Eden Coastal Waters Forecast: Montague Island to Gabo Island

View the current warnings for New South Wales

Forecast updated at 11:30 am EST on Friday 17 April 2026.

Weather Situation

A high pressure system is extending a ridge over the northern waters while a cold front and its associated trough approach from south. A southerly change is forecast for Friday as the front moves north along the coast reaching the northern border early Saturday morning. In the wake of this, the high pressure moves east, reaching the southern Tasman Sea by Sunday and bringing settled weather. This system is then expected to become slow-moving for several days.

Forecast for Friday until midnight

Gale Warning for Friday for Eden Coast

Winds
Southwesterly 20 to 30 knots, reaching up to 35 knots offshore south of Green Cape during the afternoon and evening.
Seas
2 to 3 metres.
Swell
South to southwesterly 1 to 2 metres inshore, increasing to 2 to 3 metres offshore.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm north of Merimbula in the late morning and afternoon.

Saturday 18 April

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Eden Coast

Winds
Southwesterly 20 to 30 knots.
Seas
2 to 3 metres.
Swell
South to southwesterly 2 to 3 metres, increasing to 2.5 to 4 metres during the morning, then tending southerly 3 to 4 metres around midday.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Sunday 19 April

Winds
Southwesterly 15 to 25 knots turning southerly 15 to 20 knots during the day.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon or evening.
Swell
Southerly 3 to 4 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy.
Caution
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.

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 Friday.

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