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Fish Rock at South West Rocks

ocean conditions, water temperature and weather forecast for the fish rock area.

Forecast | Ocean Temp & Currents | Smoky Cape Observations | Ocean Temp. & Waves | Tides | Boating Advice


Bureau of Meteorology Coastal Waters Forecast

Example of BOM Coastal Water Forecast page.Coastal Waters Forecast for the Mid North Coastal Waters of New South Wales.
Wooli to Seal Rocks and 60nm seawards
This page gives a description of the expected weather and sea conditions, including wind warnings for today and the next three days.


CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Remote Sensing Facility

Example of acean current map.Ocean temperature and surface currents for South Eastern Australian Coastal Waters

This page provides a highly accurate ocean surface temperature map with surface currents as well. CSIRO Marine Remote Sensing division uses data from two satellites and floating sensors to compile these maps.
Please note the thumbnail image to the right is for example only. It is out of date.


Latest Coastal Weather Observations for Smoky Cape (2km from fish rock)

BOM weather obstervations for Smoky Cape NSW.Air temperature air visibility, air pressure, wind, rain, cloud, sea and swell observations taken 3 times per day.


Manly Hydraulics Laboratory Temp. and Waves.

Manly Hydraulics Laboritory sea surface temperature and wave height map.NSW Ocean surface temperature map with average wave height and maximum wave height as read by 6 wave rider buoys along the NSW coast.
The wave height data is collected by wave rider buoys at Eden, Bateman's Bay, Port Kembla, Sydney, Crowdy Head, Coffs Harbour and Byron Bay.


Bureau of Meteorology Tides

Manly Hydraulics Laboritory sea surface temperature and wave height map.Ocean tides as predicted for Yamba NSW. Adjust for other areas using the instructions provided.
Once at this page the map at the lower part of the page shows the difference in tide times between different locations. The location South West Rocks requires that 1 hour 2 minutes be added to the tide times given for Yamba. Please note the times given are in Eastern Standard Time; so when Eastern Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) is in use an extra 1 hour must be added to all times.

To view the tide times you must click the submit button, indicated by the green arrow in the thumbnail above.


Buoyweather

Manly Hydraulics Laboritory sae surface temperature and wave height map.Bouyweather provides a 2 day wind and ocean condition forecast with boating advisery statements.
The first section of this page gives a forecast summary and boating advisery reccommendations.
The lower section graphs the expected changes in wind speed and direction and wave height and primary direction in 6 hourly increments for the coming 2 days.


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