Channel Forecast

View the current warnings for Tasmania

Forecast issued at 10:00 pm EST on Monday 29 June 2026.

Weather Situation

A weak trough is expected to approach Tasmania from the west today and cross during Tuesday, bringing a north to northwesterly airstream to the state. Winds tend more northerly on Wednesday as a stronger trough approaches from the west, crossing Tasmania from late Wednesday. A weakening low is expected to move from western Bass Strait to the east Friday morning before a cold front follows in the afternoon.

Forecast for Monday until midnight

Winds
North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Weather
Cloudy.

Tuesday 30 June

Winds
North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending north to northwesterly below 10 knots during the morning.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Weather
Cloudy. 90% chance of showers.

Wednesday 1 July

Winds
North to northwesterly below 10 knots tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon.
Seas
Below 0.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Thursday 2 July

Winds
North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending north to northwesterly below 10 knots during the day.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Weather
Cloudy. 90% chance of showers.

Friday 3 July

Winds
Northerly about 10 knots tending northwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning then tending westerly 15 to 20 knots during the day.
Seas
Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the evening.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers, with possible small hail in the afternoon and evening.

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.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:00 am EST Tuesday.

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