North East Gulf of Carpentaria Forecast

View the current warnings for Queensland

Forecast issued at 9:44 am EST on Friday 21 November 2025.

Weather Situation

A weak trough over the northern Gulf waters will contract northward and dissipate later this week.

Forecast for Friday until midnight

Winds
Easterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the early afternoon.
Seas
Around 1 metre.
Swell
Below 0.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore in the afternoon.

Saturday 22 November

Winds
East to northeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the early morning then becoming variable about 10 knots in the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Below 0.5 metres.
Weather
Mostly sunny.

Sunday 23 November

Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming northeast to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning then tending northwest to southwesterly during the afternoon.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Below 0.5 metres.
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.

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The next routine forecast will be issued at 3:00 pm EST Friday.

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