Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Tropical Cyclone Advice - Cocos Islands Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre Media: The Standard Emergency Warning Signal should NOT be used with this warning. TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 7 Issued at 08:51 PM WST on Tuesday 23 December 2025 Headline: Tropical Cyclone Grant (03U) will pass close to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands late on Christmas Eve or early Christmas Day. Areas Affected: Warning zone: Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Watch zone: None. Cancelled zone: None. Details of Tropical Cyclone Grant 03U at 6:30 pm CCT: Intensity: Category 1, sustained winds near the centre of 65 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 95 kilometres per hour. Location: within 35 kilometres of 12.4 degrees South 99.0 degrees East, estimated to be 235 kilometres east of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Movement: west at 12 kilometres per hour. Tropical Cyclone Grant is located over the Indian Ocean, to the east of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. It is forecast to move towards generally westwards, and pass close to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands later on Wednesday (Christmas Eve) or early on Thursday (Christmas Day). It is expected to be at category 2 intensity as it passes by the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Hazards: Recommended Action: Cyclone advices and DFES Alerts are available by dialling 13 DFES (13 3337) A map showing the track of the cyclone is available at: http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone