Northerly 15/20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots about Banks Strait. Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 metres about Banks Strait. Swell: Northwest to southwesterly below 1 metre. Outlook Friday: Northerly 15/20 knots turning northwesterly 15/25 knots before dawn. Winds reaching up to 30 knots in the late evening. Seas: 1/1.5 metres, increasing to 1/2 metres near Eddystone Point. Swell: Northwest to southwesterly below 1 metre. Outlook Saturday: Westerly 20/30 knots increasing to 25/35 knots in the early morning then decreasing to 25/30 knots in the morning. Seas: 2/3 metres. Swell: West to northwesterly 1/2 metres, tending northwest to southwesterly 1.5/2.5 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 1/1.5 metres during the afternoon. Outlook Sunday: Westerly 20/30 knots. Seas: 2/3 metres. Swell: West to northwesterly below 1 metre, increasing to 1/1.5 metres about Banks Strait.

Issued Thu 22:00