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Latest Coastal Weather Observations for Queensland

Latest Coastal Weather Observations for Queensland

IDQ60700

Issued at 8:42 pm EST Wednesday 17 December 2025 (issued every 10 minutes, with the page automatically refreshed every 5 minutes)

Where no observation is available within the last 75 minutes, the latest observation is shown in italics and coloured and removed from the table after 30 hours.
Station names link to data for the previous 72 hours. These observations have not been quality controlled.

EASTERN GULF of CARPENTARIA

  Date/Time
EST		 Wind Highest Wind Gust Sea
Height
m		 Swell Vis
km		 Cloud Weather Temp
°C		 Press
MSL
hPa		 Rain since
9am
mm
Dir  Spd
kts		 Gust
kts		  Dir  kts
time		 Height
m		 Period
s		 Dir
Mornington Island Airport 17/08:40pm SSW 3 3 NW 17
09:54am		 - - - - 46 Clear - 26.1 1008.1 47.8
Sweers Island 17/09:00am W 6 - - - - - - - 40 Cloudy Thunderstorm 26.5 1009.5 10.0
Kowanyama 17/08:40pm S 4 5 E 21
11:46am		 - - - - 64 Mostly clear - 26.5 1007.9 0.0
Weipa 17/08:40pm ENE 3 4 E 19
11:45am		 - - - - 52 Mostly clear - 27.9 1007.1 0.0

TORRES STRAIT

  Date/Time
EST		 Wind Highest Wind Gust Sea
Height
m		 Swell Vis
km		 Cloud Weather Temp
°C		 Press
MSL
hPa		 Rain since
9am
mm
Dir  Spd
kts		 Gust
kts		  Dir  kts
time		 Height
m		 Period
s		 Dir
Thursday Island 17/08:40pm - - - - - - - - - - - - 29.0 1006.9 -
Horn Island 17/08:40pm ESE 12 14 ESE 19
01:54pm		 - - - - 54 Mostly clear - 28.7 1007.3 0.0
Coconut Island 17/08:40pm - - - - - - - - - - - - 29.3 1007.1 0.0

PENINSULA COAST: SHARP POINT to CAPE MELVILLE

  Date/Time
EST		 Wind Highest Wind Gust Sea
Height
m		 Swell Vis
km		 Cloud Weather Temp
°C		 Press
MSL
hPa		 Rain since
9am
mm
Dir  Spd
kts		 Gust
kts		  Dir  kts
time		 Height
m		 Period
s		 Dir
Lockhart River 17/08:40pm SE 9 10 E 19
12:20pm		 - - - - 52 Mostly clear - 28.9 1008.3 0.0

COOKTOWN COAST: CAPE MELVILLE to CAPE TRIBULATION

  Date/Time
EST		 Wind Highest Wind Gust Sea
Height
m		 Swell Vis
km		 Cloud Weather Temp
°C		 Press
MSL
hPa		 Rain since
9am
mm
Dir  Spd
kts		 Gust
kts		  Dir  kts
time		 Height
m		 Period
s		 Dir
Cape Flattery 17/08:40pm E 6 7 SSE 21
03:19pm		 - - - - - - - 26.7 1010.0 0.2
Cooktown 17/08:40pm ESE 11 12 ESE 21
03:20pm		 - - - - 24 Partly cloudy - 27.0 1010.2 2.8

CAIRNS COAST: CAPE TRIBULATION to CARDWELL

  Date/Time
EST		 Wind Highest Wind Gust Sea
Height
m		 Swell Vis
km		 Cloud Weather Temp
°C		 Press
MSL
hPa		 Rain since
9am
mm
Dir  Spd
kts		 Gust
kts		  Dir  kts
time		 Height
m		 Period
s		 Dir
Low Isles 17/08:40pm ESE 20 22 ESE 32
06:45pm		 - - - - - - - 26.2 1011.0 31.0
Cairns 17/08:40pm S 12 15 S 22
10:05am		 - - - - 59 Mostly clear - 24.9 1010.9 69.2
Arlington Reef 17/08:40pm SE 16 18 E 33
09:47am		 - - - - - - - - 1011.2 -
Innisfail Aero 17/08:40pm CALM 0 0 E 21
05:09am		 - - - - 34 Mostly clear - 23.6 1012.0 65.6
South Johnstone 17/08:40pm W 2 4 NE 16
05:15am		 - - - - - - - 24.0 1012.2 45.8
Cowley Beach (Defence) 17/08:40pm E 3 4 NE 19
12:15am		 - - - - - - - 27.6 - 72.0
Cardwell 17/09:00am CALM 0 - - - Calm - - E - - - 25.0 1013.1 67.0

