Wagait Beach

Wagait Beach
Rocks at Imaluk Beach
Wagait Beach
Coordinates: 12°26′03″S 130°44′32″E / 12.434041°S 130.742309°E / -12.434041; 130.742309
CountryAustralia
StateNorthern Territory
LGA
Location
  • 128 km (80 mi) from Darwin
Government
 • Territory electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total461 (2016 census)
Time zoneUTC+9:30 (ACST)
Postcode
0822
Mean max temp32.0 °C (89.6 °F)
Mean min temp23.2 °C (73.8 °F)
Annual rainfall1,725.1 mm (67.92 in)
Localities around Wagait Beach
Darwin Harbour Darwin Harbour Darwin Harbour
Cox Peninsula Wagait Beach Mandorah
Cox Peninsula Cox Peninsula Mandorah
Adjoining localities

Wagait Beach is a locality approximately 8 km west of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, on the opposite side of the harbour. It makes up the Wagait Shire local government area. The population was 422 in 2021.

Wagait Beach is on the north coast of the Cox Peninsula, which forms the western side of Darwin Harbour. It is part of the Hundred of Bray, as surveyed by George Goyder in 1869–70.