View the current warnings for New South Wales
Forecast issued at 4:05 pm EST on Monday 22 July 2019.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the northern Tasman Sea is slowly drifting east and weaken while a cold front is expected to cross the south later Tuesday. Another cold front is expected to follow quickly on Wednesday before a high moves across southeastern of Australia on Thursday. Over this period winds will remain northwesterly to southwesterly, increasing and becoming gusty in the south as frontal passages move through.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore by early evening.
- Swell
- Southeasterly below 0.5 metres.
- Weather
- Clear.
Tuesday 23 July
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the day. Winds tending west to northwesterly during the day.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- Swell
- Southeasterly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Wednesday 24 July
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending west to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre by early evening.
- Swell
- Southeasterly below 0.5 metres, tending southerly 1 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Thursday 25 July
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots decreasing to about 10 knots during the morning then becoming north to northeasterly during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Mostly 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
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 am EST Tuesday.
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