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 — and sunset is at —.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very warm air temperatures (max 31°C on Tue morning, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very warm air temperatures (max 31°C on Wed morning, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 36mm), heaviest during Sat morning. Warm (max 30°C on Sun morning, min 24°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 29°C on Tue morning, min 24°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 31 | Thu 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 8:37PM1.93m | 10:04AM2.71m | 9:08PM1.86m | 10:38AM2.68m | 9:42PM1.80m | 11:13AM2.63m | 10:23PM1.73m | 11:52AM2.56m | 11:17PM1.68m | 12:36PM2.47m | 00:26AM1.65m | 1:27PM2.39m | 2:02AM1.69m | 2:33PM2.32m | 4:48AM1.92m | 3:59PM2.28m | 5:40AM2.22m | 5:07PM2.29m | 6:25AM2.53m | 5:59PM2.31m | 7:08AM2.80m | 6:46PM2.32m | 7:51AM3.02m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:58AM0.59m | 4:21PM1.44m | 3:27AM0.65m | 5:00PM1.47m | 3:59AM0.75m | 5:43PM1.50m | 4:34AM0.88m | 6:33PM1.50m | 5:18AM1.05m | 7:44PM1.47m | 9:44PM1.36m | 7:28AM1.40m | 10:28PM1.19m | 9:36AM1.49m | 11:06PM0.99m | 11:26AM1.40m | 11:45PM0.77m | 12:25PM1.28m | 00:25AM0.55m | 1:15PM1.16m | 1:05AM0.36m | 2:03PM1.06m | ||||||||||||||
E 7 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | E 6 | E 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | E 5 | ESE 7 | E 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | E 7 | |
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some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | risk tstorm | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | risk tstorm | cloudy | risk tstorm | risk tstorm | heavy rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | risk tstorm | risk tstorm | risk tstorm | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | |
max°C | 26 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 29 |
Moonrise | — | 6:16 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | 9:53 | — | — | 10:46 | — | — | 11:38 | — | — | 12:32 | — | — | 1:29 | — | — | 2:30 | — | — | — | 3:35 | — | — | 4:43 |
Moonset | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 8:43 | — | — | — | 9:26 | — | — | 10:06 | — | — | 10:43 | — | — | 11:19 | — | — | 11:56 | — | — | — | 12:34 | — | — | 1:16 | — | — | 2:03 | — | — | 2:57 | — |
 | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — |
 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 6:49 | — | — | 6:49 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:51 | — | — | 6:51 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 |
Today's sea temperature in Cairns is 28.8° C (Statistics for 20 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 28.2 max: 29.6 min: 26.6°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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