South West Coastal Waters Forecast: South East Cape to Low Rocky Point

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Forecast issued at 4:00 am EST on Tuesday 28 July 2026.

Weather Situation

A cold front is crossing Tasmania today, followed by a weaker trough later today with a cold southwesterly airstream to follow. The airstream will then tend more westerly during Thursday and Friday as a large high pressure centre establishes near the South Australian coast.

Forecast for Tuesday until midnight

Gale Warning for Tuesday for South West Coast

Winds
North to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots, reaching up to 35 knots offshore during the morning. Winds tending west to northwesterly during the afternoon and evening.
Seas
2.5 to 4 metres.
Swell
Southwesterly 3 to 4 metres, decreasing to 3 metres during the morning.
Weather
Cloudy. Near 100% chance of showers, with possible small hail late this afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm during the morning and afternoon.

Wednesday 29 July

Gale Warning for Wednesday for South West Coast

Winds
West to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots turning southwesterly early in the morning then tending westerly in the late evening. Winds reaching up to 35 knots during the morning.
Seas
2 to 3 metres.
1st Swell
Southwesterly 4 to 6 metres, tending westerly 5 to 6 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 4 metres by early evening.
2nd Swell
Northeast to southeasterly below 1 metre, tending southerly 1 to 2 metres around midday.
Weather
Cloudy. Near 100% chance of showers, with possible small hail.

Thursday 30 July

Winds
West to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres.
1st Swell
Southwesterly 3 to 4 metres, decreasing to 3 metres during the afternoon.
2nd Swell
Southerly 1.5 metres, tending southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
Weather
Cloudy. 90% 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 10:00 am EST Tuesday.

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