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Zenith Beach surf break

Zenith Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Zenith Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Zenith Beach sea temperature is
22.2° C
 (Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Zenith Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Zenith Beach at 4PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (15 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (15 Jan)6ft (1.8m)6s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
3
3
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
1.8
NE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.3
NE
2.5
NE
1.9
ENE
2.3
ENE
2
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.1
SE
1.6
SE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
Period(s) (?)5566667777888888988109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4251173226213340303257272585681419575487414376425368356246406603645600
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
30
NE
35
ENE
40
NE
45
NE
40
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
10
W
15
SW
30
SSW
20
SSE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
S
0
ENE
10
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		offcrossglassonononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42AM
1.58
7:14PM
1.05
7:25AM
1.65
8:05PM
1.09
8:06AM
1.71
8:50PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:38PM
0.54
12:29AM
0.56
2:21PM
0.44
1:19AM
0.54
2:59PM
0.35
2:06AM
0.52
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise5:56-------5:58-------5:58-------
Sunset----8:01-------8:01-------8:01---
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--1312--11121-----2322552
Temp. °C212323232222212020212222222222222223232323222222
Feels °C (?)202019191718191922212021242424252320202019171717
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