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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
Issued at 4:10 am EDT on Tuesday 7 October 2025
for the period until midnight EDT Thursday 9 October 2025.
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Wind and wave forecasts are averages. Wind gusts can be 40 per cent stronger than the forecast, and stronger still in squalls and thunderstorms. Maximum waves can be twice the forecast height.
A southerly wind change over the far north coast will stall and weaken this morning. Winds will become north to northwesterly from midweek onwards apart from brief incursions of southerly winds to the far south coast as a high pressure ridge extends from the Tasman Sea to the far north coast while a series of cold fronts skim to the south.
Winds: East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning north to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots in the evening. Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore around midday. Swell: Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon. Weather: Cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore north of Point Perpendicular this afternoon.
Winds: West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots turning northerly during the morning. Winds reaching up to 25 knots offshore in the evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning. Weather: Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm north of Point Perpendicular in the afternoon and evening.
Winds: Northerly 20 to 25 knots tending northwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the morning then tending westerly 10 to 15 knots during the evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore. Swell: South to southwesterly below 1 metre. Weather: Partly cloudy.
Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the morning then tending north to northwesterly in the late evening. Winds reaching up to 25 knots offshore south of Moruya Heads in the evening. Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon. Weather: Cloudy. 50% chance of showers.
Winds: West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots turning northerly during the morning. Winds reaching up to 25 knots offshore north of Moruya Heads in the late evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning, then increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre around midday. Weather: Mostly sunny.
Winds: North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending northwest to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore. Swell: Southerly around 1 metre. Weather: Partly cloudy.
Winds: South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the morning then becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the middle of the day. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore north of Merimbula during the afternoon. Swell: Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres. Weather: Partly cloudy.
Winds: South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots shifting north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the morning then tending north to northwesterly in the late evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning, then increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then decreasing to around 1 metre during the afternoon. Weather: Sunny.
Winds: Northwest to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending southeast to southwesterly during the morning then tending southeasterly during the day. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning. Swell: Southerly below 1 metre. Weather: Partly cloudy.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:05 pm EDT Tuesday.
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