No warnings for New South Wales
Forecast issued at 4:10 am EDT on Saturday 16 February 2019.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system centred over Tasmania is slowly moving east, and will drift across the southern Tasman Sea for the next few days while extending a ridge to the northern New South Wales coast. This system will promote generally northeast to southeasterly winds until late Monday, when a trough brings a southerly change up south coast.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots south of Port Kembla in the evening. Winds turning northerly in the late evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres south of Port Kembla by early evening.
- Swell
- Easterly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Sunday 17 February
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Monday 18 February
- Winds
- Northerly 20 to 30 knots.
- Seas
- 2 to 2.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Please be awareWind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice the height.
Nearby Coastal Waters
- This forecast is also available via scheduled broadcasts on marine radio.
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:05 pm EDT Saturday.
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