Port Essington Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Port Essington Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.

High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 08:48 AM and sunset is at 04:15 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mild with heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Becoming colder with a moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri night. Icy conditions (max 6°C on Wed morning, min -4°C on Fri afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sat morning. Turning milder with heavy rain (total 141mm), heaviest during Sun night. Icy conditions (max 5°C on Sun night, min -2°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 32mm) on Tue morning. Becoming colder with heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Tue morning, min -10°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Fri afternoon, min -19°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
Wave Height Map
High Tide
5:48PM5.40m
6:55AM5.16m
6:54PM4.91m
7:54AM5.15m
8:09PM4.58m
8:51AM5.23m
9:25PM4.45m
9:43AM5.36m
10:30PM4.50m
10:30AM5.53m
11:24PM4.64m
11:12AM5.72m
00:09AM4.82m
11:53AM5.91m
00:50AM5.00m
12:32PM6.08m
1:29AM5.16m
1:10PM6.22m
2:06AM5.28m
1:48PM6.31m
2:43AM5.36m
2:26PM6.33m
3:21AM5.40m
Low Tide
12:10PM2.24m
00:40AM1.28m
1:15PM2.31m
1:32AM1.70m
2:27PM2.26m
2:29AM2.06m
3:40PM2.07m
3:29AM2.31m
4:44PM1.78m
4:29AM2.45m
5:37PM1.46m
5:23AM2.48m
6:22PM1.15m
6:11AM2.45m
7:02PM0.90m
7:40PM0.70m
7:31AM2.31m
8:16PM0.56m
8:08AM2.25m
8:50PM0.48m
8:43AM2.21m
9:25PM0.47m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
heavy snow
heavy snow
light snow
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
heavy snow
heavy snow
light snow
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
 km/h
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SW
5
E
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
SE
5
S
5
SSE
10
S
10
E
10
ENE
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
 mm 
13
6
8
17
8
33
65
1
4
13
10
6
11
5
max°C
6
5
3
2
0
-2
-2
-3
-2
-1
2
4
4
4
5
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
1
0
-2
-5
-8
-7
-12
-10
-11
-13
-13
-14
-18
Moonrise
11:40
12:58
2:13
3:28
4:43
6:00
7:17
8:29
9:32
10:20
10:53
Moonset
12:49
12:57
1:04
1:11
1:20
1:30
1:44
2:04
2:34
3:19
4:19
5:32
Sunrise
8:48
8:48
8:49
8:51
8:52
8:52
8:53
8:55
8:56
8:56
8:56
8:56
Sunset
4:15
4:15
4:15
4:15
4:15
4:15
4:15
4:15
4:16
4:16
4:16
4:17
Today's sea temperature in Port Essington is
7.8° C
(Statistics for 10 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 7.4 max: 9.7 min: 6.4°C)
Issued (local time): 9 am Wednesday 10 Dec 2025
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