Manning River - Chinamans Beach Weather Forecast

Macquarie Coastal Waters

Wind

Westerly 20 to 30 knots tending southwesterly 25 to 30 knots in the middle of the day. Winds reaching up to 35 knots offshore in the afternoon.

Seas

2 to 3 metres.

1st Swell

Southwesterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then tending south to southwesterly 3 to 5 metres around midday.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers offshore, 50% chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A deep, complex low in the Tasman Sea is driving gusty southwesterly winds today. The vigorous south to southwesterly flow associated with that low is forecast to continue as a trough crosses the coastal waters. Then, a high pressure system is forecast to drift over the coastal waters during the weekend or early next week, turning the winds southeast to northeasterly.