Cairns, Queensland water temperature Sea temperature today and for the next 7 days
27–29 °C
The sea around Cairns is 27 to 29 °C at the surface right now. Over the next 7 days it stays between 27 and 30 °C.
The water stays close to the surface temperature down to about 6–22 m at the sites we follow; deeper it gets colder.
Most divers here need a 3 mm wetsuit today.
Next 7 days
- Sun 15 Nov27–29 °C
- Mon 16 Nov27–30 °C
- Tue 17 Nov27–30 °C
- Wed 18 Nov27–30 °C
- Thu 19 Nov27–30 °C
- Fri 20 Nov27–30 °C
- Sat 21 Nov28–30 °C
By dive site
| Site | Now | Today | Warm down to | Suit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opal ReefCairns | 28.8 °C | 29 °C | ~16 m | Rash guard |
| St Crispin ReefCairns | 28.8 °C | 29 °C | past 11 m | Rash guard |
| Fitzroy IslandCairns | 28.3 °C | 28–29 °C | ~9 m | Rash guard |
| Michaelmas ReefCairns | 28.2 °C | 28–29 °C | past 6 m | Rash guard |
| Hastings ReefCairns | 28.2 °C | 28–29 °C | past 22 m | 3 mm |
| Saxon ReefCairns | 28.0 °C | 28–29 °C | past 18 m | 3 mm |
| Upolu CayCairns | 28.0 °C | 28–29 °C | past 16 m | Rash guard |
| Michaelmas CayCairns | 28.0 °C | 28–29 °C | past 6 m | Rash guard |
| Norman ReefCairns | 27.9 °C | 28–29 °C | past 18 m | 3 mm |
| Thetford ReefCairns | 27.8 °C | 28–29 °C | ~9 m | 3 mm |
| Pellowe ReefCairns | 27.8 °C | 28 °C | past 11 m | 3 mm |
| Flynn ReefCairns | 27.7 °C | 28 °C | past 22 m | 3 mm |
| Milln ReefCairns | 27.7 °C | 28 °C | past 22 m | 3 mm |
| Moore ReefCairns | 27.0 °C | 27–28 °C | past 11 m | 3 mm |
Surface temperature from the Open-Meteo marine forecast; temperature at depth, where available, from Copernicus Marine models (daily averages). Both are model estimates.