Shoal Bay Weather Forecast

Hunter Coastal Waters

Wind

Southerly 15 to 20 knots shifting east to northeasterly below 10 knots in the evening.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.

1st Swell

Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.

Weather

Partly cloudy.

Weather Situation

A cold front is crossing the central parts of the coast while a high pressure system over the northern Tasman Sea is extending a ridge toward the far northeast of the state. The front will continue to head north, reaching the far north coast by late today, with a fresh and gusty southerly wind change in the wake. Then, the system will become stagnant off the far north coast or southeast Queensland coast and transition to a coastal trough while another ridge of high pressure extends across the south and east during the weekend through the early new week, interrupted by a series of troughs brushing the southern and central parts of the coast as coastal southerly changes.