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Copernicus says the central Pacific hit a record 29.94°C in October 2026 as El Niño heads for a December peak. What the official forecasts say for California, Hawaii, the Caribbean, Australia and the world's reefs between now and April 2027, and which beach trips to keep, move or check.
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Primošten's beaches are two pebble bays on the Raduča peninsula, beside the old town between Split and Šibenik. Mala Raduča faces the old town; Velika Raduča has pine shade, lifeguards and water sports. Parking, buses, sea temperatures and which one to pick.
Kailua Beach Park is the lifeguarded south end of a 3km (2-mile) windward beach on Oahu, with a bathhouse, lots beside the sand and Popoiʻa offshore. After heavy rain, the Department of Health tells swimmers to stay out of brown water.
Mondello is Palermo's city beach, a crescent of pale sand about 10km north of the centre on bus 806. In summer 2026 a lido set cost about €33 a day and a day's entry to a basic serviced area €6, and who runs the sand in 2027 is still in court.
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Sargassum across the Caribbean more than halved in October 2026, and the University of South Florida expects it to keep falling until possibly the end of November or December. What it means for Cancún and Tulum, how to read Quintana Roo's sargassum traffic light, which months to book in 2027, and where to stay if the seaweed returns early.
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United, Volaris and American's Miami flight leave Tulum airport in January 2027 and Delta's Atlanta route pauses from 3 May. Which airlines still fly to Tulum in winter and spring 2027, when to fly into Cancún instead, and the bus, train, shuttle and car options from Cancún airport to Tulum's beaches.
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The 12 best beaches in Crete, coast by coast: the famous lagoons of the west, the wild south-coast coves where the sea stays calmer in the summer wind, quiet sand in the east, and where to stay to reach them.
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Six of the seven best beaches in Halkidiki are on Sithonia, led by the white-rock coves of Kavourotrypes (Orange Beach); Kassandra adds the Possidi sand spit. Drive times from Thessaloniki airport, 2026 sunbed prices, Blue Flag status and when to go in 2027.
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destination guides
Koh Samui's 9 best beaches, from the small swimming cove at Silver Beach to the shallow sunset beach at Lipa Noi, with the side of the island each faces and the months it is at its calmest.
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seasonal guides
Nine winter sun beaches for December 2026 to March 2027, from Gran Canaria's dunes to Aruba and Phuket, with January sea and air temperatures from official records, flight times, Jet2's new Egypt flights and the one drawback at each.
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