Pretty Patches Weather Forecast

Cairns Coastal Waters

Wind

Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore north of Cairns in the evening.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres north of Cairns.

1st Swell

Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef.

Weather

Partly cloudy.

Weather Situation

A ridge persists over the north Queensland waters, maintained by a high [1042 hPa] in the Great Australian Bight. A southeasterly wind surge will move into the north Queensland waters on Monday and travel north along the east coast, contracting to the northeast waters on Wednesday. The high will move across southeastern Australia on Tuesday and into the southern Coral Sea or northern Tasman Sea on Wednesday.