Lake Alexander Beach
City of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
- Free parking
Today at a glance
Best: 6 pm to sunset, sunset 6:44 pm7.7
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.7
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
6.4
9 km/h6 mph wind, Good
6.4
9 km/h6 mph wind, Good
5.9
9 km/h6 mph wind, Good
5.6
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
5.2
12 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
4.9
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
5.2
9 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
5.1
9 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
5.5
9 km/h6 mph wind, Good
5.3
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
6.1
9 km/h6 mph wind, Good
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 6 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
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- Water
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- Wind
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- Gusts
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- Waves
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- Tide
- rising
- Rain
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- Sunset
- 6:44 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 3 pm, 2.2 m7 ft
- Low 9 pm, -0.9 m3 ft
- High 3 am, 2.6 m9 ft
- Low 10 am, -1.8 m6 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- Restrooms200 m650 ft away
- Showers60 m200 ft away
- Drinking water90 m280 ft away
- Parking4 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 140 m450 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink1 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Picnic tables70 m240 ft away
- Playground110 m350 ft away
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 790 m0.5 mi
- Nearest town
- 5.4 km3.3 miDarwin (city)
- Nearest airport
- 5 km3 miDarwin International Airport (DRW)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- East Point Beach0.2 km0.1 mi south-west away7.9 Great tomorrow
- Pee Wees Beach0.7 km0.5 mi west away7.9 Great tomorrow
- Sunset Beach1.2 km0.8 mi south away7.9 Great tomorrow
- Bundilla Beach2.3 km1.4 mi south away7.9 Great tomorrow
- Mindil Beach3.6 km2.3 mi south away7.9 Great tomorrow
Where to stay near the beach
Compare hotels and apartments near Lake Alexander Beach.
Beachfront rooms go first on warm weekends.
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat8.3 GreatBest 6 am to 9 amWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 79%
- Sun8.1 GreatBest 6 am to 7 amWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 98%
- Mon8.7 ExcellentBest 8 am to 10 amWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 97%
- Tue8.0 GreatBest 7 am to 10 amWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 96%
- Wed6.6 GoodBest 6 am to 11 amWind up to 9 km/h6 mph, rain 86%
- Thu6.5 GoodBest 6 am to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 63%