For ease of search, all places are also grouped by the first letter of the name.

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Abel Tasman

12.1°C

13.3°C

12.5°C

12.8°C

Ahipara

15.8°C

15.1°C

15°C

15.6°C

15.5°C

Akaroa

9.9°C

9.3°C

10.2°C

9.7°C

9.8°C

Auckland

15.7°C

14.9°C

15.1°C

15.3°C

Awaroa Bay

12.1°C

13.3°C

12.5°C

12.8°C

New Zealand water temperature by month

To find out what the water temperature was in New Zealand any day over a period of the last ten years, select the month

Where can you swim in New Zealand in July?

Places with the warmest average sea water temperature in New Zealand in July. Also indicated are the maximum and minimum temperatures in July for these locations based on observations over the past 10 years

	Avr	Min	Max
Poor Knights Islands	16.2°C	14.7°C	17.6°C
Matauri Bay	15.9°C	14.4°C	17.2°C
Matapouri	15.8°C	14.6°C	17.2°C
Ngunguru	15.8°C	14.6°C	17.1°C
Mangonui	15.8°C	14.3°C	17.1°C

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Our report for New Zealand is compiled using satellite data together with in-situ observations to get the most reliable daily data of sea surface temperatures, surf forecasts, current temperatures and weather forecasts.