Upper West Coastal Waters Forecast: Fowlers Bay to Elliston

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
Variable about 10 knots.
Seas
Below 0.5 metres.
Swell
Southwesterly 2 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Sunday 4 June

Winds
Variable about 10 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southwesterly 2 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Monday 5 June

Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southwesterly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the morning.
Weather
Sunny.

Tuesday 6 June

Winds
North to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots increasing to 30 knots before turning west to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the evening.
Swell
Southwesterly 1.5 metres.
Weather
Sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and 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.

Nearby Coastal Waters

WA - Eucla Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast Vic - West Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast SA - Lower South East Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast SA - Upper South East Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast SA - Adelaide Metropolitan Waters Forecast SA - Gulf St Vincent - Coastal Waters Forecast SA - Spencer Gulf - Coastal Waters Forecast SA - Investigator Strait - Coastal Waters Forecast SA - South Central Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast SA - Central Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast SA - Lower West Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast SA - Upper West Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast SA - Far West Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast

The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:10 am CST Sunday.

Product IDS11062