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Forecast issued at 7:01 pm WST on Wednesday 12 November 2025.
Weather Situation
A weak cold front is brushing past the south coast, as a west coast trough moves inland. A new ridge building about southwest WA from Thursday will extend east along the south coast on the weekend, ahead of another weak front brushing past the south coast on Friday. The west coast trough will redevelop on Sunday.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Thursday 13 November
- Winds
- South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots east of Esperance in the late morning and afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres east of Hopetoun.
- Swell
- Southwesterly 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Friday 14 November
- Winds
- Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning southerly in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres east of Esperance.
- 2nd Swell
- Southeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Saturday 15 November
- Winds
- Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres east of Esperance during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southwesterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- 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 1:01 am WST Thursday.
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