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

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