The cyclone is currently around 200km from Broome as of Monday, with Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) expecting the cyclone to make landfall along Eighty Mile Beach either late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

"As that system moves closer to the coast today we will see winds start increasing and we may expect gales to develop [around] Kuri Bay and Wallal Downs," BoM duty forecaster Steph Bond told ABC.

"This system will move parallel to the coastline just offshore and may make landfall around Tuesday evening, most likely around the Wallal Downs area, at this stage, as a Category 2 system."