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Dangerous fishing conditions - East Coast Low possible Tuesday

by Recreational Fishing Alliance of NSW 30 Jun 07:15 BST
Dangerous fishing conditions update © RFA of NSW

A ridge extends over the coastal waters. A trough will move over the coastal waters on Monday.

A complex low with the potential to become an east coast low will develop in the trough on Tuesday and move east across the Tasman Sea from Thursday.

Where

BOM is warning about highly variable and dangerous conditions for rockfishing and boating on Tuesday and Wednesday from the Macquarie down to the Batemans coasts.

On Tuesday, seas will be 4 to 5 metres with mixed swells of 3 to 4 metres.

On Wednesday, seas will be 3 to 5 metres with mixed swells of 4 to 6 metres.

On both days swells will be mix of mostly southerly, south easterly, easterly, south westerly. The low will be accompanied by heavy rain and strong winds.

Swell period

Swell period will be between 5 and 12 seconds (southern coast on Tuesday likely to be very short period).

Check local forecasts to get the latest before you go out on the BOM website at www.bom.gov.au/nsw/forecasts/map.shtml.

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