Fort Denison
mid harbour, south end of the fort
6.5kn NE 43°
Last hour: down 3.2 kn.
Sydney Flying Squadron
Readings from Port Authority of NSW stations, logged every five minutes, and from the Bureau of Meteorology's stations out west and on the coast, every ten. Times are Sydney local. Page made at 21:06, last poll 21:02.
Ten minute means in knots, direction the wind comes from. The line is the last six hours. mean gust
mid harbour, south end of the fort
6.5kn NE 43°
Last hour: down 3.2 kn.
the entrance, off Watsons Bay
15.3kn NNE 24°
Steady over the last hour.
Greenwich, Lane Cove River
8.2kn NNE 29°
Last hour: down 2.5 kn, veered 20°.
Wollstonecraft
4.5kn N 360°
Last hour: down 3.4 kn.
west of the bridge
10.3kn ENE 62°
Last hour: down 1.1 kn, veered 28°.
The height is the Fort Denison gauge, not a prediction. The next turns are worked out from the Tide model by Open-Meteo.com, CC BY 4.0, timed and scaled against the gauge over the last two days; not the official tide table.
measured height
1.50m
Next low 0.4 m at Sun 01:48 (in 4 h 42 min), then high 1.8 m at Sun 08:10.
MHL tide gauge, Middle Head
1.54m
2 cm above the prediction, at 20:00.
west of the bridge
0.4kn SE 145°
Significant wave height Hs, the average of the highest third. The line is the last twelve hours.
entrance channel
0.56m Hs
Hs up 0.11 m over three hours.
open coast, 15 km south
1.02m Hs
Hs steady over three hours.
open coast, 80 km south
0.92m Hs
Hs steady over three hours.
A change moving up the coast reaches Port Kembla before Botany Bay, and Botany Bay before the Heads. Watch these when a southerly is forecast. The barometer sees further: a steady fall ahead of a change and a jump as it passes.
QNH from the aviation report
1013hPa
Up 1 hPa in 3 h; forecast 1011 by 03:00.
VTS tower, about 80 km south
4.0kn ENE 70°
Last hour: veered 23°.
eastern breakwater
7.7kn N 4°
Last hour: down 2.9 kn.
Ampol Wharf, Botany Bay
12.7kn NE 56°
Last hour: down 2.4 kn.
Port Botany
11.6kn NNE 27°
Steady over the last hour.
main runway
12.7kn NNE 29°
Steady over the last hour.
Newcastle is about 115 km north of the Heads. A north-easter or a northerly already blowing there is on its way down the coast, past Norah Head and Gosford to North Head; most changes come up the coast, so this is the section for the days the wind is in the north. Newcastle's stations are the Port Authority's; Norah Head, Gosford and North Head are the Bureau of Meteorology's.
Newcastle headland, about 115 km north
13.3kn NE 38°
Last hour: veered 12°.
inside Newcastle harbour
4.2kn ENE 61°
Last hour: up 1.7 kn, backed 33°.
Central Coast headland, about 60 km north
14.0kn NNE 28°
Last hour: up 4.0 kn.
Brisbane Water, about 45 km north
3.0kn ENE 62°
Last hour: veered 27°.
the Heads, 90 m up
9.0kn NNE 20°
Last hour: down 2.0 kn.
A westerly, or the land breeze on a still morning, is at Penrith and Richmond before Horsley Park, and at Horsley Park before Olympic Park and the harbour. On a hot day the inland temperature says how hard the sea breeze will come in from the Heads the other way. Bureau of Meteorology stations, ten minute means, logged every ten minutes.
foot of the Blue Mountains, about 50 km west
2.0kn NE 40°
Last hour: down 5.0 kn.
Hawkesbury, about 50 km north-west
3.0kn NE 36°
Last hour: down 1.0 kn, backed 16°.
about 55 km south-west
4.0kn ENE 74°
Last hour: up 1.0 kn, backed 41°.
about 35 km west
2.0kn NE 48°
Last hour: down 4.0 kn, veered 16°.
