No warnings for Tasmania
Forecast issued at 10:00 pm EDT on Friday 2 January 2026.
Weather Situation
A ridge of high pressure will persist over Tasmania on Friday. A low pressure trough is expected to cross the state on Saturday then linger off the east coast on Sunday. On Monday a new ridge of high pressure will extend across from the northwest. The main high pressure centre will move eastwards on Tuesday but will continue to extend a ridge over Tasmania.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- Easterly 10 to 15 knots.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
Saturday 3 January
- Winds
- East to northeasterly about 10 knots becoming north to northwesterly before dawn then tending south to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the morning.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, decreasing below 0.5 metres during the morning, then increasing to around 1 metre around midday.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Sunday 4 January
- Winds
- Southerly 10 to 15 knots shifting east to northeasterly below 10 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
Monday 5 January
- Winds
- Variable below 10 knots becoming south to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the day then becoming variable below 10 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Tuesday 6 January
- Winds
- West to northwesterly below 10 knots tending east to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning then becoming variable about 10 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly 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.
- This forecast is also available via scheduled broadcasts on marine radio.
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:00 am EDT Saturday.
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