Thetford Reef Weather Forecast

Cairns Coastal Waters

Wind

South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly below 10 knots in the late morning and afternoon.

Seas

Below 1 metre.

1st Swell

Southeasterly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef.

Weather

Mostly sunny day. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore in the late afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A weak trough extends across Cape York Peninsula into North Queensland Waters north of Cairns and may become more monsoon like by the middle of this week. A tropical low may form within the trough before moving into the northwestern Coral Sea from Wednesday or Thursday. A weak ridge will extend over northern Queensland waters south of the trough until Tuesday, with a weak pressure gradient persisting for the following few days.