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Boating Forecast
Below is the official Bureau of Meteorology Local Waters Forecast Yanchep to Mandurah and Offshore to Rottnest Island.
Alternatively, the Seabreeze forecast is available here.
IDW11400
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
Local Waters Forecast
Yanchep to Mandurah and Offshore to Rottnest Island
Issued at 11:30 pm WST on Sunday 5 February 2012
Valid until midnight Wednesday
Please Be Aware
Wind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here, and maximum
wave may be up to twice the height.
Warnings
NIL.
Synoptic Situation
A high pressure system lies to the southwest of the state extending a ridge
inland over the south.
Forecasts:
Monday: E/SE winds 15/20 knots easing to SE 10/15 knots late morning, tending
S'ly 18/23 knots later in the afternoon. Seas 1.0m to 2.0m. Swell to 2.5m
easing.
Swell at Cottesloe: to 0.7m.
Winds on Melville Water: E/SE 15/20 knots easing to 10/15 knots during the
morning, tending SW'ly 10/15 knots by mid afternoon.
Tuesday: E/SE winds 15/20 knots tending S'ly 15/20 knots in the afternoon and
easing to 10/15 knots inshore for a period in the afternoon. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m.
Swell to 1.5m.
Wednesday: E/SE winds 15/20 knots tending S/SW 10/15 knots for a period in the
afternoon.
Current Swell Observations:
Rottnest Waverider Buoy: 1.7m
Cottesloe Waverider Buoy: 0.6m.
Current swell height information is supplied by the Department of Transport and
is current only at the time of issue of this forecast
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am WST Monday.
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Last update: February 6, 2012, 2:35 am AWST
Source: Bureau of Meteorology
