Long Spit Weather Forecast

Lower East Coastal Waters

Wind

South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore during the afternoon and evening. Winds tending west to southwesterly in the evening.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres offshore.

1st Swell

Southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 2 to 2.5 metres offshore.

Weather

Mostly clear.

Weather Situation

A west to southwesterly airstream will persist today into Saturday, as a ridge of high pressure sits over the southern mainland. A broad low pressure system will move over the southern mainland during Sunday, with an associated trough to sit over Bass Strait. A cold front is expected to move over southern and eastern Tasmania later on Sunday bringing a cold southerly airstream into Monday. with a high pressure centre to slowly approach and move over Tasmania on Tuesday.