Lake Macquarie - Swansea Channel Entrance Weather Forecast
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Mostly clear
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Showers increasing
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Showers
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Showers easing
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Shower or two
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Shower or two
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Shower or two
Today 20 May Newcastle
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, most likely later tonight. Winds southerly 15 to 25 km/h turning southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon.
Hunter Coastal Waters
Seal Rocks to Broken Bay- Wind
- Southwesterly 20 to 30 knots turning southerly in the evening.
- Seas
- 2 to 2.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 2 to 3 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening.
- Weather Situation
- A high pressure ridge establishing in the area during today with a trough and low pressure system further offshore and remaining over the Tasman Sea for the next several days, whipping fresh to strong southerly winds and large powerful waves to the coastline mid to late this week.
Lake Macquarie - Swansea Channel Entrance Temperature Statistics View More
May Temperature
Lake Macquarie (Cooranbong) (16km)
Lowest 10 May, 2026
6.1 °CAverage May
16.1 °CHighest 3 May, 2026
27.3 °C
Climate (2021–Present)
Lake Macquarie (Cooranbong) (16km)
Average Low 2021–2026
11.7 °CAverage 2021–2026
17.2 °CAverage High 2021–2026
23.9 °C