Rapid Creek - Beach surf break

Rapid Creek - Beach surfForecast / NT – Darwin / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Sunday 08 Mar 2026 ACST
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Rapid Creek - Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rapid Creek - Beach sea temperature is
29.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

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

The current surf forecast for Rapid Creek - Beach at 9PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 02:30pm March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)--
Afternoon (08 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (08 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)888788889999998884577776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1609713718116915312576975639125979563587139549470554241
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
SW
25
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40PM
6.45
9:27AM
5.96
9:00PM
6.14
10:02AM
5.61
9:19PM
5.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:50PM
2.43
3:14AM
1.42
3:18PM
2.85
3:44AM
1.68
3:47PM
3.28
4:18AM
1.99
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-------6:48-------6:48-------6:48
Sunset--7:05-------7:04-------7:04-----
cloud
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-1-1134632----111--11121
Temp. °C272627272727262626262627262625272828272727272726
Feels °C (?)292728272829272828272729292927303029282929282928
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