Heron Island

Southern Reef · inner reef

-23.4400, 151.9100

fair

69

Calculated score for Thursday 29 October

Wind
14.1 kn average
Waves
0.6 m average
UV index
4.6
Water temperature
24.9 °C
Current
0.7 kn

Hourly conditions

Heron Island · 6 AM–6 PM · Australia/Brisbane

6 AM

12.9 kn 0.6 m 1.19 kn
fair
57

7 AM

12.2 kn 0.6 m 1.35 kn
fair
52

8 AM

12.4 kn 0.6 m 1.24 kn
fair
54

9 AM

13.1 kn 0.6 m 0.92 kn
excellent
86

Preferred daylight · 10 AM–2 PM

10 AM

12.7 kn 0.6 m 0.54 kn
excellent
86

11 AM

13 kn 0.6 m 0.16 kn
Best forecast
excellent
88

12 PM

13.4 kn 0.6 m 0.27 kn
excellent
87

1 PM

13.5 kn 0.6 m 0.59 kn
good
80

2 PM

12.7 kn 0.6 m 0.59 kn
good
83

3 PM

13.9 kn 0.6 m 0.38 kn
good
80

4 PM

16.7 kn 0.7 m 0.11 kn
fair
69

5 PM

18.8 kn 0.7 m 0.38 kn
poor
44

6 PM

17.5 kn 0.7 m 0.81 kn
poor
31

23.44°S, 151.91°E · Cached forecast snapshot

Open-Meteo forecast integration (Forecast model) · Open-Meteo marine integration (Forecast model) · Internal deterministic scoring (Calculated) · Retrieved 29 Oct 2026, 3:06 pm Australia/Brisbane

Record transparency

Additional operator, coral, conservation, access, and advisory records for Heron Island are withheld until their sources and dates are validated.

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