Gold Coast FAD11 (offshore) Weather Forecast

Gold Coast Waters

Wind

Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots in the late evening.

Seas

Below 1 metre.

1st Swell

Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, tending easterly around 1 metre by early evening.

Weather

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

Weather Situation

A high [1036 hPa] moving into the Bight extends a ridge over the southern waters. The ridge will persist for several days, strengthening over the weekend as the high drifts slowly east. A weakening cold front will move off the northern New South Wales coast south of the Gold Coast waters on Saturday. A fresh to strong southerly airflow will extend over much of the southern waters over this weekend in the wake of the weather system and persist into early next week.