BEACH WATCH
Cool and windy on the beach with an increase in swell which will build through the day. Conditions best early while wind is still tending offshore as it will get around to the south later on in the morning. Swell from the South at 1.5 to 2m increasing to 3m. Wind fresh West to S/W shifting South. Tides full first up and south facing breaks suiting direction best. Merewether,South Bar shorebreak and Cowrie for the early. Nobbys during afternoon. Dudley, Caves and Catho to the south. One Mile up at Port Stephens. Sweeps to develop runnning to the north corners and cooler current about with water temp on 17C. - Dave Anderson
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HUNTER BOATING
Winds West to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots tending south to southwesterly 25 to 30 knots in the late morning and early afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 metres, to 2.5 to 4 metres offshore north of Port Stephens. Swell Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, to 2 to 4 metres midday. Weather Partly cloudy.
NEWCASTLE SHIPPING
ARRIVALS
Yesterday: Century Wave, 7.12am; Pacific Opal, 10.30am; Sm Donghae, 2.20pm; Eco Destiny, 3pm; Alpha Progress, 4.30pm; Unico Sienna, 8.15pm; Jr Summer, 10.30pm.
Today: Sitc Lushan, 1am; GI Iguaza, 7.30am; Asahi Maru, 8.30am; Margreth Pissarek, 11.15am; Km Sydney, 1.15pm; Maratha Prudence, 4.15pm; Western Marine, 7.15pm.
DEPARTURES
Yesterday: Lily Fortune, 10.50am; Dorthe Oldendorff, 1.55pm; Gloriosa Lily, 6pm; Odiris, 7.15pm; Global Journey, 9.15pm; Palawan, 11.30pm. Today: Pacific Opal, 3am; Formosobulk Clement, 5.29am; HI Richards Bay, 6am; Century Wave, 10am; Bbc Jade, 12.15pm; Alpha Progress, 2.15pm; Unico Sienna, 5pm; Jr Summer, 6pm; Sm Donghae, 9.45pm.
AIR QUALITY
Newcastle Very good Wallsend Very good Beresfield Very good Singleton Very good Muswellbrook Very good
