While many people were donning beanies and thick coats across the Illawarra Saturday morning, keen surfers suited up in steamers to take advantage of the strong southerly swell.
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Most beaches saw between two to three metres of swell, a three- to four-foot-rising swell with a six-foot swell at south-facing beaches.
The swell should drop slightly on Sunday and again on Monday before picking up again on Tuesday.
It comes after a chilly Friday night seeing the mercury drop to 5.4 degrees in Albion Park and 6 degrees in Kiama.
Meteorologist with Fairfax Media's Weatherzone Guy Dixon said that Sunday morning may be colder yet.
It’s expected to drop as low as 3 degrees in Kiama, 8 degrees for Wollongong and -1 in the Southern Highlands.
Meantime, Sydney awoke to a frigid Saturday morning, with temperatures dipping to a brisk 7.3 degrees in the CBD at 7:15am.
Further west and north, the mercury dropped to 2.4 degrees in Richmond, 3.3 degrees at Badgereys Creek and 3.6 degrees in Terrey Hills.
In the Blue Mountains, Katoomba residents saw a wintry start to the weekend, where the temperature fell to -2.9 degrees on Saturday morning to accompany Friday's settled snow.