Newcastle FAD (offshore) Weather Forecast

Hunter Coastal Waters

Wind

Northerly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore north of Norah Head early in the morning. Winds tending northwesterly in the morning then tending northwest to northeasterly in the middle of the day.

Seas

1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre around midday.

1st Swell

Southeasterly below 1 metre.

Weather

Sunny.

Weather Situation

A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge across the state. A cold front in the state's southwest will slip south while its associated trough heads north, crossing the southern and central parts of the coast as a fresh southerly change through Wednesday, before stalling about the Mid North Coast on Thursday and gradually weakening. Winds will turn northerly later in the week through the weekend, apart from a brief incursion of southerly winds along the southern half of the coast on Saturday, as another high entering the Tasman Sea extends a ridge along the coast.