Sandon Back Beach Weather Forecast

Byron Coastal Waters

Wind

Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore during the morning. Winds turning west to southwesterly in the late morning and afternoon.

Seas

1.5 to 2.5 metres.

1st Swell

Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.

Weather

Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore north of Cape Byron during this afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A strong cold front is forecast to sweep the northern coastal waters early today, with fresh to strong southwesterly winds in its wake. The southerly airstream will increase further to gale-force, and large, powerful waves will develop as a low forms off the south coast and brushes the southern and central parts of the coast between today and early Saturday, before the system heads into the Tasman Sea through the weekend.