IDT11710
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TASMANIA AND ANTARCTICA REGIONAL OFFICE
HOBART


TASMANIAN COASTAL REPORTS
Issued at 1548 on Saturday the 19th of May 2012


CAPE SORELL
 WIND: WSW   8KT
Wave rider, significant wave height:  2.8 meters
 Maximum height over the past 3 hours:  5.0 meters
 Period:  13 seconds

MARRAWAH
 WIND: W    15KT,
 SEA: MODERATE, HEIGHT 1.25 TO 2.5M,
 SWELL: SW, LOW, HEIGHT 2.0M

CAPE GRIM
 WIND: WSW  23KT

KING IS AP
 WIND: WSW  12KT

LOW HEAD
 WIND: WSW  13KT,
 SEA: SLIGHT, HEIGHT 0.5 TO 1.25M,
 SWELL: NW, LOW, HEIGHT 1.0M

FLINDERS IS
 WIND: WSW  16KT

SWAN IS
 WIND: ESE  11KT

EDDYSTONE PT
 WIND: SSE  17KT

BICHENO
 WIND: S     8KT,
 VISIBILITY 10KM, HAZE                  

FRIENDLY BEACHES
 WIND: SSW   7KT

TASMAN ISLAND
 WIND: NNE   4KT

CAPE BRUNY
 WIND: SW   17KT,
 SEA: MODERATE, HEIGHT 1.25 TO 2.5M,
 SWELL: S, LOW, HEIGHT 2.0M,
 DISTANT PRECIPITATION 

CAPE BRUNY AWS
 WIND: W    18KT

MAATSUYKER IS
 WIND: NW   29KT,
 SEA: MODERATE, HEIGHT 1.25 TO 2.5M,
 SWELL: SW, MODERATE, HEIGHT 3.0M,
 DISTANT PRECIPITATION 


LOW ROCKY PT
 WIND: WNW  15KT

NEPTUNE IS
 WIND: S    13KT

CAPE BORDA
 NO REPORT 

CAPE OTWAY
 WIND: WSW  12KT,
 SEA: MODERATE, HEIGHT 1.25 TO 2.5M,
 SWELL: S, LOW, HEIGHT 0 TO 2M

WILSONS PROM     
 WIND: WSW  31KT

GABO IS     
 WIND: SW   25KT,
 SEA: MODERATE, HEIGHT 1.25 TO 2.5M,
 SWELL: S, LOW, HEIGHT 0 TO 2M



NOTE:
1. A "+" sign after a value indicates "greater than".
2. A "<" sign before a value indicates "less than".

PLEASE NOTE - The Bureau's waverider buoy is located approximately 20km
northwest of Cape Sorell on the west coast of Tasmania.

The significant wave height reported from the waverider is approximately
the average of the third highest sea and swell waves combined. This is
approximately the wave height that an experienced mariner would estimate
from the bridge of a ship. The period used here is the period of the waves
with the highest energy.