Newcastle Weather Forecast

Hunter Coastal Waters

Wind

Southerly 15 to 25 knots tending southeasterly 20 to 25 knots in the late afternoon. Winds reaching up to 30 knots offshore north of Port Stephens in the evening.

Seas

1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore north of Norah Head by early evening.

1st Swell

Southerly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres south of Port Stephens.

Weather

Cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm early this evening.

Weather Situation

A cold front and its associated trough are crossing northeastern areas of the state, bringing a fresh to strong, gusty southerly change to the north coast today before reaching the Queensland border early Wednesday. Southerly winds will then gradually turn easterly midweek as a strong high pressure system passes to the south of the state. The high will then enter the Tasman Sea later this week and become slow-moving, maintaining east to northeasterly winds through the weekend.