Heart Reef Weather Forecast

Great Barrier Reef Offshore Waters

Wind

West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots shifting southeasterly in the early afternoon.

Seas

Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.

1st Swell

East to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Weather

The chance of a thunderstorm north of Creal Reef in the late morning. Sunny afternoon.

Weather Situation

A weakening trough will cross the waters south of Cairns on Tuesday. A ridge will extend over the north Queensland waters in the wake of the trough as a high [1021 hPa] moves east across southern Australia. The ridge will strengthen on Wednesday as the high moves into the Tasman Sea, and be maintained on Thursday as the high moves east.