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Rapid Creek - Bar surf break

Rapid Creek - Bar surfForecast / NT – Darwin / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Friday 20 Mar 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
28.7° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Rapid Creek - Bar at 8PM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 02:30pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)--
Afternoon (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (20 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 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 (?)
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.2
WNW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
W
0.7
W
1
W
1.3
W
1.6
W
1.9
W
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)444444444344455445566788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6910744233366477900002935905871093
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
W
15
W
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
W
10
WSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
30
W
40
W
50
W
60
WNW
60
NW
65
NW
55
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
7.09
7:39AM
7.05
7:41PM
7.09
8:17AM
7.11
8:12PM
6.98
8:56AM
6.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:08PM
1.40
1:29AM
0.93
1:44PM
1.48
2:02AM
0.68
2:20PM
1.73
2:37AM
0.59
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-------6:50-------6:50-------6:50
Sunset--6:57-------6:57-------6:55-----
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
Rain (mm)
1---243--131-11131192522544510
Temp. °C292928282727262729292828272727282624252525252526
Feels °C (?)313030313030303233333232302929292623222120191821
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