View the current warnings for Tasmania
Forecast issued at 4:00 am EST on Thursday 30 July 2026.
Weather Situation
A cold southwesterly airstream persists over Tasmania, tending more westerly during today and on Friday as a large high pressure centre establishes over the South Australian coast. The high centre will then slowly cross the southeastern mainland later Friday and during Saturday as a low centre and associated cold front approach Tasmania from the west and cross on Monday.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
- Winds
- Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots turning westerly in the morning. Winds reaching up to 25 knots about Franklin Sound in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres around midday.
- Swell
- South to southeasterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres about Banks Strait during the morning.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Friday 31 July
- Winds
- Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the early morning.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southeast to southwesterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres about Banks Strait during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Saturday 1 August
- Winds
- North to northwesterly about 10 knots.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- South to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 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.
Nearby Coastal Waters
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- This forecast is also available via scheduled broadcasts on marine radio.
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 10:00 am EST Thursday.
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