Old Bar Offshore Weather Forecast

Macquarie Coastal Waters

Wind

Northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots tending southeast to southwesterly in the middle of the day then tending north to northeasterly in the late afternoon.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.

1st Swell

Northeasterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres south of Port Macquarie.

Weather

Partly cloudy.

Weather Situation

A high pressure ridge lies over the northern NSW waters today, which a trough is slowly moving north along the coast today. Wednesday, a cold front will bring gusty north to northwesterly winds along the coast followed by a fresh and gusty southwesterly wind change later, likely commencing in the south during the afternoon and reaching the northern border by Thursday afternoon. Behind this, a high pressure system is forecast to settle over the waters on Thursday.