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.

[2] Wagait Beach is on the north coast of the Cox Peninsula, which forms the western side of Darwin Harbour.

[7] In 1942, after the Bombing of Darwin, a military base was established at Waugite Point on the north east of the Cox Peninsula, and a huge observation tower was constructed, with a communications bunker underneath it.

It is a 128 km drive from Darwin via the Cox Peninsula Rd through Berry Springs.