Saltwater Weather Forecast

Macquarie Coastal Waters

Wind

North to northwesterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the morning. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore north of Port Macquarie in the late afternoon.

Seas

Around 1 metre.

1st Swell

Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre later in the evening.

Weather

Mostly sunny day. 50% chance of showers this evening. The chance of a thunderstorm late this afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A high pressure ridge extends across the central areas, maintaining westerly airstream. A trough looks set to brush the coast late today through to Friday, bringing a southerly wind change. The winds then tend south to southwesterly along the northern coast and west to southwesterly along the southern coast during the weekend as the trough lingers along the northern coast.