Eagle Island Weather Forecast

Cooktown Coastal Waters

Wind

East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas

Below 1 metre.

1st Swell

Southeasterly 1 to 2 metres outside the reef, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A monsoon trough extends over the Peninsula and Cooktown waters. Tropical low 29U [999 hPa] in the northern Coral Sea will approach the northeast coast in the next few days, likely crossing the coast between Cooktown and Mackay on Friday or Saturday, and drawing the monsoon trough south.