Hunter River - Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club Weather Forecast

Hunter Coastal Waters

Wind

Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore north of Port Stephens during the morning.

Seas

1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre by early evening.

1st Swell

South to southwesterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then tending southerly 1.5 to 2 metres around midday.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers.

Weather Situation

A cold front lies off the northeast coast, with southwesterly winds in its wake. Winds are likely to tend southerly later today and into Monday after the passage of another front, and as a trough develops along the coast. This trough looks likely to linger near the coast for much of the week, causing winds to gradually turn easterly.