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Forecast issued at 4:10 am EST on Saturday 23 September 2023.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system centred near Bass Strait will strengthen and drift east during the coming days, reaching the Tasman Sea on Sunday. Southerly winds will gradually shift to northerly in most coastal areas over the weekend. The next southerly change front looks set to arrive mid next week.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots in the middle of the day, then tending easterly below 10 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
Sunday 24 September
- Winds
- East to southeasterly about 10 knots tending east to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon then becoming north to northeasterly about 10 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
Monday 25 September
- Winds
- North to northeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the evening.
- Swell
- Southeasterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore north of Port Stephens.
- 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.
Nearby Coastal Waters

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