Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
Local Waters Forecast
Yanchep to Mandurah and Offshore to Rottnest Island
Issued at 4:30 am WST on Sunday 14 March 2010
Valid until midnight Tuesday
Warnings
Nil.
Synoptic Situation
A strong high pressure system situated in the Bight with a deepening surface
trough moving along the coast. The trough will move inland on Sunday.
Forecasts:
Sunday until midnight: S'ly winds 8/13 knots tending S/SW 13/18 knots during the
afternoon. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to 2.0m.
Swell at Cottesloe: to 0.6m.
Winds on Melville Water: Similar.
Monday: S/SE winds 10/15 knots tending S/SW 18/23 knots during the afternoon.
Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell 2.0m to 2.5m.
Tuesday: S/SE winds 13/18 knots increasing to S'ly 20/25 knots during the
afternoon.
Current Swell Observations:
Rottnest Waverider Buoy: 1.0m.
Cottesloe Waverider Buoy: 0.3m.
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 Sunday.
Kalbarri to Jurien Bay: (Including GERALDTON)
Sunday until midnight: S/SW winds 10/15 knots increasing to 15/20 knots during
the afternoon. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to 2.0m.
Monday: S/SW winds 18/23 knots. Seas to 1.5m. Swell to 2.0m.
Tuesday: S/SE winds 15/20 knots increasing to S'ly 20/25 knots during the
afternoon.
Jurien Bay to Mandurah: (Including LANCELIN & CERVANTES)
Sunday until midnight: S'ly winds 8/13 knots tending S/SW 13/18 knots during the
afternoon. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to 2.0m.
Monday: S/SE winds 10/15 knots tending S/SW 18/23 knots during the afternoon.
Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell 2.0m to 2.5m.
Tuesday: S/SE winds 13/18 knots increasing to S'ly 20/25 knots during the
afternoon.
Mandurah to Cape Leeuwin: (Including MARGARET RIVER)
Sunday until midnight: S'ly winds 10/15 knots increasing to 15/20 knots in the
afternoon and tending S/SE 15/20 knots south of Cape Naturaliste mid afternoon.
Seas to 1.5m. Swell 2.0m rising to 3.0m later.
Monday: S'ly winds 10/15 knots increasing to W/SW 13/18 knots during the
afternoon. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell 2.0m to 2.5m.
Tuesday: S/SE winds 10/15 knots increasing to S'ly 15/20 knots during the
afternoon.
Cape Leeuwin to Bremer Bay: (Including ALBANY)
Sunday until midnight: SE winds 10/15 knots reaching S/SE 15/20 knots west of
Albany mid afternoon. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to 2.5m.
Monday: W/SW winds 13/18 knots. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell 2.0m to 2.5m.
Tuesday: SW/SE winds 8/13 knots.
Bremer Bay to Israelite Bay: (Including ESPERANCE)
Sunday until midnight: S/SE winds 10/15 knots tending NE/NW 10/15 knots east of
Esperance until early afternoon. Seas to 1.0m. Swell to 1.5m.
Monday: W/SW winds 10/15 knots tending S/SW 13/18 knots Seas 1.0m to 1.5m.
Swell to 2.0m.
Tuesday: S'ly winds 8/13 knots.
Israelite Bay to SA Border:
Sunday until midnight: NE/N'ly winds 10/15 knots reaching 13/18 knots west of
Caiguna shifting NE/SE 10/15 knots throughout early afternoon. Seas 1.0m to
1.5m. Swell to 1.0m.
Monday: N/NE winds 13/18 knots reaching N/NE 18/23 knots during the evening.
Winds shifting E/SE 10/15 knots inshore for a period in the afternoon. Seas to
1.5m. Swell to 1.5m.
Tuesday: N/NE 10/15 knots reaching N/NE 18/23 knots offshore.
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