Ningaloo Coastal Waters Forecast: North West Cape to Cape Cuvier

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Forecast updated at 9:05 am WST on Saturday 7 March 2026.

Weather Situation

A ridge of high pressure extends over southern waters, while a deep trough sits near the west coast. The trough is expected to move inland today, ahead of a weak cold front moving through the Bight from Sunday. Another ridge will move into the southwest next week.

Forecast for Saturday until midnight

Winds
East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore north of Coral Bay in the late morning and early afternoon. Winds tending southeast to southwesterly in the middle of the day.
Seas
Around 1 metre.
1st Swell
Southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
2nd Swell
Northeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore in the afternoon and evening.

Sunday 8 March

Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming northwest to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day then becoming variable about 10 knots in the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
1st Swell
Southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
2nd Swell
North to northeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Sunny.

Monday 9 March

Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming southwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore south of Coral Bay during the afternoon or evening.
1st Swell
South to southwesterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, tending northwest to southwesterly 2 metres during the morning.
2nd Swell
Northerly around 1 metre.
Weather
Mostly sunny.

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 pm WST Saturday.

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