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Marine Guides

The mini-guides to Marine Weather Services are intended to provide compact and essential information on Australia's marine forecasts and warnings for each State and the Northern Territory. They contain information on routine marine forecasts, definitions and terminology used, wind and warning categories, and information on forecast and warning delivery systems. A pocket-sized copy of this guide is available by contacting the Bureau's Weather Services Coordinator in your nearest capital city. Regional Guides (pdf documents) New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Northern Territory Please note that you must download Adobe Acrobat Reader (available free from ADOBE) to open the PDF versions of these guides. If you encounter problems reading the PDF versions, ensure you have version 3.1 or later of Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click here to contact us if problems still exist.

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