Soft Beach Weather Forecast

Albany Coastal Waters

Wind

Northwesterly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore west of Albany in the early afternoon. Winds turning southwesterly 15 to 20 knots in the evening.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres offshore west of Albany.

1st Swell

Westerly 2 to 3 metres inshore, increasing to 3 to 5 metres offshore.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers west of Albany, 50% chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Weather Situation

A ridge over eastern and central WA is slowly weakening. A weak cold front will move across the South West Capes later Wednesday afternoon and then the remainder of the South West Land Division into the evening and Thursday. Further weak cold fronts will brush past the south coast on Thursday night into Friday and again on Saturday. A new ridge will extend over central WA later Friday and into the weekend.