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Small Craft Retreat Sea Temperature in February

Southland, New Zealand

January Small Craft Retreat year-round → March

Average sea temperature for Small Craft Retreat, New Zealand across February, based on 10 years of daily readings.

Average

14.85° C

High

17.8° C

Low

13.25° C

Water at this temperature is cold and will feel very cold initially, but the body will get used to it and longer swims are possible. Experienced swimmers can manage several hours of swimming, however hypothermia is still a real risk.

February is the 1st warmest of 12 months at Small Craft Retreat. On average the water sits 1.5° than the year-round mean of 13.31° C.

Compared to January, February is 0.4° warmer than (14.44° C in January). By March the water is usually 14.85° C.

Small Craft Retreat Day-by-Day Water Temperature in February

10-year low, average and high

12.5° C
14.0° C
15.5° C
17.0° C
18.5° C
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Day-by-day low and high band with the 10-year daily average through February. Range Average

Each vertical bar above is one day of February. The shaded band covers the range the water has reached on that day across the last 10 years — the lowest reading at the bottom, the highest at the top. The line running through the bars is the daily average over those 10 years, so you can see the typical shape of the month at Small Craft Retreat.

A narrow band means the temperature on that day has stayed close to the average year on year. A taller band means it has swung more, often because of changeable weather around that time of year. Hovering a day pulls up its low, average, and high.

February Water Temperature Table for Small Craft Retreat

10-year daily averages

Day Average Low High
February 1 14.57° C 13.25° C 17.09° C
February 2 14.56° C 13.27° C 17.09° C
February 3 14.54° C 13.58° C 17.3° C
February 4 14.58° C 13.51° C 17.59° C
February 5 14.61° C 13.62° C 17.62° C
February 6 14.6° C 13.61° C 17.29° C
February 7 14.6° C 13.52° C 17.1° C
February 8 14.65° C 13.57° C 17.01° C
February 9 14.7° C 13.92° C 16.95° C
February 10 14.67° C 13.78° C 16.98° C
February 11 14.73° C 13.69° C 17.14° C
February 12 14.85° C 13.8° C 17.54° C
February 13 14.88° C 14° C 17.8° C
February 14 14.91° C 13.74° C 17.72° C
February 15 14.93° C 13.7° C 17.59° C
February 16 14.99° C 13.87° C 17.51° C
February 17 15.02° C 13.87° C 17.38° C
February 18 15.06° C 13.85° C 17.21° C
February 19 15° C 13.83° C 17.02° C
February 20 15.07° C 14.09° C 17° C
February 21 15.03° C 14.11° C 16.83° C
February 22 15° C 14.07° C 16.69° C
February 23 15.11° C 14.26° C 16.52° C
February 24 15.04° C 14.32° C 16.33° C
February 25 15.07° C 14.31° C 16.2° C
February 26 15.04° C 14.22° C 16.23° C
February 27 15.09° C 14.32° C 16.33° C
February 28 15.05° C 14.35° C 16.49° C
February 29 14.7° C 14.64° C 14.76° C

Where February Sits in the Year

February highlighted

9.5° C
11.9° C
14.3° C
16.6° C
19.0° C
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
14.44° C
14.85° C
14.85° C
14.37° C
13.68° C
12.81° C
12.13° C
12.03° C
11.9° C
11.95° C
12.98° C
13.78° C
10-year monthly history for Small Craft Retreat. Bars span historical low to high; the line marks the monthly average. Range Average
January → February → March → April → May → June → July → August → September → October → November → December →

Nearby Locations in February

Compare other New Zealand water for the same month

Small Craft Retreat Location

-47.2437, 167.6448

-47.24371, 167.64482 View on OpenStreetMap →

Small Craft Retreat sits at -47.2437°N, 167.6448°E, on the coast of Southland, New Zealand. The marker on the map shows the spot the readings on this page come from. It usually sits a short distance from the town centre, out on the open water itself, so the numbers stay tied to the coast rather than a generic point inland.

Coastlines bend, headlands focus the water, and the temperature can run noticeably differently between two beaches that look close together on a map. Comparing nearby locations is a quick way to see how local geography is shaping the readings.

Nearest locations to Small Craft Retreat