up to 2500 passengers and crew stranded outside sydney harbour as massive storm batters the city .
passengers report large waves were crashing into the ship right through the night and into tuesday .
the vessel has suffered damage with a satellite damaged and a door ripped open by the crashing waves .
carnival cruise lines hopes to have the cruise-liner dock on wednesday but there are fears they will have to wait another 48 hours .
11 metre waves have been recorded off-shore .
weather conditions are expected to worsen in the afternoon with 100kph winds on the way .