forecast
Thursday: Southeasterly 25/30 knots, reaching up to 35 knots north of Port Stephens. Seas: 2/3 metres increasing to 3/4 metres offshore later in the evening. Swell: Southeasterly 1/1.5 metres. Weather: Isolated thunderstorms offshore.
Friday: Southeasterly 25/30 knots increasing to 30/35 knots in the late afternoon then tending southerly 25/30 knots in the late evening. Seas: 2/3 metres increasing to 3/4 metres offshore. Swell: Southeasterly 2 metres, increasing to 2/3 metres before dawn. Weather: Isolated thunderstorms offshore. Caution: Large swells breaking dangerously close inshore.
Outlook Saturday: Southerly 20/30 knots decreasing to 15/25 knots in the middle of the day. Seas: 2/3 metres, decreasing below 2 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Southeasterly 2/3 metres, decreasing to 1.5/2 metres later in the evening.
Outlook Sunday: South to southwesterly 10/15 knots tending west to southwesterly during the morning then tending south to southwesterly during the day. Seas: Up to 1 metre. Swell: Southerly 1.5/2.5 metres.
Issued Thu 14:33 EST
Seas: Up to 4.0m
Swell: Up to 3.0m, SE