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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 4:30 am WST on Thursday 11 March 2010
Valid until midnight Saturday
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 strong high pressure system situated in the Bight with a deepening surface
trough near the west coast.
Forecasts:
Thursday until midnight: NE winds 10/15 knots, easing to NE/SE 8/13 knots early
afternoon and S/SW 10/15 knots later in the afternoon. Seas to 1.0m. Swell to
1.0m.
Swell at Cottesloe: to 0.3m.
Winds on Melville Water: Similar, 5 knots lighter during the afternoon.
Friday: NE winds 10/15 knots, shifting NW 8/13 knots in the afternoon and W/SW
10/15 knots during the late afternoon. Seas to 1.0m. Swell to 1.5m.
Saturday: W/NW winds 8/13 knots, tending W/SW 13/18 knots during the afternoon.
Current Swell Observations:
Rottnest Waverider Buoy: 0.7m.
Cottesloe Waverider Buoy: 0.2m.
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 11:30 am WST Thursday.
Last update: March 11, 2010, 7:35 am AWST
Source: Bureau of Meteorology
