Macquarie Coastal Waters Forecast: Smoky Cape to Seal Rocks

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Forecast updated at 10:31 am EST on Tuesday 19 May 2026.

Weather Situation

A trough is heading eastwards and forecast to cross the coastal waters during today. A low pressure has formed within the trough in the northeast of the state as the system enters the Tasman Sea later today. The low will then remain over the Tasman Sea while whipping fresh to strong southerly winds and large powerful swells to the coastline mid to late this week.

Forecast for Tuesday until midnight

Strong Wind Warning for Tuesday for Macquarie Coast

Winds
North to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots shifting southwesterly in the late afternoon. Winds reaching up to 30 knots offshore south of Crowdy Head in the late evening.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
Northeasterly 2.5 to 3 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Wednesday 20 May

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Macquarie Coast

Winds
Southwesterly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots during the day.
Seas
2 to 2.5 metres.
1st Swell
South to southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning, then tending southerly 2 to 3 metres around midday.
2nd Swell
Northeasterly 2 to 2.5 metres, tending easterly 2 metres around midday, then decreasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Thursday 21 May

Winds
Southerly 20 to 30 knots.
Seas
2 to 2.5 metres.
1st Swell
Southerly 2 to 3 metres.
2nd Swell
Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the evening.
Weather
Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning.

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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