Upper East Coastal Waters Forecast: St Helens Point to Wineglass Bay

View the current warnings for Tasmania

Forecast updated at 5:02 am EST on Thursday 2 July 2026.

Weather Situation

A weakening cold front embedded in a northwesterly airstream will cross Tasmania today, with another stronger cold front to cross tomorrow morning. A cold and gusty southwesterly airstream will then establish during Friday and Saturday, with the coldest air to cross during Saturday. The airstream is then expected to tend south to southwesterly and ease during Sunday as a high pressure centre approaches Tasmania from the west, forecast to cross later in the day.

Forecast for Thursday until midnight

Gale Warning for Thursday for Upper East Coast

Winds
Northerly 20 to 30 knots tending northwesterly in the early morning. Winds reaching up to 35 knots offshore during the morning and early afternoon.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres, increasing to 2 to 4 metres during the morning.
Swell
Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres later in the evening.
Weather
Cloudy. Near 100% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore in the early morning.

Friday 3 July

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Upper East Coast

Winds
Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore during the morning. Winds turning west to southwesterly in the late morning.
Seas
2 to 3 metres.
1st Swell
Southerly below 1 metre, tending southwesterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres by early evening.
2nd Swell
Northeasterly 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers.

Saturday 4 July

Winds
Westerly 20 to 30 knots turning southwesterly during the day.
Seas
2 to 3 metres.
Swell
South to southwesterly 2 to 3 metres, increasing to 2 to 4 metres during the afternoon or evening.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers, with possible small hail.

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 Thursday.

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