TOWNSVILLE COAST: CARDWELL to BOWEN

  Date/Time
EST		 Wind Highest Wind Gust Sea
Height
m		 Swell Vis
km		 Cloud Weather Temp
°C		 Press
MSL
hPa		 Rain since
9am
mm
Dir  Spd
kts		 Gust
kts		  Dir  kts
time		 Height
m		 Period
s		 Dir
Cardwell 17/09:00am CALM 0 - - - Calm - - E - - - 25.0 1013.1 67.0
Lucinda 17/08:40pm E 9 13 ESE 32
10:47am		 - - - - - - - 28.2 1011.7 1.4
Townsville 17/08:40pm ESE 12 14 ESE 26
07:06pm		 - - - - 35 Clear - 27.0 1012.7 0.0
Cape Ferguson 17/08:40pm E 21 24 E 27
02:01am		 - - - - - - - 28.2 1013.1 -
Alva Beach 17/08:40pm NNE 11 17 N 30
02:49am		 - - - - - - - 27.6 1012.7 0.0
Bowen Airport AWS 17/08:40pm ESE 12 15 E 27
01:30pm		 - - - - - - - 27.7 1013.1 0.0

MACKAY COAST: BOWEN to ST LAWRENCE

  Date/Time
EST		 Wind Highest Wind Gust Sea
Height
m		 Swell Vis
km		 Cloud Weather Temp
°C		 Press
MSL
hPa		 Rain since
9am
mm
Dir  Spd
kts		 Gust
kts		  Dir  kts
time		 Height
m		 Period
s		 Dir
Bowen Airport AWS 17/08:40pm ESE 12 15 E 27
01:30pm		 - - - - - - - 27.7 1013.1 0.0
Hamilton Island 17/08:40pm ESE 25 27 ESE 35
05:41pm		 - - - - 44 Mostly clear - 27.1 1013.4 0.8
Proserpine Airport 17/08:40pm ESE 11 15 SE 29
02:02pm		 - - - - 13 Partly cloudy - 26.6 1013.6 0.4
Creal Reef 17/08:40pm ESE 20 22 E 36
06:31pm		 - - - - - - - 27.3 1014.0 -
Mackay 17/08:40pm ESE 12 16 E 25
05:36pm		 - - - - - Partly cloudy - 27.7 1014.5 0.2
Mackay Racecourse 17/08:40pm E 10 14 ESE 25
07:47pm		 - - - - - - - 27.1 - 3.6
Middle Percy Island 17/08:40pm ESE 16 21 ESE 28
07:53pm		 - - - - - - - 25.4 1015.4 0.4
Gannett Cay 17/08:40pm SE 23 25 SE 29
07:27pm		 - - - - - - - 26.0 1015.1 -
St Lawrence 17/08:40pm ESE 8 10 E 24
09:36am		 - - - - - - - 26.5 1015.8 0.0

CORAL SEA

  Date/Time
EST		 Wind Highest Wind Gust Sea
Height
m		 Swell Vis
km		 Cloud Weather Temp
°C		 Press
MSL
hPa		 Rain since
9am
mm
Dir  Spd
kts		 Gust
kts		  Dir  kts
time		 Height
m		 Period
s		 Dir
Bougainville Reef 17/07:30am - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Holmes Reef 17/06:00pm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Willis Island 17/08:40pm ESE 22 24 ESE 28
05:20am		 - - - - - - - 28.1 1011.2 0.0
Lihou Reef Lighthouse 17/08:40pm - - - - - - - - - - - - 28.2 1011.7 -
Flinders Reef 17/08:40pm ESE 21 23 ESE 27
07:53pm		 - - - - - - - 28.2 1011.8 -
Marion Reef 17/08:40pm SE 19 21 ESE 29
04:11pm		 - - - - - - - 27.7 1013.6 -
Creal Reef 17/08:40pm ESE 20 22 E 36
06:31pm		 - - - - - - - 27.3 1014.0 -
Gannett Cay 17/08:40pm SE 23 25 SE 29
07:27pm		 - - - - - - - 26.0 1015.1 -
Cato Island 17/08:40pm - 24 26 - 32
04:30pm		 - - - - - - - 24.6 1015.9 -
Frederick Reef 17/08:40pm ESE 24 26 ESE 26
08:40pm		 - - - - - - - 26.7 1014.2 -

