Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
UPDATED Local Waters Forecast
Yanchep to Mandurah and Offshore to Rottnest Island
Issued at 6:05 am WST on Tuesday 9 February 2010
Valid until midnight Thursday
Warnings
Nil.
Synoptic Situation
A trough just inland from the coast.
Forecasts:
Tuesday until midnight: S/SE winds 10/15 knots increasing to S/SW 15/20 knots in
the afternoon. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to 1.0m.
Swell at Cottesloe: to 0.3m.
Winds on Melville Water: Similar, generally 5 knots lighter.
Wednesday: S'ly winds 13/18 knots tending S/SW 15/20 knots in the afternoon.
Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to 1.0m.
Thursday: S/SE winds 13/18 knots tending S/SW 20/25 knots in the afternoon.
Current Swell Observations:
Rottnest Waverider Buoy: 0.8m.
Cottesloe Waverider Buoy: 0.2m.
Current swell height information is supplied by the Department of Transport and
is current only at the time of issue of this forecast
The next routine forecast will be issued at 11:30 am WST Tuesday.
Kalbarri to Jurien Bay: (Including GERALDTON)
Tuesday until midnight: S/SW winds 10/15 knots tending S/SW 15/20 knots in the
afternoon. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to 1.0m.
Wednesday: S/SE winds 13/18 knots tending S/SW 18/23 knots in the afternoon.
Seas 1.5m to 2.0m. Swell to 1.0m.
Thursday: S/SE winds 13/18 knots, tending S/SW 18/23 knots in the afternoon.
Jurien Bay to Mandurah: (Including LANCELIN & CERVANTES)
Tuesday until midnight: S/SW winds 10/15 knots reaching 15/20 knots well
offshore. Winds S/SW 15/20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to
1.0m.
Wednesday: S'ly winds 13/18 knots tending S/SW 15/20 knots in the afternoon.
Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to 1.0m.
Thursday: S/SE winds 13/18 knots tending S/SW 20/25 knots in the afternoon.
Mandurah to Cape Leeuwin: (Including MARGARET RIVER)
Tuesday until midnight: S'ly winds 15/20 knots tending S/SW 18/23 in the
afternoon. Seas 1.5m to 2.0m. Swell to 1.5m.
Wednesday: S'ly winds 13/18 knots tending S/SW 18/23 knots in the afternoon and
back S'ly during the evening. Seas 1.5m to 2.0m. Swell to 1.5m.
Thursday: S/SE winds 13/18 knots tending S/SW 18/23 knots in the afternoon.
Cape Leeuwin to Bremer Bay: (Including ALBANY)
Tuesday until midnight: East of Walpole: E/NE winds 13/18 knots tending E/SE
13/18 knots during the afternoon.
West of Walpole: S/SE winds 13/18 knots, tending S/SE 15/20 knots during the
afternoon.
Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to 1.5m.
Wednesday: S/SW winds 13/18 knots. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to 1.5m.
Thursday: S/SE winds 10/15 knots reaching 13/18 knots during the afternoon.
Bremer Bay to Israelite Bay: (Including ESPERANCE)
Tuesday until midnight: E/NE winds 15/20 knots reaching 20/25 knots offshore
during the afternoon. Inshore winds tending E/SE 18/23 during the afternoon.
Seas 1.5m to 2.0m. Swell to 1.0m.
Wednesday: NE/NW 10/15 knots before a SW 15/20 knots change from the west during
the day. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to 1.0m.
Thursday: S'ly winds 10/15 knots tending S/SE 13/18 knots in the afternoon.
Israelite Bay to SA Border:
Tuesday until midnight: SE winds 13/18 knots increasing to 18/23 knots in the
afternoon. Seas to 1.5m. Swell to 1.0m.
Wednesday: NE winds 13/18 knots west of Eyre during the morning, otherwise E/SE
winds 15/20 knots. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to 1.0m.
Thursday: S/SW winds 13/18 knots, tending S'ly 15/20 knots during the afternoon.
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