Lower East Coastal Waters Forecast: Wineglass Bay to Tasman Island

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Forecast issued at 4:00 am EDT on Monday 1 December 2025.

Weather Situation

A cold front with an associated low pressure system is currently moving over the north of the state, before a ridge of high pressure builds over Tasmania during Tuesday. Northwesterly flow will strengthen over the state on Wednesday ahead of another cold front forecast to cross the state on Thursday.

Forecast for Monday until midnight

Winds
Variable below 10 knots becoming southerly 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day then tending southwesterly in the late evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
South to southwesterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Tuesday 2 December

Winds
Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the morning. Winds shifting northerly in the late afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre around midday.
Swell
South to southwesterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Wednesday 3 December

Winds
North to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
Southwesterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore.
Weather
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

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 EDT Monday.

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