Cairns Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 06:26 AM and sunset is at 06:00 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 27°C on Sat morning, min 22°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Wed night. Warm air temperatures (max 27°C on Mon morning, min 23°C on Mon afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 51mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 25°C on Sat morning, min 23°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Sun morning, min 20°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 9:06AM2.18m | 10:41PM2.52m | 9:04AM2.01m | 11:34PM2.43m | 8:19AM1.87m | 00:45AM2.38m | 3:17AM2.43m | 1:48PM1.56m | 4:24AM2.60m | 4:52PM1.81m | 5:06AM2.76m | 5:32PM2.10m | 5:44AM2.89m | 6:09PM2.40m | 6:21AM2.96m | 6:48PM2.66m | 6:57AM2.96m | 7:28PM2.87m | 7:33AM2.89m | 8:09PM3.00m | 8:09AM2.75m | 8:51PM3.03m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:39PM0.91m | 4:46AM1.65m | 4:10PM0.99m | 5:52AM1.78m | 4:56PM1.10m | 6:09PM1.23m | 11:07AM1.46m | 3:08PM1.55m | 7:49PM1.29m | 11:24AM1.27m | 10:06PM1.20m | 11:47AM1.08m | 11:11PM1.04m | 12:14PM0.89m | 00:00AM0.90m | 12:43PM0.73m | 00:46AM0.81m | 1:15PM0.59m | 1:30AM0.80m | 1:48PM0.51m | 2:14AM0.87m | 2:22PM0.49m | 3:00AM1.00m | |||||||||||||
ENE 9 | E 5 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 6 | E 6 | E 7 | E 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | |
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some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | risk tstorm | heavy rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | mod rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | rain shwrs | light rain | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | |
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— | 2.0 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | — | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | |
max°C | 26 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Moonrise | — | 7:30 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | — | 9:15 | — | — | 10:15 | — | — | 11:16 | — | — | — | 12:18 | — | — | 1:19 | — | — | 2:18 | — | — | 3:17 | — | — | 4:16 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — |
Moonset | 8:09 | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 10:04 | — | — | 11:02 | — | — | 11:57 | — | — | 12:49 | — | — | 1:36 | — | — | 2:20 | — | — | — | 3:01 | — | — | 3:41 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — | 5:05 | — |
 | 6:26 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — |
 | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 5:55 | — | — | 5:55 | — | — | 5:54 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Cairns is 27.8 °C (Statistics for 26 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 26.7 max: 28.0 min: 25.7°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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