IDQ11292
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
Issued at 9:08 pm EST on Tuesday 18 November 2025
for the period until midnight EST Friday 21 November 2025.
Please be aware
Wind 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.
A weak trough over the Peninsula waters will contract northward and weakening later this week. A weak ridge will extend over the North Queensland waters to the south of trough from Wednesday, before extending northward throughout the northern waters from Friday.
Winds: West to northwesterly below 10 knots. Seas: Below 0.5 metres. Swell: Below 0.5 metres. Weather: Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Winds: West to northwesterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots before dawn then becoming west to southwesterly about 10 knots in the early afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Below 0.5 metres. Weather: Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning.
Winds: Variable below 10 knots. Seas: Below 0.5 metres. Swell: Below 0.5 metres. Weather: Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.
Winds: Variable about 10 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Below 0.5 metres. Weather: Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning.
Winds: Variable below 10 knots. Seas: Below 0.5 metres. Swell: Below 0.5 metres. Weather: Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming easterly 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day. Winds reaching up to 20 knots inshore in the late afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre. Weather: Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots turning southeasterly in the late afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef by early evening. Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre. Weather: Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.
Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef. Swell: Southeasterly below 1 metre. Weather: Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.
Winds: East to southeasterly about 10 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Below 0.5 metres. Weather: Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Winds: Easterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Easterly below 1 metre. Weather: Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm north of Cooktown.
Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots. Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef during the morning. Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre. Weather: Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm north of Cooktown in the early morning.
Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots. Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef. Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre. Weather: Partly cloudy.
Winds: East to northeasterly about 10 knots. Seas: Below 0.5 metres. Weather: Mostly clear.
Winds: East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Northeast to southeasterly below 1 metre. Weather: Mostly sunny.
Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots. Seas: Around 1 metre. Swell: Easterly below 1 metre. Weather: Mostly sunny.
Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre. Weather: Mostly sunny.
Winds: East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Below 0.5 metres. Weather: Clear.
Winds: East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Below 0.5 metres. Weather: Sunny.
Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre. Weather: Sunny.
Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning easterly 15 to 20 knots during the day. Seas: Around 1 metre. Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre. Weather: Mostly sunny.
Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots. Seas: Around 1 metre. Swell: Below 0.5 metres. Weather: Clear.
Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots in the late evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Easterly below 1 metre. Weather: Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore in the afternoon.
Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Easterly below 1 metre. Weather: Sunny.
Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots. Seas: Around 1 metre. Swell: Easterly below 1 metre. Weather: Mostly sunny.
Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Below 0.5 metres. Weather: Clear.
Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots in the late evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre. Weather: Sunny.
Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots in the late evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre. Weather: Sunny.
Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots during the morning then increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the day. Seas: Around 1 metre. Swell: Easterly around 1 metre. Weather: Mostly sunny.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 3:00 am EST Wednesday.
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