Homebush, about 14 km west
3.0kn NE 48°
Last hour: down 1.0 kn, veered 21°.
| Region | Station | Series | Reading | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botany Bay | Ampol Wharf (BOM) Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 12.7knots Gust: 15.0knots Dir: 56deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Botany Bay | Ampol Wharf (BOM) Wind | wind2 | 2 Min Mean Speed: 11.9knots Gust: 14.0knots Dir: 56deg | 21:02 24 Oct |
| Botany Bay | Bombora (Directional) Wave | wave | HS: 0.39m Hmax: 0.63m Tp: 17.39s Tz: 7.38s | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Botany Bay | Bombora (Directional) Wave | wavedir | Dir: 143deg | 20:40 24 Oct |
| Botany Bay | Botany Offshore (Directional) Wave | wave | HS: 1.02m Hmax: 1.73m Tp: 8.19s Tz: 5.52s | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Botany Bay | Botany Offshore (Directional) Wave | wavedir | Dir: 95deg | 20:40 24 Oct |
| Botany Bay | Captain Cook (Directional) Wave | wave | HS: 0.49m Hmax: 0.85m Tp: 8.16s Tz: 5.44s | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Botany Bay | Captain Cook (Directional) Wave | wavedir | Dir: 109deg | 20:40 24 Oct |
| Botany Bay | Kurnell (SG) Wave | wave | HS: 0.35m Hmax: 0.62m Tp: 17.50s Tz: 5.02s | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Botany Bay | Kurnell Wharf Tide | tide | Measured Height: 1.48m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Botany Bay | Molineaux Point (22m AHD) Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 11.6knots Gust: 17.6knots Dir: 27deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Botany Bay | Molineaux Point (22m AHD) Wind | wind2 | 2 Min Mean Speed: 12.2knots Gust: 16.8knots Dir: 28deg | 21:02 24 Oct |
| Botany Bay | Pilot Jetty Tide | tide | Measured Height: 1.49m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Botany Bay | Sydney Airport (Main Runway BOM) Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 12.7knots Gust: 16.0knots Dir: 29deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Botany Bay | Sydney Airport (Main Runway BOM) Wind | wind2 | 2 Min Mean Speed: 12.7knots Gust: 15.0knots Dir: 29deg | 21:02 24 Oct |
| Eden | Cruise Wharf Tide | tide | Measured Height: 1.32m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Eden | Cruise Wharf Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 5.1knots Gust: 8.2knots Dir: 59deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Eden | Multipurpose Wharf Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 6.3knots Gust: 9.5knots Dir: 50deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Eden | Munganno Point Wave | wave | HS: 0.45m Hmax: 0.77m Tp: 8.72s Tz: 5.07s | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Newcastle | Dyke 6 Tide | tide | Measured Height: 1.58m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Newcastle | Dyke Point ADCP Current | current | Avg Speed: 0.2knots Avg Dir: 254deg | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Newcastle | Inner (Directional) Wave | wave | HS: 0.84m Hmax: 1.47m Tp: 7.23s Tz: 5.22s | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Newcastle | Inner (Directional) Wave | wavedir | Dir: 160deg | 20:40 24 Oct |
| Newcastle | Kooragang Front Lead - (22m AHD) Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 4.2knots Gust: 6.3knots Dir: 61deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Newcastle | Mayfield Tide | tide | Measured Height: 1.59m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Newcastle | Newcastle Outer (Directional) Wave | wave | HS: 0.83m Hmax: 1.40m Tp: 8.06s Tz: 5.36s | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Newcastle | Newcastle Outer (Directional) Wave | wavedir | Dir: 147deg | 20:40 24 Oct |
| Newcastle | Nobbys Head - (50m AHD) Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 13.3knots Gust: 14.0knots Dir: 38deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Newcastle | Pilot Station - (East) Tide | tide | Measured Height: 1.58m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Newcastle | Pilot Station - (West) Tide | tide | Measured Height: 1.58m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Newcastle | Steelworks Channel Lead - (30m AHD) Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 6.5knots Gust: 9.7knots Dir: 80deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | East Channel Current | current | Avg Speed: 0.2knots Avg Dir: 136deg | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | East Channel Wave | wave | HS: 