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Cairns Coast: Cape Tribulation to Cardwell Forecast

Cairns Coast: Cape Tribulation to Cardwell

Issued: Tuesday, 1 September 9:00PM

Forecast for Tuesday, 1 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres north of Cairns.

Swell: Southeasterly 1 to 2 metres outside the reef.

Forecast for Wednesday, 2 September

Weather: Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres north of Cairns.

Swell: East to southeasterly 1 to 2 metres outside the reef, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.

Forecast for Thursday, 3 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef.

Swell: Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.

Forecast for Friday, 4 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

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Forecast for Tuesday, 1 September

Weather: Mostly clear.

Winds: East to southeasterly about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

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

Forecast for Wednesday, 2 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

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

Forecast for Thursday, 3 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

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

Forecast for Friday, 4 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Northeast to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 1 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres north of Cooktown.

Swell: East to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef.

Forecast for Wednesday, 2 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots inshore in the late afternoon.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: East to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef.

Forecast for Thursday, 3 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef.

Swell: East to southeasterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Forecast for Friday, 4 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon or evening.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Forecast for Tuesday, 1 September

Weather: Clear.

Winds: North to northeasterly about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: Southerly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 2 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore south of Point Lookout around midday.

Swell: Southerly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 3 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Southerly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 4 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.

Swell: Southerly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 1 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots north of Creal Reef.

Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres north of Creal Reef.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres through the Capricorn Channel.

Forecast for Wednesday, 2 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots turning southeasterly before dawn.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres through the Capricorn Channel.

Forecast for Thursday, 3 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 4 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 1 September

Weather: Clear.

Winds: Easterly below 10 knots.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: North to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 2 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon then decreasing to below 10 knots in the late evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: North to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 3 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable below 10 knots becoming northerly 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: North to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 4 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Tuesday, 1 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to northeasterly below 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Southeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 2 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming northerly 10 to 15 knots in the late evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: South to southeasterly around 1 metre. Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 3 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: North to northwesterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the early morning.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: South to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 4 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: South to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 1 September

Weather: Mostly clear.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore north of Hamilton Island.

Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore north of Hamilton Island.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 2 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots in the late evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 3 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 4 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming easterly 10 to 15 knots during the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Tuesday, 1 September

Weather: Mostly clear.

Winds: Northerly below 10 knots.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday, 2 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: West to northwesterly below 10 knots tending northerly 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 3 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre, decreasing below 0.5 metres during the morning, then increasing to around 1 metre around midday.

Forecast for Friday, 4 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots during the morning then becoming northerly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 1 September

Weather: Mostly clear.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday, 2 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the morning. Winds becoming variable about 10 knots in the late afternoon then becoming south to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late evening.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 3 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the late afternoon then becoming east to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 4 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots becoming variable about 10 knots during the afternoon then becoming southeast to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 1 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore south of Cape Sidmouth.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres south of Cape Sidmouth.

Swell: Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef.

Forecast for Wednesday, 2 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore south of Cape Sidmouth during the afternoon and evening.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres outside the reef.

Swell: Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef.

Forecast for Thursday, 3 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 25 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres outside the reef.

Swell: Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.

Forecast for Friday, 4 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: East to southeasterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Forecast for Tuesday, 1 September

Weather: Mostly clear.

Winds: Southeast to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday, 2 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Southeast to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending easterly before dawn then tending southeast to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 3 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Southeast to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to northeasterly in the early morning then tending southeast to southwesterly in the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 4 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Southeast to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the morning then becoming variable about 10 knots during the evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: North to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 1 September

Weather: Mostly clear.

Winds: North to northeasterly below 10 knots.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: Southeasterly around 1 metre offshore. Southeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 2 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming northwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the morning then tending northerly in the early afternoon. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore south of Maroochydore in the late evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Southerly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to around 1 metre offshore.

Forecast for Thursday, 3 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Swell: South to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 4 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots turning northerly during the morning.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.

Swell: South to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 1 September

Weather: Mostly clear.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: East to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday, 2 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef.

Forecast for Thursday, 3 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: East to southeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 4 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Southeasterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Forecast for Tuesday, 1 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef.

Forecast for Wednesday, 2 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots turning easterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon and evening.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef, decreasing to around 1 metre around midday.

Forecast for Thursday, 3 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Forecast for Friday, 4 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Arlington Reef

▲ N

16 kn SSE

· 21 °C

Warnings

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Temperature

Channel Reef

↓ Cooling

Now: 21 °C

Tides

Channel Reef

↓ Falling

Current: 2.07m

Weather Now for Channel Reef

21 °C

Feels like 19 °C

Wind

16 kn SSE

Humidity

76%

Pressure

1021 hPa

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