CAPRICORNIA COAST: ST LAWRENCE to BURNETT HEADS

  Date/Time
EST		 Wind Highest Wind Gust Sea
Height
m		 Swell Vis
km		 Cloud Weather Temp
°C		 Press
MSL
hPa		 Rain since
9am
mm
Dir  Spd
kts		 Gust
kts		  Dir  kts
time		 Height
m		 Period
s		 Dir
St Lawrence 17/08:40pm ESE 8 10 E 24
09:36am		 - - - - - - - 26.5 1015.8 0.0
Samuel Hill 17/08:40pm ESE 9 12 SE 25
01:22pm		 - - - - 23 Mostly clear - 24.5 1016.4 3.4
Yeppoon 17/08:40pm ESE 19 24 E 31
07:27pm		 - - - - - - - 26.6 1017.1 0.2
Rosslyn Bay Harbour 17/08:40pm S 17 23 S 28
07:50pm		 - - - - - - - 26.7 1016.5 -
Rundle Island 17/08:40pm SE 32 33 SE 36
06:23pm		 - - - - - - - 26.1 1016.4 -
Gladstone 17/08:40pm ESE 13 16 ESE 36
06:01pm		 - - - - - - - 24.5 1017.6 0.0
Heron Island 17/08:40pm ESE 18 22 SE 34
07:22pm		 - - - - - - - - - -
Lady Elliot Island 17/08:40pm SE 23 26 SE 32
12:51pm		 - - - - - - - 25.4 1018.1 0.0
Seventeen Seventy 17/09:00am SE 13 - - - 2 1.8 5 SE 25 Partly cloudy Fine 27.3 1018.2 3.0

K'GARI (FRASER ISLAND) COAST: SANDY CAPE to DOUBLE ISLAND POINT including HERVEY BAY

  Date/Time
EST		 Wind Highest Wind Gust Sea
Height
m		 Swell Vis
km		 Cloud Weather Temp
°C		 Press
MSL
hPa		 Rain since
9am
mm
Dir  Spd
kts		 Gust
kts		  Dir  kts
time		 Height
m		 Period
s		 Dir
Bundaberg 17/08:40pm SSE 10 12 SE 31
02:35pm		 - - - - 20 Partly cloudy - 22.9 1018.9 8.6
Hervey Bay 17/08:40pm SE 10 12 SE 27
01:58pm		 - - - - 41 Mostly clear - 24.3 1019.1 0.2
Rainbow Beach 17/09:00am SE 20 - - - 3 - - - - Cloudy Fine 25.5 1019.8 46.0
Double Island Point 17/05:30am - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

SUNSHINE COAST: DOUBLE ISLAND POINT to CAPE MORETON

  Date/Time
EST		 Wind Highest Wind Gust Sea
Height
m		 Swell Vis
km		 Cloud Weather Temp
°C		 Press
MSL
hPa		 Rain since
9am
mm
Dir  Spd
kts		 Gust
kts		  Dir  kts
time		 Height
m		 Period
s		 Dir
Double Island Point 17/05:30am - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Tewantin 17/08:40pm ESE 8 11 ESE 22
12:48pm		 - - - - - - - 23.9 1020.2 0.2
Sunshine Coast Airport 17/08:40pm SE 14 17 SSE 28
06:43am		 - - - - 29 Partly cloudy - 24.1 1020.2 0.0
Cape Moreton 17/08:40pm SE 13 15 SE 35
03:03am		 - - - - - - - 22.6 1020.2 0.0

GOLD COAST: CAPE MORETON to POINT DANGER including MORETON BAY

  Date/Time
EST		 Wind Highest Wind Gust Sea
Height
m		 Swell Vis
km		 Cloud Weather Temp
°C		 Press
MSL
hPa		 Rain since
9am
mm
Dir  Spd
kts		 Gust
kts		  Dir  kts
time		 Height
m		 Period
s		 Dir
Cape Moreton 17/08:40pm SE 13 15 SE 35
03:03am		 - - - - - - - 22.6 1020.2 0.0
North West 10 Beacon 17/08:40pm SE 17 18 SE 27
01:37am		 - - - - - - - - - -
Inner Beacon 17/08:40pm SE 15 17 SSE 30
01:06am		 - - - - - - - - - -
Hope Banks Beacon 17/08:40pm SE 13 14 SE 27
02:17am		 - - - - - - - - - -
Banana Bank 17/08:40pm SE 13 15 SE 27
03:47am		 - - - - - - - - - -
Brisbane Airport 17/08:40pm SSE 7 10 ESE 21
04:37pm		 - - - - 45 Clear - 22.9 1021.0 0.0
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 17/08:40pm SSE 4 5 SE 21
10:39am		 - - - - - - - 22.1 - 0.0
Point Lookout 17/09:00am SSE 4 - - - 2 1.8 9 SE 20 Partly cloudy Fine 26.7 - 0.0
Gold Coast Seaway 17/08:40pm SE 15 17 SE 24
02:02pm		 - - - - - - - 23.1 1021.1 0.0
Coolangatta 17/08:40pm S 6 7 SE 21
05:52pm		 - - - - 39 Mostly clear - 21.5 1021.3 0.0

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Data quality

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