View the current warnings for Tasmania
Forecast issued at 10:00 pm EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025.
Weather Situation
A ridge of high pressure lingers across Tasmania this evening as a trough approaches from the southwest, forecast to cross the state during Thursday. A weak ridge is then expected to pass to the south on Friday, before a low pressure system moves over the state on Saturday, lingering about the east coast on Sunday.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- Westerly 10 to 15 knots.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly clear.
Thursday 18 December
- Winds
- Westerly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Friday 19 December
- Winds
- South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots shifting easterly 15 to 20 knots in the late morning.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Swell
- East to northeasterly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 50% chance of showers.
Saturday 20 December
- Winds
- Easterly 15 to 20 knots shifting west to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon or evening.
- Swell
- Easterly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres about Banks Strait during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning.
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 4:00 am EDT Thursday.
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