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Rapid Creek - Bar surf break

Rapid Creek - Bar surfForecast / NT – Darwin / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 ACST
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Rapid Creek - Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rapid Creek - Bar sea temperature is
30.9° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rapid Creek - Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Rapid Creek - Bar at 11AM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 08:30am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Afternoon (08 Jan)2ft (0.6m)3s
Evening (08 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s

Table - waves today at Rapid Creek - Bar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
W
1.3
W
1
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.5
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)534344455666666666666667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)93571010144262728585919812113114612679119111101167130
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
30
W
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:43AM
6.41
9:11PM
6.57
9:20AM
6.02
9:39PM
6.17
10:00AM
5.54
10:08PM
5.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:00PM
1.43
3:27AM
2.01
3:33PM
2.04
4:04AM
2.24
4:07PM
2.68
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-6:28-------6:28-------6:28------
Sunset----7:16-------7:16-------7:16---
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Rain (mm)
---------23211-437321-980
Temp. °C282930302929292929292929292929282928292929292824
Feels °C (?)303232313030302930303030292929272929302930302824
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