Great Barrier Reef Offshore Waters Forecast: Bowen to Yeppoon

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Forecast issued at 4:45 am EST on Thursday 7 December 2023.

Weather Situation

A high in the Tasman Sea will maintain a ridge over the north Queensland waters for several days. Severe Tropical Cyclone Jasper is forecast to further develop while drifting south-southwest over the next few days. Enhanced seas and swells could start to affect the North Queensland Waters outside the reef from Thursday this week. Jasper is forecast to gradually move in a general southwesterly track towards the Queensland coast early next week.

Forecast for Thursday until midnight

Winds
East to southeasterly 15 to 25 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres north of Creal Reef by early evening.
Swell
Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres north of Creal Reef.
Weather
Mostly sunny.

Friday 8 December

Winds
East to southeasterly 20 to 25 knots.
Seas
1 to 2 metres.
Swell
East to northeasterly 1 to 2 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Saturday 9 December

Winds
East to southeasterly 20 to 30 knots.
Seas
1 to 2 metres.
Swell
East to northeasterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

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 Thursday.

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