Fish Rock Island Weather Forecast

Macquarie Coastal Waters

Wind

Northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots tending west to northwesterly in the late evening.

Seas

Around 1 metre.

1st Swell

Easterly 2 to 2.5 metres.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers in the evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening.

Caution

Large and powerful surf conditions in the morning are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.

Weather Situation

A weak ridge directs northerly winds over southern coastal waters, while a low pressure system in the Tasman Sea, brings fresh southeasterly winds along the north coast, before tracking into the southern Tasman Sea later in the week. A strong cold front is forecast to sweep the coastal waters from today through to Friday, with fresh to strong southwesterly winds in its wake. The southerly airstream will increase further to gale-force, and large, powerful waves will develop as a low forms off the south coast and brushes the southern and central parts of the coast between Friday and early Saturday, before the system heads into the Tasman Sea through the weekend.