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 06:04 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm air temperatures (max 27°C on Sat morning, min 22°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Wed morning. Warm air temperatures (max 27°C on Thu morning, min 21°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Warm (max 26°C on Fri morning, min 22°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Tue morning, min 22°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 7:15AM2.76m | 7:37PM2.46m | 7:35AM2.73m | 8:00PM2.56m | 7:54AM2.68m | 8:26PM2.62m | 8:13AM2.59m | 8:53PM2.65m | 8:33AM2.48m | 9:24PM2.64m | 8:51AM2.34m | 9:59PM2.59m | 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 | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:35PM0.94m | 1:27AM1.10m | 1:52PM0.89m | 1:53AM1.13m | 2:11PM0.85m | 2:20AM1.19m | 2:30PM0.83m | 2:50AM1.27m | 2:52PM0.83m | 3:22AM1.38m | 3:14PM0.86m | 3:59AM1.51m | 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 | |||||||||||||
ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | E 6 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 7 | E 7 | E 7 | ENE 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | ENE 7 | E 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | |
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some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | rain shwrs | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | rain shwrs | |
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— | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 2.0 | — | 1.0 | — | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 2.0 | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | |
max°C | 27 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 23 |
Moonrise | — | 3:54 | — | — | 4:26 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | — | 9:15 | — | — | 10:15 | — | — | 11:16 | — | — | — |
Moonset | 3:15 | — | — | 4:01 | — | — | 4:47 | — | — | 5:34 | — | — | 6:23 | — | — | 7:14 | — | — | 8:09 | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 10:04 | — | — | 11:02 | — | — | 11:57 | — | — | 12:49 | — | — |
 | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — |
 | — | 6:04 | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | 5:58 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Cairns is 28.1 °C (Statistics for 20 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 27.1 max: 28.3 min: 25.9°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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