Sand Bay Weather Forecast

Mackay Costal Waters

Wind

Southeasterly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots north of Mackay.

Seas

1.5 to 2.5 metres.

1st Swell

Easterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.

Weather

Partly cloudy.

Weather Situation

A firm ridge extends over the north Queensland waters and will persist for the next few days. A trough extends from the northern Peninsula across the Peninsula Coast waters, and is forecast to move northwards to Torres Strait later this weekend. An embedded tropical low [1000 hPa] lies in the trough in the northern Coral Sea off the Peninsula east coast. It is expected to move slowly eastwards and remain well away from the Queensland coast over this weekend, turning to the southeast and then south next week, with further development of this system likely.