Ningaloo - balmy in winter?

Have a look at this site here. When we were in that area in August it was pretty warm, but the wind blows all the time. Plenty of people snorkelling too.

There have been a couple of other recent posts about Ningaloo during the winter months - it gets very crowded.

Cheers

Val

Hi James,

Generally the temp are around mid to high 20's (sometimes higher) however like anywhere along the west coast you are subject to the winds. You may be lucky and get a string of fine, warm days.

We have been there during this period and although its alot cooler than when we now go (April), it didn't stop us from snorkelling and swimming etc.

Hope this helps, enjoy.

Mick

We have done a considerable number of trips to Ningaloo with extending camping stays in the July school holidays, you'll have no trouble enjoying the snorkelling. The water temp doesn't drop much - its gorgeous in winter and too hot in summer!

In our experience, Ningaloo in July is warm-hot during the day but is cool in the mornings and can drop to very cold overnight. We camp on the beach and find as soon as the sun sets we're into ugh boots, thermals and beanies around the campfire. But once the sun warms up the sand we spend the entire days in the water in swimmers, on the boat, loads of sunscreen & hats, and always seeking shade - its hot enough to not want to be out in the middle of the day especially and don't need any neoprene for snorkelling, or waterskiing.

2 years ago our trip in July was considerably warmer overnight than in previous years so the thermals and ughs didn't get used. The wind issue is interesting - if you stay 4 weeks you'll be guaranteed to get 1 week when the wind blows every day and its not beach weather, not boating weather, just huddling inside weather. For this reason, we never plan short trips as you can strike bad luck. If we get 1 week in 4 that is bad, well that's just tough luck. But if you go for 2 weeks and get 1 blowout week that's a downer. We can only go 2 weeks this coming July - so got fingers and toes crossed we time it right.

hmmm... we were only planning on a few days to one week up there...it sounds like there is a significant chance we might strike it windy for such a short stay. Is there a time of a year when the weather is more consistently calm and still good for snorkeling? What if we waited until September for instance?