K'gari Coastal Waters Forecast: Sandy Cape to Double Island Point

No warnings for Queensland

Forecast issued at 4:45 am EST on Tuesday 30 September 2025.

Weather Situation

A weak ridge over the South Queensland Waters will weaken from Wednesday as a trough move east over interior Queensland. The trough will move off the southeast and central coast later Thursday or early Friday. A large high moving east over southern Australia will extend a firms ridge over the South Queensland waters in the wake of the trough.

Forecast for Tuesday until midnight

Winds
Easterly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
Swell
Northeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Wednesday 1 October

Winds
East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning northerly in the late morning.
Seas
Around 1 metre.
Swell
Northeasterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Thursday 2 October

Winds
North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Northeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Mostly sunny.

Please be awareWind and wave forecasts are averages. Wind gusts can be 40 per cent stronger than the forecast, and stronger still in squalls and thunderstorms. Maximum waves can be twice the forecast height.

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The next routine forecast will be issued at 3:50 pm EST Tuesday.

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