Australia Waterfall

Surprise Creek Falls

One of the waterfalls of Australia.

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

In numbers.

Jan–Apr

Best months

637m

Elevation

The water at Surprise Creek Falls, month by month

It roars from February to March.

The fullest months: from February to March. The thinnest: from June to December.

64%Jan
97%Feb
100%Mar
67%Apr
36%May
17%Jun
11%Jul
6%Aug
4%Sep
6%Oct
11%Nov
24%Dec

high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from January to April.

Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Waterfall in Queensland, Australia

Surprise Creek Falls is a waterfall in Australia.

Getting there.

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From January to Aprilbest months to go (estimate)

Plan your visit

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Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Surprise Creek Falls seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

What is around.

—viewpoints
—waymarked walking routes
—car parks
—swimming spots
—picnic sites
—toilets
—information boards and visitor centres
—bus stops within 1 km
—other named waterfalls within 4 km
—caves
—campsites
—hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
—restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Weather

The weather, month by month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon °C	28	27	26	24	22	21	20	22	25	27	29	30
Night °C	20	20	19	17	15	13	12	12	14	16	18	19
Rain & snow (mm)	283	332	294	155	89	53	49	27	28	51	77	140
Wet days	22	22	21	19	15	11	10	8	6	8	11	16
Sun h/day	6.9	6.6	6.3	6.6	6.4	6.1	6.8	7.9	9.1	9.3	9.1	8.4

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (637 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Recent years

Wet years and dry years

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	65%	58%	22%	19%	64%	28%	31%	13%	68%	4%	22%	73%
2021	97%	51%	43%	151%	30%	56%	33%	95%	29%	8%	71%	48%
2022	73%	22%	53%	121%	90%	29%	101%	37%	40%	78%	79%	101%
2023	83%	62%	54%	33%	20%	39%	98%	100%	63%	24%	6%	188%
2024	63%	52%	90%	74%	47%	19%	43%	96%	37%	22%	32%	165%
2025	62%	84%	93%	22%	44%	14%	14%	30%	237%	74%	48%	191%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Surprise Creek Falls

Australia

—Height
—Average flow
Jan–AprBest months

Blencoe Falls

Australia

230 mHeight
5.5 m³/sAverage flow
Jan–AprBest months

See the guide

Murray Falls

Australia

—Height
1.0 m³/sAverage flow
Jan–AprBest months

See the guide

Herbert River Falls

Australia

—Height
68 m³/sAverage flow
Feb–MayBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q38541) · CC0
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.