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Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel Forecast

Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel

Issued: Tuesday, 4 August 8:30AM

Forecast for Tuesday, 4 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots turning southeasterly in the evening.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.

Forecast for Wednesday, 5 August

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore west of Maningrida.

Forecast for Thursday, 6 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

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Forecast for Tuesday, 4 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the late afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 5 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming easterly 10 to 15 knots in the early morning then becoming variable about 10 knots in the middle of the day.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 6 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming easterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning then becoming variable about 10 knots during the day.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 4 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots turning north to northeasterly in the early afternoon then becoming variable below 10 knots in the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday, 5 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly below 10 knots tending east to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon then becoming variable below 10 knots in the late afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Thursday, 6 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly below 10 knots becoming north to northwesterly during the afternoon then becoming west to southwesterly during the evening.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Tuesday, 4 August

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore south of Cape Wessel in the late morning.

Seas: 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 5 August

Weather: Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore north of Cape Wessel.

Swell: East to southeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 6 August

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 4 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.

Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore.

Forecast for Wednesday, 5 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the morning.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre around midday.

Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.

Forecast for Thursday, 6 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 4 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots turning southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon and evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres northeast of Groote Eylandt.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 5 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots east of Groote Eylandt during the morning and early afternoon.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres east of Groote Eylandt during the morning.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 6 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres northeast of Groote Eylandt during the morning.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 4 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning north to northeasterly in the early afternoon then tending east to northeasterly in the late evening. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday, 5 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning north to northeasterly in the early afternoon then tending east to northeasterly in the late evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Thursday, 6 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots during the day then becoming north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Cape Wessel

▲ N

16 kn E

· 29 °C

Warnings

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Temperature

Auster Point

↓ Cooling

Now: 29 °C

Tides

Auster Point

↓ Falling

Current: 2.32m

Weather Now for Auster Point

29 °C

Feels like 28 °C

Wind

16 kn E

Humidity

59%

Pressure

1014 hPa

At Cape Wessel

Nearby Wind

50 km radius

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Sun

11 h 39 m of daylight

Now: 2:00pm

27 seconds more than yesterday

Moon

70% illuminated

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Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel Forecast