YOUR MARINE RESCUE PORT STEPHENS UP TO DATE HUNTER COASTAL WATERS WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 26 JANUARY 2025
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea and a trough approaching from the west will cause north to northeasterly winds to increase on Monday. This trough is forecast to bring a cool, fresh to strong and gusty southerly change to southern and central waters on Tuesday, and then weaken and stall along the north coast for the remainder of the week.
Important boating information
Strong Wind Warning for Monday for Hunter Coast
Current Local Conditions
Temperature
Wind
Barometric Pressure
Rainfall Since 9:00 AM Today
24.3 degrees
14 knots from the north east
1013 hectopascals and rising slowly
.000mm
NOTE:- Values recorded at Marine Rescue Port Stephens Radio Base and updated here each ten minutes.
Coastal Waters Forecast
Be Aware:Wind 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.
Hunter Coast: Seal Rocks to Broken Bay issued by the Bureau of Meterology at 10:00 PM for the period ending midnight tonight
Winds:
Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas:
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres north of Norah Head.
Swell:
Southerly below 1 metre.
Weather:
Mostly clear.
Type a value in the Knots field to convert it to kilometers per hour: kph
Tides and Sunset
The next tide at the heads will be a low of 0.58 of metre at 12:51am tomorrow followed by a high of 1.72 metres at 7:42am tomorrow.
First light will be at 5:41am and the sun will rise at 6:07am.
Forecast for Monday
Warning:
Strong Wind Warning for Monday for Hunter Coast.
Winds:
Northeasterly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots during the afternoon and evening.
Seas:
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
Swell:
Southerly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore north of Norah Head during the morning.
Weather:
Mostly sunny.
Forecast for Tuesday
Winds:
North to northeasterly 20 to 30 knots, shifting southerly 20 to 30 knots in the late afternoon and evening.
