South East Coastal Waters Forecast: Tasman Island to South East Cape

View the current warnings for Tasmania

Forecast issued at 10:00 am EDT on Monday 24 November 2025.

Weather Situation

A high pressure centre to the south maintains an easterly flow. The high centre is expected to move away to the southeast, shifting the flow northeasterly ahead of an approaching trough to the northwest of the state on Monday. The trough is expected to move over the state on Tuesday, followed by a cold front later Wednesday. A westerly flow will prevail on Thursday following the front.

Forecast for Monday until midnight

Winds
Easterly 15 to 20 knots turning northeasterly 15 to 25 knots in the early afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres near Cape Bruny during the afternoon.
1st Swell
Southwesterly 1.5 metres.
2nd Swell
Northeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Tuesday 25 November

Strong Wind Warning for Tuesday for South East Coast

Winds
Northeasterly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots during the morning. Winds shifting west to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots in the late afternoon.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
1st Swell
Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres around midday.
2nd Swell
Southwesterly 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
Weather
Cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening.

Wednesday 26 November

Winds
Northwesterly 15 to 25 knots turning westerly 20 to 30 knots during the day.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres.
1st Swell
Northeasterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, tending easterly 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon or evening.
2nd Swell
Westerly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
Weather
Cloudy. 80% chance of showers.

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.

Nearby Coastal Waters

Tas - BANKS STRAIGHT AND FRANKLIN SOUND Tas - CENTRAL NORTH COAST, Stanley to the Northern Tip of Flinders Is Tas - EAST OF FLINDERS ISLAND, Northern Tip of Flinders Is to St Helens Pt Tas - UPPER EAST COAST, St Helens Pt to Wineglass Bay Tas - LOWER EAST COAST, Wineglass Bay to Tasman Island Tas - SOUTHEAST COAST, Tasman Is to South East Cape Tas - SOUTHWEST COAST, South East Cape to Low Rocky Pt Tas - CENTRAL WEST COAST, Low Rocky Pt to Sandy Cape Tas - FAR NORTHWEST COAST, Sandy Cape to Stanley and King Island Vic - East Gippsland Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast Vic - Central Gippsland Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast Vic - Central Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast Vic - West Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:05 pm EDT Monday.

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