View the current warnings for Victoria
Forecast issued at 5:10 am EDT on Tuesday 8 October 2024.
Weather Situation
A high pressure ridge enters from the west today, gradually moving eastwards over the next few days. The ridge will remain over the State until early Thursday as the centre of the high moves out over the Tasman sea and the next cold front crosses Victoria. Another high pressure system approaches from the west extending a ridge over the State on Friday, as a cold front slips through southern Bass Strait.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots in the east during the morning. Winds decreasing to about 10 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
- Swell
- Southwesterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, tending southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Wednesday 9 October
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, decreasing below 0.5 metres during the morning, then increasing to around 1 metre during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Thursday 10 October
- Winds
- Northerly 20 to 30 knots shifting west to southwesterly during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres offshore.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- East to northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly 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
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- This forecast is also available via scheduled broadcasts on marine radio.
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:40 pm EDT Tuesday.
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