Lake Macquarie - Swansea Channel Entrance Weather Forecast
- 12
- 30
Showers. Possible storm
- 9
- 19
Shower or two. Becoming windy
- 9
- 21
Partly cloudy
- 9
- 25
Sunny
- 12
- 29
Shower or two
- 15
- 24
Shower or two
- 15
- 24
Possible shower
Today 7 Nov Newcastle
Partly cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the late afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening, possibly severe with damaging winds. Light winds becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the early afternoon then turning southerly 25 to 35 km/h in the late afternoon.
Hunter Coastal Waters
Seal Rocks to Broken Bay- Wind
- Northwest to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending northeast to southeasterly in the early afternoon then tending southerly 15 to 25 knots in the evening. Winds reaching up to 30 knots in the late evening. Squalls possible with the wind change.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres south of Norah Head by early evening.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers. A thunderstorm likely in the afternoon and evening with possible squalls.
- Weather Situation
- A ridge lies over NSW waters today, before a cold front crosses the coast on Saturday with thunderstorms and squally winds ahead of a southerly buster. The front deepens into a low pressure system in the Tasman Sea while a ridge builds over inland NSW, maintaining strong and gusty southerly winds and large, powerful seas into Sunday. Winds ease early next week.
Lake Macquarie - Swansea Channel Entrance Temperature Statistics View More
November Temperature
Lake Macquarie (Cooranbong) (16 km)
Lowest 6 November, 2026
11.5 °CAverage November
19.6 °CHighest 3 November, 2026
28.1 °C
Climate (2021–2026)
Lake Macquarie (Cooranbong) (16 km)
Average Low 2021–2026
11.9 °CAverage 2021–2026
17.4 °CAverage High 2021–2026
24 °C