Check the Beach

Water Beach

Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Today at a glance

Best: 4 pm to 6 pm, sunset 6:23 pm
6 am
9.5
15 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
7 am
9.4
15 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
8 am
9.3
17 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
9 am
9.0
16 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
10 am
8.8
17 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
11 am
8.9
15 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
12 pm
8.2
18 km/h11 mph wind, Great
1 pm
7.3
19 km/h12 mph wind, Great
2 pm
7.2
20 km/h12 mph wind, Great
3 pm
7.6
20 km/h12 mph wind, Great
4 pm
7.7
20 km/h12 mph wind, Great
5 pm
8.0
22 km/h13 mph wind, Great

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 4 pm to 6 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
—
Water
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Wind
— km/hmph
Gusts
— km/hmph
Waves
—
UV
—
Tide
falling
Rain
—
Sunset
6:23 pm
Today
9.5Excellent6 am159
9.4Excellent7 am159
9.3Excellent8 am1710
9.0Excellent9 am1610
8.8Excellent10 am1710
8.9Excellent11 am1510
8.2Great12 pm1811
7.3Great1 pm1912
7.2Great2 pm2012
7.6Great3 pm2012
7.7Great4 pm2012
8.0Great5 pm2213
Sat
7.9Great6 am2315
8.3Great7 am2314
8.8Excellent8 am2113
8.8Excellent9 am2012
8.7Excellent10 am1811
8.1Great11 am2012
8.0Great12 pm2214
7.9Great1 pm2415
8.2Great2 pm2415
8.4Great3 pm2415
8.3Great4 pm2616
8.6Excellent5 pm2516
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 5 pm, -0.1 m. High at 11 pm, 0.9 m. High at 10 am, 0.8 mLow 5 pm, -0.1 m<1 ftHigh 11 pm, 0.9 m3 ftHigh 10 am, 0.8 m3 ftNow10 pm4 am10 am
  • Low 5 pm, -0.1 m<1 ft
  • High 11 pm, 0.9 m3 ft
  • High 10 am, 0.8 m3 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

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest airport
74 km46 miBorroloola Airport (BOX)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

Compare hotels and apartments near Water Beach.

Partner links

Beachfront rooms go first on warm weekends.

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sat8.8 ExcellentBest 6 am to 6 pmWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 8%
  • Sun9.2 ExcellentBest 6 am to 9 amWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 2%
  • Mon9.4 ExcellentBest 7 am to 11 amWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue9.2 ExcellentBest 6 am to 11 amWind up to 22 km/h13 mph, rain 12%
  • Wed8.8 ExcellentBest 6 am to 8 amWind up to 25 km/h15 mph, rain 20%
  • Thu9.1 ExcellentBest 2 pm to 6 pmWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 22%