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Leeuwin Coastal Waters Forecast: Cape Naturaliste to Walpole

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Forecast issued at 4:00 pm WST on Saturday 19 April 2025.

Weather Situation

A strong high pressure system will move through the Southern Ocean during the next few days as a new trough starts to deepen offshore from the west coast by Sunday. The trough will move inland during Wednesday.

Forecast for Saturday until midnight

Winds
Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning easterly below 10 knots in the late evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southwesterly 2 to 2.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Sunday 20 April

Winds
Variable about 10 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southwesterly 2 to 2.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Monday 21 April

Winds
East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the early afternoon then tending east to northeasterly in the late evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southwesterly 2 to 3 metres.
Weather
Mostly sunny.

Tuesday 22 April

Winds
Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots turning north to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the day.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
1st Swell
Southwesterly 2 to 3 metres.
2nd Swell
East to southeasterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to around 1 metre offshore east of Cape Leeuwin.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

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 4:00 am WST Sunday.

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