Banks Strait and Franklin Forecast

View the current warnings for Tasmania

Forecast updated at 4:58 pm EDT on Saturday 15 February 2025.

Weather Situation

A cool southerly airstream over Tasmania will ease during Sunday as a high pressure approaches Tasmania from the west. The high will weaken to the west of Tasmania during Monday, with a cold front to cross the state early Tuesday. A southwesterly stream is expected to develop during Tuesday and slowly ease through Wednesday as a high builds south of the Bight.

Forecast for Saturday until midnight

Winds
Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots about Franklin Sound in the late evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres about Franklin Sound.
Swell
West to southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Weather
Cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Sunday 16 February

Winds
Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore during the morning. Winds turning southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre around midday.
Swell
Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then increasing to 2 metres during the afternoon.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Monday 17 February

Winds
Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable below 10 knots in the morning then becoming west to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then tending southerly around 1 metre by early evening.
Weather
Mostly sunny.

Tuesday 18 February

Winds
Westerly 15 to 20 knots shifting south to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Southeast to southwesterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

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

Tas - BANKS STRAIGHT AND FRANKLIN SOUND Tas - CENTRAL NORTH COAST, Stanley to the Northern Tip of Flinders Is Tas - EAST OF FLINDERS ISLAND, Northern Tip of Flinders Is to St Helens Pt Tas - UPPER EAST COAST, St Helens Pt to Wineglass Bay Tas - LOWER EAST COAST, Wineglass Bay to Tasman Island Tas - SOUTHEAST COAST, Tasman Is to South East Cape Tas - SOUTHWEST COAST, South East Cape to Low Rocky Pt Tas - CENTRAL WEST COAST, Low Rocky Pt to Sandy Cape Tas - FAR NORTHWEST COAST, Sandy Cape to Stanley and King Island Vic - East Gippsland Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast Vic - Central Gippsland Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast Vic - Central Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast Vic - West Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast

The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Sunday.

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