Investigator Strait Coastal Waters Forecast

View the current warnings for South Australia

Forecast issued at 3:50 pm CST on Saturday 3 June 2023.

Weather Situation

A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea combined with a slow-moving low pressure system over the Bight will maintain a mild to warm northeasterly flow over most of SA on Saturday. A trough associated with the low will move across western coasts during Sunday as the low weakens. North to northeasterly winds will continue early in the week ahead of another change mid-week.

Forecast for Saturday until midnight

Winds
Easterly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres later in the evening.
Swell
West to southwesterly below 1 metre, increasing to around 1 metre through the Backstairs Passage.
Weather
Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm later this evening.

Sunday 4 June

Winds
Easterly 20 to 25 knots turning northeasterly 15 to 25 knots during the morning.
Seas
1 to 2 metres.
Swell
West to southwesterly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres through the Backstairs Passage.
Weather
Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening.

Monday 5 June

Winds
Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
Swell
West to southwesterly below 1 metre, increasing to around 1 metre through the Backstairs Passage.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Tuesday 6 June

Winds
Northerly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
Swell
West to southwesterly 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 5:10 am CST Sunday.

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