Hales Island Weather Forecast

Cooktown Coastal Waters

Wind

Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore south of Cooktown.

Seas

Around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 metres south of Cooktown.

1st Swell

Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Weather Situation

A high in the Tasman Sea extends a firm ridge and fresh southeasterly winds along the tropical east coast. A trough in the Coral Sea may extend across the far northern Peninsula and Torres Strait during the early days of this week. An embedded tropical low [1000 hPa] in the far northeastern Coast is forecast to move westward over the next few days and may approaching the Far North Queensland Coast later this week.