Gulf St Vincent Coastal Waters Forecast

View the current warnings for South Australia

Forecast updated at 9:04 am CDT on Tuesday 5 December 2023.

Weather Situation

A high pressure system over the Bight will weaken overnight as a low pressure trough moves inland over southern SA. Another high pressure ridge will extend across waters to the south of SA during the week. A trough through the middle levels of the atmosphere will move across the south of SA over the weekend.

Forecast for Tuesday until midnight

Winds
South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending south to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon and evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.
Swell
South to southwesterly below 0.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Wednesday 6 December

Winds
Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning southerly 15 to 20 knots in the morning. Winds reaching up to 25 knots near the Yorke Peninsula coast in the evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning, then increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
South to southwesterly below 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Thursday 7 December

Winds
Southerly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres near the Yorke Peninsula coast during the evening.
Swell
South to southwesterly below 0.5 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 CDT Tuesday.

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