BEACH WATCH
Small low pressure system popping up just off the coast today will bring some freshening onshore winds at first before cleaning late afternoon. Surf conditions to be peaky and choppy with a slight pulse. Swell from the East to N/E at 1m increasing to 1.5m. Wind out of the North to N/E shifting West late. Mid morning low tide will suit the shorebreaks at Dixon, Pogos and Merewether. Cowrie and Bar Reef on afternoon high tide. Burwood, Redhead and Frenchmans to the south. Buribi and Treachery to the north. Sweeps running to the south. Water 21C. - Dave Anderson
HUNTER BOATING
Winds North to northeasterly 20 to 30 knots, up to 35 knots north of Norah Head early in the morning. Winds shifting westerly 20 to 25 knots in the evening. Seas 2 to 3 metres, below 2 metres around midday. Swell Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres, tending northeasterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning. Weather Cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning.
NEWCASTLE SHIPPING
ARRIVALS
Yesterday: Ishizuchi II, 2.45pm; Sea Pearl, 4.30pm; Navios Beaufiks, 5.30pm; Qing Hua Shan, 6.30pm.
Today: Taho Europe, 12.30am; Port Alberni, 3.30am; Maritime Century, 5.45am; Indus Fortune, 9.15am; Corona Zenith, 1am; KM Hakata, 11am; Golden Myrtalia, 4.45pm; Maizuru Kichijo, 5.45pm.
DEPARTURES
Yesterday: Premiership, 1pm; Pacific Bless, 3.30pm; Houyu, 10pm.
Today: Mondial Success, 1am; China Pride, 2am; Genco Hadrian, 2am; Pirika Mosiri Maru, 4.30am; Penguin Arrow, 8am; Maran Argonaut, 1.30pm; Ishizuchi II, 3.30pm; Taho Europe, 5.45pm; Great Profit, 9pm.
AIR QUALITY
Newcastle Good Wallsend Good Morisset Good Beresfield Good Singleton Good Muswellbrook Good
