Rapid Head Weather Forecast

Investigator Strait Coastal Waters

Wind

Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres inshore.

1st Swell

Southerly 1 to 2 metres through the Backstairs Passage.

Weather

Cloudy.

Weather Situation

A ridge of high pressure extends from a high south of Perth, across waters well south of SA. The high slowly moves eastwards to be centred well south of the Bight later today and over the Tasman Sea by Saturday afternoon, with further high pressure systems building well south of the Bight. A trough over inland WA is expected to move across western SA over the weekend.