Skeleton Ck (E)

NT Roper Gulf Pellew Islands Directions

Weather Forecast

27.10°C

Current Temperature

32.00km/h

Wind speed

25.37°C

Water Temperature

0.37m

Swell

2.24m

Tide

8/11

. Beach NT 1478 commences on the eastern side of Skeleton Creek and is a narrow 3.2 km long beach that terminates at a large 500 m wide creek mouth. A 2 km wide series of four Pleistocene beach ridge-spits backs the beach, then 5-6 km wide salt flats. The beach is fronted by the tidal shoals of both creeks which extend over 1 km offshore. The eastern end of the beach is being overlapped by the migrating western end of beach NT 1479.

Beach Length: 3.2km

General Hazard Rating: 2/10

Patrols

There are currently no services provided by Surf Life Saving Australia for this beach. Please take the time to browse the Surf Safety section of this website to learn more about staying safe when swimming at Australian beaches. Click here to visit general surf education information.

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SLSA provides this information as a guide only. Surf conditions are variable and therefore this information should not be relied upon as a substitute for observation of local conditions and an understanding of your abilities in the surf. SLSA reminds you to always swim between the red and yellow flags and never swim at unpatrolled beaches. SLSA takes all care and responsibility for any translation but it cannot guarantee that all translations will be accurate.