BEACH WATCH
Low pressure system has deepened and slowly moving off the coast to the south. Fresh to strong onshore winds over the weekend with conditions picking up but mainly choppy and windblown. Swell from the at 1.5m increasing to 2.5m.Winds out of the S/W to West. Tides going low in the morning and some protection in the southern corners. Check Nobbys Reefs and Merewether off the rocks. Shorebreaks at Pogos. Burwood, Dudley and Catho to the south. One Mile and Fingal up at Port Stephens. Swimming conditions to deteriorate with sweeps running to the north. Water temp 21C. - Dave Anderson
HUNTER BOATING
Winds Southwesterly 25 to 30 knots, reaching up to 35 knots offshore south of Port Stephens early in the morning. Winds tending southerly 20 to 30 knots in the evening. Seas 2.5 to 3 metres, increasing to 2.5 to 4 metres offshore south of Norah Head. Swell Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 2 to 4 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 3 metres during the afternoon. Weather Cloudy. 60% chance of showers.
NEWCASTLE SHIPPING
ARRIVALS
Yesterday: SM Challenger, 2.45am; Ocean Emerald, 4.30am; Pontotriton, 4pm.
Today: Grebe Arrow, 12.45am; HL IBT, 5am; Cervia, 7.22am; SM Tiger, 10.45am; Lily Fortune, 12.01pm; PS Valletta, 1.15pm; Cape Spring, 5pm; Star Elizabeth, 9.45pm; Asphalt Transporter, 10.45pm.
DEPARTURES
Yesterday: SM Challenger, 8pm; Ocean Emerald, 9.45pm; BBC Naples, 10pm; Corona Dynamic, 11pm. Today: Diamond Indah, 1.45am; Ian M, 2.45am; Tahiti One, 3.45am; Zaliv Amurskiy, 9am; Vittoria, 2.15pm; HL Balikpapan, 3.15pm.
AIR QUALITY
Newcastle Good Wallsend Good Beresfield Good Singleton Good Muswellbrook Good Merriwa Good
