The next seven days of wind, swell, rain and tides for Moreton Bay, each day scored green, amber or red for time on the water. Captain Jeremy plans every route from the same data.
Reading the bay: wind at five points, the wave buoy, the airport observation and the tides. This takes a few seconds the first time.
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Our planning tool, not an official forecast. Check the Bureau of Meteorology's Moreton Bay forecast and warnings before any day on the water. The captain's decision on the day is final.
How to use this page
Pick a day below. We tell you how the bay will feel, which corner of it will be calmest, which marina to leave from, and when the sandbanks appear. Every one of our three experiences runs the recommended escape; your group size chooses the experience, the weather chooses the route.
Right now on the bay
8 kn
Brisbane Airport, 03:30
1.9 m swell · water 22°C
Brisbane Mk4 buoy, 12:00
Tide 0.4 m, rising
Brisbane Bar, 13:47
Pick your day
Moreton Bay boat day
Friday 9 October
Better another day
Forecast confidence: Medium (tomorrow, single model)
Wind: Fresh N breeze, up to 19 kn, good in the morning, breeze building after lunch.
Swell: Sizeable 1.9 m swell at the buoy, exposed anchorages will feel it.
Sandbanks: Sandbanks south of Tangalooma out of the water 12:10 to 17:00.
Not a day we would put guests on the water. The next lovely day is a tap away below.
Where the bay is calm this day
Each escape, ranked. The wind direction decides which shore is sheltered; the swell decides how the channels feel.
Peel Island, Horseshoe Bay · from Manly
Not this day
Outside the captain's comfort limits on this forecast: the crossing or the anchorage would be too lively.
Tangalooma Wrecks · from New Farm
Not this day
Outside the captain's comfort limits on this forecast: the crossing or the anchorage would be too lively.
Tangalooma Wrecks · from Manly
Not this day
Outside the captain's comfort limits on this forecast: the crossing or the anchorage would be too lively.
Amity Point · from Manly
Not this day
Outside the captain's comfort limits on this forecast: the crossing or the anchorage would be too lively.
Manly or New Farm?
Manly Boat Harbour is the direct option: 25 to 30 minutes by car from the CBD, then straight out onto the bay, so the crossing is shortest and you get the most time at anchor. New Farm is the city option: we collect you from the Powerhouse pontoon and add a 45 minute cruise down the Brisbane River past the city before the bay. Same day, same price, same escape; pick whichever suits where you are staying. On windy days the river leg is also the calmest water of the trip.
How the day changes
Hour by hour: green is calm, brass means the breeze is building, red is rough. Mornings are usually the pick.
7amnoon5pm
Where we go
Satellite view of Moreton Bay. The brass line is the recommended escape for this day. Drag the time to see when the sandbanks come out of the water.
DepartureRecommended anchorageAlso fine this dayNot this day or covered
Sandbanks and the tide
7amnoon5pm
At 11:00: Sandbanks south of Tangalooma: covered · Myora and Dunwich banks: covered
Cream marker: bank out of the water. Green: knee deep. Grey: covered.
Sandbanks south of TangaloomaBanks out 12:10 to 17:00
Myora and Dunwich banksBanks out 12:30 to 16:50
Tides at the Brisbane Bar: high 08:30 (2.2 m), 20:39 (2.3 m); low 02:35 (0.3 m), 14:41 (0.4 m).
Not for navigation. Marine park zoning from the Queensland Government, shown for interest; the captain handles the rules on the day.
Captain's detail
Models in this outlook: metno_ecmwf. Source mode: metno.
Observations: Brisbane Airport wind, Queensland Government Brisbane wave buoy, Brisbane Bar tide predictions.
Forecast: MET Norway (NLOD/CC BY 4.0), served from our own site. Swell and water temperature: State of Queensland wave monitoring, CC BY 4.0. Tide predictions: State of Queensland (Maritime Safety Queensland), CC BY 4.0.
Weather is the captain's call. If we cancel for weather you choose a new date or a full refund. You can move your date free up to 48 hours before departure.