South Cape Weather Forecast
- 9
- 18
Rain
- 9
- 15
Windy
- 7
- 11
Windy
- 6
- 10
Windy
- 6
- 10
Windy
- 7
- 13
Windy
- 7
- 19
Partly cloudy
Today 21 Dec Western
Cloudy. Very high chance of rain, most likely late this afternoon and evening. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the middle of the day then becoming southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the early afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures between 17 and 21.
South West Coastal Waters
South East Cape to Low Rocky Point- Wind
- West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots near Maatsuyker Island early in the morning. Winds turning southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre around midday.
- 1st Swell
- Southwesterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres inshore around midday.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 80% chance of showers.
- Weather Situation
- A broad low pressure system near the west of Tasmania clears to the southeast into Sunday morning before a second, more intense, low pressure system is forecast to move across Bass Strait during Sunday and clear to the east Monday morning. A ridge of high pressure is expected to extend across the southern mainland, forecast to direct a westerly flow over Tasmania from Monday. Cold fronts embedded in the flow are expected to cross Tasmania late Monday and again Wednesday.
South Cape Temperature Statistics View More
December Temperature
Maatsuyker Island (35km)
Lowest 15 December, 2025
5.8 °CAverage December
11.7 °CHighest 17 December, 2025
18.7 °C
Climate (2020–Present)
Maatsuyker Island (35km)
Average Low 2020–2025
9.4 °CAverage 2020–2025
11.6 °CAverage High 2020–2025
14.2 °C