View the current warnings for Victoria
Forecast issued at 4:15 pm EDT on Friday 26 December 2025.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system extends a broad ridge over Victoria as it slowly moves east from the Bight, over Tasmania on Saturday and out to the Tasman Sea on Sunday. This ridge will begin clearing as a trough enters the far west late Monday, slowly moving over the state on Tuesday.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- Southerly 10 to 15 knots.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly clear.
Saturday 27 December
- Winds
- Southerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots in the south early in the morning. Winds tending southeasterly in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Sunday 28 December
- Winds
- East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending south to southeasterly in the early afternoon then tending east to southeasterly in the late evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Monday 29 December
- Winds
- East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable below 10 knots during the morning then becoming east to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Tuesday 30 December
- Winds
- East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending north to northeasterly during the morning then shifting south to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Becoming cloudy.
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 10:00 pm EDT Friday.
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