Zenith Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.73° S 152.19° E

Issued: 10 am 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Zenith Beach sea temperature is

20.7°C

Zenith Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Zenith Beach today (03 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zenith Beach at 3PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	5s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	6s
Evening (03 Nov)	7ft (2.1m)	7s

Table - waves today at Zenith Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.
	Tuesday 3						Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Fri 6
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	NE 8	E 8	E 8	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 10	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	56	69	222	218	369	361	204	88	66	47	95	78	47	36	27	17	31	33	285	514	671	1104	856	748
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NNW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	S	SE	NE	NNE	W	WSW	WSW	SW	S	S	S	S	SSW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	off
High Tide				4:19PM1.61m					5:31AM1.38m				5:26PM1.58m				6:21AM1.50m				6:24PM1.56m
Low Tide		9:58AM0.66m					11:08PM0.35m				11:13AM0.60m				11:58PM0.35m				12:17PM0.53m				00:42AM0.35m


	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	7:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	7:21
mm	—	—	1	1	14	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	22	22	20	20	20	19	19	17	19	20	20	20	19	18	19	18	18	18	17	18	18	17	16
Feels °C	18	19	18	15	16	21	14	14	13	16	19	17	20	18	16	16	14	11	11	11	13	14	14	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 7	E 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	E 9	S 9	S 10	S 9
kJ	24	24	14	12	5	5	204	88	66	47	23	78	47	36	27	14	31	33	35	20	40	861	856	748
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 11	S 15	E 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	NE 8	S 12	S 12	E 15	E 9	NE 8	E 9	E 9	E 8
kJ	2	2	5	20	17	15	14	3	2	4	12	12	20	20	22	17	3	3	4	14	2	40	39	37
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 17	S 17	S 14	S 9	S 13	S 13	S 8	S 13	S 16	S 10	S 10	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 7	E 15	E 15	E 15	—	—	—	NNE 8	NNE 7
kJ	6	6	4	2	3	3	5	3	5	2	2	23	13	12	13	2	4	4	4	—	—	—	6	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	—	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 6	SSW 6	—	—	—	—	SSW 5	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	—	—
kJ	56	69	222	218	369	361	—	25	80	104	95	—	—	—	—	111	104	132	285	514	671	1104	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	4	3	3
Distance (km)	43	175	306	111	85	0	69	52	56	42	506	52	2	2	0	42	52	204	468	475	204	51	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1			2	2	2		1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1					4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	1	4	5	5	4	2	1	3	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5

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