Hunter River - Newcastle Harbour Weather Forecast

Hunter Coastal Waters

Wind

Westerly 25 to 30 knots turning southwesterly in the morning. Winds reaching up to 35 knots offshore in the late morning and early afternoon.

Seas

2 to 3 metres, increasing to 3 to 4 metres offshore north of Port Stephens.

1st Swell

Southwesterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning, then tending southerly 3 to 5 metres around midday.

Weather

Cloudy. 90% chance of showers offshore, 60% chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and evening.

Caution

Large and powerful surf conditions in the afternoon and evening are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.

Weather Situation

A deep, complex low in the Tasman Sea is driving gusty southwesterly winds today. The vigorous south to southwesterly flow associated with that low is forecast to continue as a trough crosses the coastal waters. Then, a high pressure system is forecast to drift over the coastal waters during the weekend or early next week, turning the winds southeast to northeasterly.