West Victoria Coastal Waters Forecast: SA-Vic Border to Cape Otway

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Forecast issued at 4:10 am EDT on Tuesday 13 October 2026.

Weather Situation

A cold front will move across Tasmania and Bass Strait early this morning. A cool southwesterly airstream will follow as a high pressure system drifts eastwards across the Bight. By Thursday the high will be centred near Tasmania and will direct a warmer east to northeasterly flow over Victoria. The high will move over the Tasman Sea on Friday.

Forecast for Tuesday until midnight

Strong Wind Warning for Tuesday for West Coast

Winds
Westerly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots during the morning. Winds turning south to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the day.
Seas
2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
Southwesterly 4 to 5 metres.
Weather
Cloudy.

Wednesday 14 October

Winds
Southerly 10 to 15 knots turning southeasterly during the day.
Seas
Around 1 metre.
1st Swell
Southwesterly 3 to 4 metres, decreasing to 3 metres during the afternoon.
2nd Swell
Below 0.5 metres, tending southerly 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
Weather
Cloudy.

Thursday 15 October

Winds
Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning easterly 15 to 20 knots during the morning.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres in the east during the afternoon.
1st Swell
Southwesterly 2 to 2.5 metres.
2nd Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, tending east to southeasterly below 0.5 metres during the afternoon.
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.

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The next routine forecast will be issued at 10:00 am EDT Tuesday.

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