Australia 
In numbers.
10m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
49m
Elevation
The water at Serpentine Falls, month by month
It roars from July to August.
The fullest months: from July to August. The thinnest: from November to April.
- 1.5 m³/sJan
- 1.1 m³/sFeb
- 1.6 m³/sMar
- 4.1 m³/sApr
- 16 m³/sMay
- 28 m³/sJun
- 39 m³/sJul
- 39 m³/sAug
- 28 m³/sSep
- 14 m³/sOct
- 5.7 m³/sNov
- 2.1 m³/sDec
From about 1.1 m³/s in the lowest month to 39 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Western Australia
Serpentine Falls is a waterfall in Australia.
Getting there.
- Serpentinenearest town · 3.3 km in a straight line
- Parking 300 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Perth International Airport (PER)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 48 km in a straight lineCar hire at PER airport (Perth)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 52 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 148 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpointsSerpentine Falls, Baldwin's Bluff Trail Lookout
- 1waymarked walking routesKitty's Gorge Trail
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- 2picnic sites
- 2toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmGooralong Brook Waterfalls
- —caves
- —campsites
- 2hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHoliday Haven, The Cottage on George Street
- —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).
Towns nearby
- Serpentine3.3 km in a straight line
- Jarrahdale5.8 km in a straight line
- Mundijong8.8 km in a straight line
- Cardup12 km in a straight line
- Byford16 km in a straight line
- Baldivis18 km in a straight line
- Oakford20 km in a straight line
- Wellard20 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 35 | 34 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 32 |
| Night °C | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 20 | 15 | 21 | 34 | 78 | 100 | 117 | 106 | 72 | 36 | 26 | 15 |
| Wet days | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Sun h/day | 12.1 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 11.1 | 12.2 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (49 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
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 | 11% | 174% | 186% | 26% | 152% | 108% | 74% | 89% | 100% | 53% | 265% | 30% |
| 2021 | 4% | 248% | 141% | 133% | 96% | 77% | 205% | 67% | 98% | 259% | 8% | 30% |
| 2022 | 1% | 23% | 26% | 136% | 122% | 86% | 114% | 123% | 69% | 102% | 85% | 30% |
| 2023 | 1% | 2% | 158% | 225% | 37% | 142% | 94% | 53% | 97% | 34% | 11% | 6% |
| 2024 | 81% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 94% | 96% | 139% | 85% | 39% | 111% | 67% | 37% |
| 2025 | 14% | 11% | 57% | 19% | 46% | 108% | 120% | 136% | 110% | 176% | 36% | 55% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q21885470) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| 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.
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