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Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel Forecast

Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel

Issued: Thursday, 30 July 2:30PM

Forecast for Thursday, 30 July

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 31 July

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 1 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

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

Forecast for Sunday, 2 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

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

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Forecast for Thursday, 30 July

Weather: Clear.

Winds: Northeast to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the late afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 31 July

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly before dawn then becoming variable about 10 knots in the evening. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore south of Channel Point during the morning.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 1 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots before dawn then becoming variable about 10 knots in the late afternoon.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 2 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots during the afternoon.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 30 July

Weather: Mostly clear.

Winds: Variable below 10 knots.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 31 July

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly about 10 knots tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon then becoming east to northeasterly below 10 knots in the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Saturday, 1 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Sunday, 2 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 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 Thursday, 30 July

Weather: Mostly clear.

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

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 31 July

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots in the far northeast early in the morning.

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

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 1 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 2 August

Weather: Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 25 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.

Swell: East to southeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 30 July

Weather: Clear.

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

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 31 July

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

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

Forecast for Saturday, 1 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 1.5 metres offshore.

Forecast for Sunday, 2 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

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

Forecast for Thursday, 30 July

Weather: Clear.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 31 July

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore south of Numbulwar during the morning.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 1 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 2 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Northeast to southeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 30 July

Weather: Mostly clear.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening then tending easterly in the late evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 31 July

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Northeast to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending northeasterly in the evening then tending easterly in the late evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Saturday, 1 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the early afternoon then becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Sunday, 2 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots tending southeasterly during the morning then becoming variable about 10 knots during the afternoon.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

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