Marine Weather

forecast

East to northeasterly 5/15 knots increasing to 15/20 knots by midday. Winds further increasing to 20/25 knots offshore during the afternoon and to 20/30 knots offshore at night. Afternoon inshore breezes to around 15 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to 1/2 metres around midday. Swell: Southerly around 1 metre. Outlook Thursday: North to northeasterly 15/25 knots in the west and near the coast grading to 25/30 knots elsewhere and about the far east coast. Winds shifting west to southwesterly 20/30 knots during the late afternoon and evening with stronger squalls near the change. Seas: 2/3 metres. Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1/1.5 metres offshore by early evening. Outlook Friday: West to southwesterly 20/25 knots decreasing to 15/20 knots by late morning and to 10/15 knots and tending south to southwesterly during the afternoon. Winds further easing to 10 knots or less at night. Afternoon inshore seabreezes to 10 knots. Seas: 1.5/2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon. Swell: Northeasterly 1/2 metres, decreasing to 1/1.5 metres during the morning.