”The ditch”, also known as the Tasman Sea, is a global hotspot for ocean warming, with sea temperatures rising much faster than the global average 🥵 Right now, the heat is being felt most in the waters around New Zealand. But these marine heatwaves have been felt much closer to home here in Australia in the past decade, and are likely to continue to occur as climate change worsens. Hotter oceans = more destructive weather events, like cyclones and intense storms, that reach us back on shore. Ur

A low and cold front in the Tasman Sea is driving strong to gale force winds and hazardous and damaging surf for much of the NSW coast today. Severe Weather Warnings are current for damaging winds and damaging and hazardous surf today as winds and surf about the coast could bring down trees and cause localised damage and possible coastal erosion. Conditions should ease tonight with a calmer sunnier Monday on the way though hazardous surf may continue into Monday for some parts of the NSW coast.