0.62m Hmax: 0.79m Tp: 7.70s Tz: 6.80s | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | Eastern Breakwater (16m AHD) Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 7.7knots Gust: 8.9knots Dir: 4deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | Eastern Breakwater (16m AHD) Wind | wind2 | 2 Min Mean Speed: 6.7knots Gust: 7.8knots Dir: 1deg | 21:02 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | Gateway Tide | tide | Measured Height: 1.39m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | Grain Terminal Tide | tide | Measured Height: 1.41m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | Inner (Directional) Wave | wave | HS: 1.00m Hmax: 1.59m Tp: 8.11s Tz: 5.39s | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | Inner (Directional) Wave | wavedir | Dir: 65deg | 20:40 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | Jetty 4 (BOM) Tide | tide | Measured Height: 1.40m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | Jetty 4 (BOM) Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 4.3knots Gust: 6.2knots Dir: 360deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | Outer (Directional) Wave | wave | HS: 0.92m Hmax: 1.93m Tp: 7.76s Tz: 5.09s | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | Outer (Directional) Wave | wavedir | Dir: 72deg | 20:40 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | The Cut Current | current | Avg Speed: 0.0knots Avg Dir: 148deg | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | The Cut Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 3.7knots Gust: 6.1knots Dir: 358deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | VTS Tower Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 4.0knots Gust: 9.6knots Dir: 70deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | West Channel Current | current | Avg Speed: 0.1knots Avg Dir: 100deg | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | Western Basin (36m AHD) Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 2.0knots Gust: 2.6knots Dir: 357deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Port Kembla | Western Basin (36m AHD) Wind | wind2 | 2 Min Mean Speed: 1.9knots Gust: 2.4knots Dir: 34deg | 21:02 24 Oct |
| Sydney Harbour | Balls Head Current | current | Avg Speed: 0.4knots Avg Dir: 145deg | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Sydney Harbour | Berry Island (7m AHD) Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 4.5knots Gust: 8.2knots Dir: 360deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Sydney Harbour | Fort Denison (Sth end BOM) Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 6.5knots Gust: 10.7knots Dir: 43deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Sydney Harbour | Fort Denison-Primary Tide | tide | Measured Height: 1.50m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Sydney Harbour | Fort Denison-Secondary Tide | tide | Measured Height: 1.50m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Sydney Harbour | Glebe Island Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 10.3knots Gust: 13.5knots Dir: 62deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Sydney Harbour | Manns Point (9m AHD) Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 8.2knots Gust: 11.7knots Dir: 29deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Sydney Harbour | Rydalmere Tide | clearance | Clearance Height: 5.72m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Sydney Harbour | Rydalmere Tide | tide | Measured Height: 1.62m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Sydney Harbour | Sydney Entrance Channel Wave | wave | HS: 0.56m Hmax: 1.04m Tp: 8.51s Tz: 4.37s | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Sydney Harbour | Sydney Entrance Channel Wave | wavedir | Dir: 77deg | 20:40 24 Oct |
| Sydney Harbour | Western Wedding Cake (BOM) Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 15.3knots Gust: 17.0knots Dir: 24deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Yamba | Goodwood Tide | tide | Measured Height: 1.45m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Yamba | Middle Wall Tide | tide | Measured Height: 1.41m | 20:54 24 Oct |
| Yamba | Yamba Breakwater (11.6m AHD) Wind | wind10 | 10 Min Mean Speed: 16.9knots Gust: 23.9knots Dir: 25deg | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Yamba | Yamba Offshore Directional Wave | wave | HS: 1.43m Hmax: 2.48m Tp: 4.98s Tz: 4.78s | 21:00 24 Oct |
| Yamba | Yamba Offshore Directional Wave | wavedir | Dir: 67deg | 20:40 24 Oct |