Cairns Weather Forecast

Cairns Coastal Waters

Wind

Variable below 10 knots.

Seas

Below 0.5 metres.

1st Swell

Southeasterly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef.

Weather

Mostly clear. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore early this evening.

Weather Situation

A weak tropical low in the central Coral Sea extends a weak trough to its northwest, across far northern waters. This trough is forecast to slowly drift northwards and weaken over coming days. A new ridge will start to strengthen along the north Queensland coast from mid-week as a high moves into the Tasman Sea, with a southeasterly wind surge reaching the Mackay and Townsville coastal waters on Wednesday, before extending across northern waters on Thursday.