Wagait Beach
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| Coordinates: 12°26′03″S 130°44′32″E / 12.434041°S 130.742309°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 461 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0822 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 32.0 °C (89.6 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 23.2 °C (73.8 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 1,725.1 mm (67.92 in) | ||||||||||||
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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.