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Great Barrier Reef Offshore Waters Forecast

Great Barrier Reef Offshore Waters

Issued: Wednesday, 21 October 3:00AM

Forecast for Wednesday, 21 October

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

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

Forecast for Thursday, 22 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly early in the morning.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

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

Forecast for Friday, 23 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre.

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Forecast for Wednesday, 21 October

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef.

Forecast for Thursday, 22 October

Weather: Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Forecast for Friday, 23 October

Weather: Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon.

Winds: Northeasterly about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Forecast for Wednesday, 21 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly during the morning. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore south of Agnes Water in the late evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

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

Forecast for Thursday, 22 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore south of Cape Capricorn during the day.

Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres south of Cape Capricorn during the morning.

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

Forecast for Friday, 23 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 21 October

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Swell: Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef, decreasing to around 1 metre later in the evening.

Forecast for Thursday, 22 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots inshore during the morning. Winds turning easterly during the day.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Forecast for Friday, 23 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Forecast for Wednesday, 21 October

Weather: Cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore north of Point Lookout during the afternoon.

Swell: Easterly 1.5 metres, tending northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres later in the evening.

Forecast for Thursday, 22 October

Weather: Cloudy. 90% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 23 October

Weather: Cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

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

Forecast for Wednesday, 21 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the morning.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: North to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 22 October

Weather: Cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.

Winds: Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.

Swell: North to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 23 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: North to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 21 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the afternoon and evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly 1.5 metres.

Forecast for Thursday, 22 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the evening.

Winds: Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

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

Forecast for Friday, 23 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly 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 1.5 metres offshore.

Forecast for Wednesday, 21 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore this afternoon.

Winds: East to northeasterly about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 22 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 23 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.

Winds: Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday, 21 October

Weather: Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly below 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 22 October

Weather: Cloudy. 95% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Forecast for Friday, 23 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 21 October

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 early afternoon then becoming southeast to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the late evening.

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

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 22 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore north of Cullen Point early in the morning. Winds tending east to northeasterly in the morning then tending northwest to southwesterly in the late afternoon.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 23 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots during the day.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 21 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

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

Forecast for Thursday, 22 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Forecast for Friday, 23 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Forecast for Wednesday, 21 October

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots shifting west to southwesterly in the afternoon.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: North to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 22 October

Weather: Sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm south of Kowanyama in the afternoon and evening.

Winds: Northwest to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the early morning then tending northwest to southwesterly in the evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: North to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 23 October

Weather: Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.

Winds: Northwest to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending north to northeasterly during the morning then tending north to northwesterly during the afternoon.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Northwest to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 21 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the afternoon and evening.

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

Swell: Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres.

Forecast for Thursday, 22 October

Weather: Cloudy. 90% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

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

Forecast for Friday, 23 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 21 October

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Southeasterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Forecast for Thursday, 22 October

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 Friday, 23 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 21 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

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

Forecast for Thursday, 22 October

Weather: Mostly sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore in the afternoon and evening.

Winds: East to northeasterly about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Forecast for Friday, 23 October

Weather: Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon.

Winds: North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots during the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

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