South East Coastal Waters Forecast: Tasman Island to South East Cape

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Forecast issued at 4:05 pm EDT on Tuesday 27 October 2026.

Weather Situation

A cool west to southwesterly airstream persists over Tasmania until Wednesday as a ridge of high pressure extends from south of the Bight over Victoria, and a broad area of low pressure lies well to the south of Tasmania. The high is forecast to move eastwards over Bass Strait during Thursday and Friday, before a trough crosses the state on Saturday.

Forecast for Tuesday until midnight

Gale Warning for Tuesday for South East Coast

Winds
Westerly 25 to 35 knots.
Seas
2 to 3 metres, increasing to 2.5 to 4 metres offshore.
Swell
West to southwesterly 2 to 3 metres inshore, increasing to 3 to 4 metres offshore.
Weather
Cloudy. 50% chance of showers offshore, near zero chance elsewhere.

Wednesday 28 October

Gale Warning for Wednesday for South East Coast

Winds
Westerly 25 to 35 knots turning southwesterly 25 to 30 knots in the late morning and afternoon.
Seas
2.5 to 3 metres, increasing to 2 to 4 metres inshore during the morning.
Swell
Southwesterly 3 to 5 metres.
Weather
Cloudy. 90% chance of showers.

Thursday 29 October

Winds
Westerly 25 to 30 knots increasing to 25 to 35 knots in the middle of the day then decreasing to 25 to 30 knots in the evening.
Seas
2.5 to 3 metres.
Swell
Southwesterly 4 to 5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers.

Friday 30 October

Winds
Westerly 20 to 30 knots tending northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the day then becoming variable about 10 knots during the evening.
Seas
2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
Southwesterly 3 to 5 metres, decreasing to 3 metres during the evening.
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 pm EDT Tuesday.

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