Rapid Creek - Reef surf break

Rapid Creek - Reef surfForecast / NT – Darwin / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Monday 23 Mar 2026 ACST
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Today's Rapid Creek - Reef sea temperature is
28.7° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Rapid Creek - Reef at 6AM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (23 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)678889999998888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17619536430227729524320218013710175704848333332323221222120
Wind
(km/h)
50
WNW
50
WNW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
NNE
10
NE
15
E
15
E
10
E
5
E
5
E
5
NE
0
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:56AM
6.97
8:43PM
6.76
9:39AM
6.66
9:16PM
6.42
10:28AM
6.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:37AM
0.59
2:57PM
2.10
3:15AM
0.69
3:38PM
2.58
3:58AM
0.96
4:23PM
3.09
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---6:50-------6:50-------6:50----
Sunset------6:54-------6:54-------6:53-
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
2323321211121-2421----14
Temp. °C272627272727272727262627282827252525252526272826
Feels °C (?)222124242525262728282830313029272828282930313231
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