Gater Reef Weather Forecast

Great Barrier Reef Offshore Waters

Wind

Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas

Below 1 metre.

1st Swell

Southeasterly below 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 metres through the Capricorn Channel.

Weather

Partly cloudy.

Weather Situation

A low [985 hPa] over the Tasman Sea extends a trough over the Cairns waters, with northerly winds to the north of the trough and southeasterly winds to the south. A ridge of high pressure will build across northern Queensland waters from Friday as a high moves east into the Tasman Sea.