BEACH WATCH
Swell is on a downward trend and offshore winds again for the morning. Surf conditions to be clean with the tide going low for the early and should suit the banks and one or two shorebreaks. Swell from the SSE at 1.5m decreasing to 1m. Wind light to moderate N/W to West tending S/W. Better breaks first up will be off South Bar, Cliff and Pogos. Rip bank at Merewether and also off the rocks for a few rights. Try Flatrock on the high tide. Dudley, Redhead and Catho to the south. Samurai and One Mile up at Port Stephens. Erosion at One Mile, Stockton and Merewether and swim at the open patrolled beaches. Water temperature 16 degrees. - Dave Anderson
HUNTER BOATING
Coastal waters will be mostly under a northerly influence as a high pressure system establishes over the eastern Tasman Sea on Tuesday.
NEWCASTLE SHIPPING
ARRIVALS - Yesterday: OKRA 10am; STAR ELECTRA 12.15pm; GOLDEN JAKE 2.30pm; CORONA ROYAL 3.30pm; CAPE MED 5.45pm; MAGIC ORION 6.45pm; XING HAO HAI, 11pm. Today: AQUAVITA SUN 2.30am; SPRING LEGEND, 4am; JY OCEAN, 7am; SIBONEY M, 7.11am; ATLANTIC DRAGON, 9.30am; MARAN FORTUNE, 2.30pm; BRONZE LADY, 5pm; W-EAGLE, 8pm; MIYAGAWA MARU, 11.15pm.
DEPARTURES - Yesterday: SHINRYO MARU, 4.45am; EAST TRADER, 10.15am; ORIENT GLORY, 11am; HL HADONG, 12pm; REIYO, 1pm; CEMTEX CREATION, 4.30pm; COS PROSPERITY, 10pm. Today: BBC CARIBBEAN, 12.01am; MAIZURU BENTEN, 1am; GH NORTHERN DANCER, 2.45am; STAR ELECTRA, 5.30am; ELENI, 5.45am; GOLDEN JAKE, 8am; CORONA ROYAL, 9.30am; OCEAN PROMETHEUS, 12.19pm; OKRA, 12.45pm; AQUAVITA SUN, 9.45pm
AIR QUALITY
Wallsend Good Beresfield Good Newcastle Good Singleton Good Muswellbrook Good
