Stanhope Bay Offshore Weather Forecast

West Victoria Coastal Waters

Wind

West to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots turning southwesterly 20 to 25 knots in the early afternoon. Winds reaching up to 30 knots in the late afternoon.

Seas

Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday, then increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.

1st Swell

Southwesterly 2.5 to 3 metres.

Weather

Cloudy. 80% chance of showers.

Weather Situation

A high pressure system over the Bight extends a ridge east over Bass Strait. A cold front is forecast to cross western coastal waters late this afternoon, central coastal waters late evening and clear Bass Strait by early Monday morning. The high is then forecast to slowly move east over southern Victoria and Bass Strait by late Tuesday and into the Tasman Sea by late Wednesday. Next front then approaches from the west to cross Bass Strait late Thursday and early Friday.