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Hazardous Surf Warning for Macquarie Coast: Smoky Cape to Seal Rocks, Hunter Coast: Seal Rocks to Broken Bay, Sydney Coast: Broken Bay to Port Hacking, Illawarra Coast: Port Hacking to Ulladulla and B

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Hazardous Surf Warning for Macquarie Coast: Smoky Cape to Seal Rocks, Hunter Coast: Seal Rocks to Broken Bay, Sydney Coast: Broken Bay to Port Hacking, Illawarra Coast: Port Hacking to Ulladulla and Batemans Coast: Ulladulla to Montague Island for 23 September, Australia

Measurements

Coordinates-25.2744, 133.7751
RegionNew South Wales: Macquarie Coast, Hunter Coast, Sydney Coast, Illawarra Coast and Batemans Coast
Location Precisioncountry
Issuing AuthorityAustralia — au-bom-en
Cap UrgencyUnknown
Cap CertaintyUnknown
Cap Expires2026-09-23T14:00:00+00:00

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About this location

The agency did not publish coordinates for this warning. The pin is the centre of the country, not the location of the event — read the area name, not the map, for where it applies.

Area as the agency stated it: New South Wales: Macquarie Coast, Hunter Coast, Sydney Coast, Illawarra Coast and Batemans Coast

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