Southampton Reef Weather Forecast

Great Barrier Reef Offshore Waters

Wind

Easterly 20 to 25 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots in the late evening.

Seas

1 to 2 metres.

1st Swell

Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.

Weather

Cloudy. 90% chance of showers north of Creal Reef, 60% chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Weather Situation

A tropical low[1003 hPa] is embedded within the monsoon trough near the northeast tropical coast, and is expected to drift over land overland near the coast over the next day or two. A high [1024 hPa] in the southern Tasman Sea is maintaining a ridge over the remaining northern waters, and is combining with the trough and embedded low to enhance onshore winds along the tropical east coast.