Coffs Coastal Waters Forecast: Wooli to Smoky Cape

View the current warnings for New South Wales

Forecast issued at 4:10 am EST on Tuesday 8 July 2025.

Weather Situation

A weak ridge of high pressure over the state is drifting north ahead ahead of a cold front that will cross the coastal waters between late Tuesday and early Wednesday, bringing fresh to strong west to northwesterly winds. This front will be followed by a stronger cold front late Thursday or early Friday, with strong to gale-force west to southwesterly wind change in its wake. Winds will gradually ease later in the week through Saturday as a new high pressure system drifts across the state.

Forecast for Tuesday until midnight

Winds
West to northwesterly about 10 knots tending north to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots in the morning.
Seas
Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
Southerly below 1 metre.
Weather
Mostly sunny.

Wednesday 9 July

Winds
Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore north of Coffs Harbour early in the morning. Winds tending northwest to southwesterly before dawn then tending north to northwesterly in the morning.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning, then increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres later in the evening.
Swell
Southerly below 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy.

Thursday 10 July

Winds
Northwesterly 15 to 25 knots turning westerly 20 to 30 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
Swell
Easterly below 1 metre.
Weather
Mostly sunny.

Please be awareWind 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.

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The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:05 pm EST Tuesday.

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