Backwater Creek Entrance Weather Forecast

Illawarra Coastal Waters

Wind

North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning east to southeasterly during the afternoon and evening then tending southeast to southwesterly in the late evening. Winds reaching up to 20 knots south of Port Kembla in the late evening.

Seas

Below 1 metre.

1st Swell

Southeasterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore south of Point Perpendicular by early evening.

Weather

Mostly clear.

Weather Situation

A high pressure ridge extends over the state's north, while a trough is moving up the southern and central parts of the coast as a southerly change today through to early Wednesday. The trough will weaken as another ridge drifts across the coastal waters midweek. Then, a strong cold front is forecast to moves across the coastal waters later in the week and into the weekend, with a fresh and gusty southerly wind change in its wake.