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Tides for Launceston
High Thu 02:11 (3.9m)Low Thu 08:42 (0.9m)
High Thu 14:49 (4.0m)
Low Thu 21:10 (1.1m)
forecast winds
Wednesday: W 25/30 ktsThursday: W 35 kts
Friday: W 25/40 kts
Saturday: W/SW 20/30 kts
forecast
Westerly 25/30 knots. Seas: 2/3 metres. Swell: Westerly below 1 metre. Outlook Thursday: Westerly 20/30 knots, reaching up to 35 knots about Banks Strait in the late morning and afternoon. Seas: 2/3 metres, increasing to 2/4 metres near Eddystone Point. Swell: Westerly around 1 metre. Outlook Friday: West to northwesterly 20/30 knots becoming westerly 25/40 knots in the middle of the day then decreasing to 25/30 knots late evening. Seas: 1.5/2 metres, increasing to 2/3 metres around midday. Swell: Westerly 1/1.5 metres, increasing to 1/2 metres during the afternoon. Outlook Saturday: West to southwesterly 20/30 knots tending south to southwesterly 10/15 knots during the evening. Seas: 1.5/2.5 metres, decreasing to 1/1.5 metres during the morning. Swell: Westerly 1/1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
Issued Wed 16:05 ESTSeas: Up to 3.0m
Swell: Up to 1.0m, W
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