Alfred is sitting about 560 km east northeast of Rockhampton and 495 km northeast of Bundaberg. Earlier, its outer edge was causing gusts of 150km/h at Fredrick Reef off the Great Barrier Reef.

Alfred is still swirling around 600km offshore from the coastline above the Coral Sea. Picture: Windy “So, we will see in these areas powerful waves in addition to regular high tides ...

Strong to gale-force winds may develop this weekend across the southern Great Barrier ... said while TC Alfred was expected to stay offshore, it could bring abnormally high tides, severe beach ...