Ningaloo Coastal Waters Forecast: North West Cape to Cape Cuvier

View the current warnings for Western Australia

Forecast issued at 7:01 pm WST on Wednesday 18 February 2026.

Weather Situation

A ridge is strengthening over the southwest and will build across southern WA this week. A west coast trough is developing, pushing south to southeasterly winds up the coast until it moves inland on Thursday. A cold front is expected to pass the south coast on Friday, bringing southerly winds in its wake, tending southeasterly as a ridge extends over the southwest during the weekend.

Forecast for Wednesday until midnight

Winds
Variable about 10 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southwesterly 2 to 2.5 metres.
Weather
Clear.

Thursday 19 February

Winds
Southwesterly about 10 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the early morning. Winds reaching up to 25 knots offshore south of Coral Bay in the late evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore south of Coral Bay during the afternoon.
Swell
Southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
Weather
Sunny.

Friday 20 February

Winds
South to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots becoming southwesterly 20 to 30 knots in the evening then tending south to southwesterly 20 to 25 knots in the late evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
Southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
Weather
Sunny.

Saturday 21 February

Winds
South to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots.
Seas
2 to 2.5 metres.
Swell
South to southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 2 to 2.5 metres offshore.
Weather
Cloud clearing.

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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