Ningaloo Coastal Waters Forecast: North West Cape to Cape Cuvier

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Forecast issued at 1:01 am WST on Wednesday 21 January 2026.

Weather Situation

A deep trough is located offshore, while a firm ridge envelops southern WA. The ridge starts to shift east later today, allowing the trough to move inland across the west coast on Thursday ahead of a weak cold front brushing the south coast on Friday. A weak ridge will form in the southwest before another cold front approaches over the weekend.

Forecast for Wednesday until midnight

Winds
West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending northeast to southeasterly in the early morning then tending northwest to southwesterly in the middle of the day. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore south of Coral Bay during the morning and again in the late evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
Swell
Southwesterly 2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 2 metres by early evening.
Weather
Sunny.

Thursday 22 January

Winds
Southeast to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending north to northwesterly in the morning then tending northwest to southwesterly in the evening. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore south of Coral Bay early in the morning and again in the evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore south of Coral Bay by early evening.
Swell
Southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
Weather
Sunny.

Friday 23 January

Winds
Southerly 20 to 30 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
Swell
Southwesterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Weather
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.

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The next routine forecast will be issued at 7:01 am WST Wednesday.

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