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Far West Coastal Waters Forecast: WA-SA Border to Fowlers Bay

View the current warnings for South Australia

Forecast issued at 9:30 am CDT on Friday 17 October 2025.

Weather Situation

A high pressure system is becoming established over the Bight, which will then move eastwards today into early Saturday, to be centred over the Tasman Sea by late Saturday. Another cold front will move over SA coasts on Sunday. A high pressure system will move over waters south of the Bight early to mid next week.

Forecast for Friday until midnight

Winds
East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the early afternoon.
Seas
Around 1 metre.
Swell
Southwesterly 2 to 2.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Saturday 18 October

Winds
Easterly 15 to 20 knots turning northeasterly early in the morning. Winds reaching up to 25 knots offshore during the morning.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.
Swell
Southwesterly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres around midday.
Weather
Sunny day. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore in the evening.

Sunday 19 October

Winds
South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the evening.

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 3:30 pm CDT Friday.

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