Central Gippsland Coastal Waters Forecast: Wilsons Promontory to Lakes Entrance

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Forecast issued at 5:10 am EST on Friday 11 July 2025.

Weather Situation

A front is forecast to cross Victorian coastal waters during today before a high pressure system crosses NSW and extends a ridge over Bass Strait on Saturday. Northwesterly winds will freshen on Sunday ahead of a cold front that is forecast to enter the western Bass Strait during the afternoon before reaching eastern waters at night. Another cold front will approach from the west on Monday.

Forecast for Friday until midnight

Gale Warning for Friday for Central Gippsland Coast

Winds
Westerly 25 to 30 knots, reaching up to 35 knots offshore in the early afternoon. Winds turning southwesterly in the evening.
Seas
2.5 to 3 metres.
Swell
Westerly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres around midday, then tending west to southwesterly 1 to 2 metres by early evening.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the east in the late morning and afternoon.

Saturday 12 July

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Central Gippsland Coast

Winds
West to southwesterly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore early in the morning. Winds tending west to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the day.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
Swell
West to southwesterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
Weather
Cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Sunday 13 July

Winds
Northwesterly 20 to 30 knots tending westerly 25 to 30 knots during the evening.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres, increasing to 2 to 4 metres during the afternoon or evening.
Swell
West to southwesterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore during the evening.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers.

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.

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The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:40 pm EST Friday.

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