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Cooktown Coast: Cape Melville to Cape Tribulation Forecast

Cooktown Coast: Cape Melville to Cape Tribulation

Issued: Friday, 9 October 9:00AM

Forecast for Friday, 9 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 10 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 11 October

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 below 1 metre.

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Forecast for Friday, 9 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 10 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 11 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 9 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

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

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the afternoon.

Forecast for Saturday, 10 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots in the middle of the day then increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to southeasterly around 1 metre offshore.

Forecast for Sunday, 11 October

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

Winds: North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots during the morning then tending east to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the day.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Northeast to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 9 October

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Northerly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore in the late evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the afternoon.

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

Forecast for Saturday, 10 October

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

Winds: North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore during the morning.

Seas: 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.

Swell: Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.

Forecast for Sunday, 11 October

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

Winds: Northerly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Southerly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 9 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Southeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 10 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

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

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to southeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 11 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Northeast to southeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 9 October

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: North to northeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 10 October

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Northerly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Sunday, 11 October

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

Winds: Northerly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly during the afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 9 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots turning northerly in the evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres inshore by early evening.

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

Forecast for Saturday, 10 October

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Northerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the day.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: South to southeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 11 October

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

Winds: Northerly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly during the day.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Northeast to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 9 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to northeasterly about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 10 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to northeasterly about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 11 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

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

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 9 October

Weather: Cloud clearing.

Winds: Northerly about 10 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the middle of the day.

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

Forecast for Saturday, 10 October

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

Winds: Northerly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Forecast for Sunday, 11 October

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

Winds: Northerly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 9 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore north of Weipa in the late morning.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: North to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 10 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

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

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

Swell: North to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 11 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots tending west to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon then tending east to southeasterly during the evening.

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

Swell: Northeasterly around 1 metre offshore.

Forecast for Friday, 9 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots inshore in the afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 10 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore north of Cape Grenville in the late evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 11 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots turning southeasterly during the morning.

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

Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 9 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots inshore in the afternoon. Winds tending north to northwesterly in the late afternoon then becoming variable about 10 knots in the late evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Saturday, 10 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the early morning then becoming variable about 10 knots in the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: North to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 11 October

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending northwest to northeasterly during the afternoon then tending northwest to southwesterly during the evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: North to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 9 October

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Northerly about 10 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the middle of the day. Winds reaching up to 25 knots offshore south of Maroochydore in the late evening.

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

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

Forecast for Saturday, 10 October

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

Winds: Northerly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore south of Maroochydore early in the morning.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore south of Maroochydore.

Swell: South to southeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 11 October

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

Winds: Northerly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Swell: Southerly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 9 October

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore west of Cape York during the afternoon and evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres west of Cape York during the afternoon.

Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 10 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 11 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 9 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 10 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to northeasterly about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 11 October

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Cape Flattery

▲ N

9 kn ESE

· 28 °C

Warnings

No warnings within 100 km.

State Wide

Fire

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Temperature

Ribbon Reef No.9

↑ Warming

Now: 28 °C

Tides

Ribbon Reef No.9

↓ Falling

Current: 2.12m

Weather Now for Ribbon Reef No.9

28 °C

Feels like 29 °C

Wind

9 kn ESE

Humidity

72%

Pressure

1018 hPa

At Cape Flattery

Nearby Wind

50 km radius

Ribbon Reef No.9

9 kn ESE

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Ribbon Reef No.9	9 kn ESE	28°
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Arnold West	-

Sun

12 h 20 m of daylight

Now: 9:19am

49 seconds more than yesterday

Moon

3% illuminated

New Moon

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Cooktown Coast: Cape Melville to Cape Tribulation Forecast