Banks Strait and Franklin Forecast

View the current warnings for Tasmania

Forecast issued at 4:00 am EST on Sunday 10 May 2026.

Weather Situation

A high pressure centre lies over the Bight and extends a ridge of high pressure over Tasmania, bringing mostly settled weather to the state. The high is expected to slowly approach Tasmania during Sunday and Monday, then pass close to the south during Tuesday before moving over the Tasman Sea on Wednesday.

Forecast for Sunday until midnight

Winds
Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southeast to southwesterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Monday 11 May

Winds
South to southeasterly below 10 knots becoming east to northeasterly in the middle of the day.
Seas
Below 0.5 metres.
Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Tuesday 12 May

Winds
Easterly 10 to 15 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

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 10:00 am EST Sunday.

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