Hunter River (North Channel) - Smiths Island Weather Forecast

Hunter Coastal Waters

Wind

Northerly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore in the late evening.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore north of Norah Head.

1st Swell

Southerly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore north of Port Stephens.

Weather

Cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the evening.

Weather Situation

North to northwesterly winds are forecast to prevail over New South Wales coast most of the week, apart from brief incursions of southerly or westerly winds to the southern and central coastal waters due to mobile troughs, as a high pressure ridge extends from the Tasman Sea to the far north coast while a series of cold fronts skims to the south through the week.