BEACH WATCH
Prevailing fresh offshore winds for today and yesterday's pulse should stick around for the morning. Bigger early high tide will be suiting the reefs and shorebreaks before slowly dropping. Swell from the South at 1.5m decreasing to 1m. Wind out of the N/W to West. Plenty of variety at dawn with reefs at Cowrie, Bar Beach and Merewether. Banks at Cliff,South Bar and Newcastle Beach. Shorebreaks at Pogos during afternoon. Burwood, Dudley and Catho to the south. Samurai up at Port Stephens. Cooler current about with slight sweeps running to the north. Water temp 15C. - Dave Anderson
HUNTER BOATING
Winds Westerly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore north of Norah Head early in the morning. Winds turning north to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots in the late morning and afternoon.
Seas 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
1st Swell Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
2nd Swell Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
Weather Partly cloudy.
NEWCASTLE SHIPPING
ARRIVALS
Yesterday: Great Animation, 6.45pm.
Today: Bettys Beauty, 12.15am; Wincanton, 4am; Oi Maru, 10am; Nsu Keystone, 11am; Nsu Young Star, 1pm; Medi Tokyo, 3.01pm; Doukato, 7.45pm.
DEPARTURES
Yesterday: DL Olive, 3.30pm; Corona Dynamic, 4.30pm; Petrel Pacific, 9pm; Hong Sheng, 10pm.
Today: China Steel Integrity, 5.58am; Formosabulk Brave, 6.28am; Navios antares, 7.58am; Alentejo, 9am; Great Animation, 5.15pm; Ferrum Australis, 6.16pm.
AIR QUALITY
Newcastle Very good Wallsend Very good Beresfield Very good Singleton Very good Muswellbrook Very good
