Zenith Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.73° S 152.19° E

Issued: 3 pm 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Zenith Beach sea temperature is

19.1° 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 (16 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Zenith Beach at 7PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Jul)	5ft (1.6m)	8s
Evening (16 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu night, min 16°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 16				Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun 19
	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 11
Wave Graph
kJ	307	343	264	223	177	138	137	145	143	147	211	147	125	143	186	216	249	244	298	349	568	769	919	974
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				9:55PM1.94m					10:41AM1.41m				10:40PM1.83m				11:27AM1.41m				11:24PM1.69m
Low Tide		3:30PM0.35m					4:38AM0.10m				4:21PM0.39m				5:20AM0.17m				5:11PM0.46m				6:00AM0.26m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—
	—	5:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	5:05
mm	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Feels °C	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	S 8	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 11
kJ	307	343	264	223	177	138	106	64	143	147	147	147	69	114	83	82	51	48	46	45	568	769	919	974
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 18	S 11	S 7	S 7	S 6	SSW 8	S 11	S 21	S 21	S 21	S 20	S 20	S 20	S 19	S 9	S 9	S 18	S 18
kJ	73	73	80	21	33	33	56	21	61	44	41	23	40	35	35	78	74	71	69	66	42	25	154	150
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 18	S 18	E 8	S 18	S 18	S 18	S 12	S 17	S 16	S 9	S 11	S 11	S 21	—	—	—	—	S 18	S 18	—	S 19	S 18	S 9	S 8
kJ	25	25	12	54	55	58	24	52	43	25	22	22	34	—	—	—	—	6	6	—	113	103	24	23
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	—	—	ESE 7	S 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	97	97	93	137	145	—	—	211	21	125	143	186	216	249	244	298	349	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Zenith Beach NSW - Newcastle	Stockton Beach NSW - Newcastle	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Newcastle -The Harbour NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Newcastle -The Harbour NSW - Newcastle	Newcastle -The Harbour NSW - Newcastle	Newcastle -The Harbour NSW - Newcastle	Newcastle -The Harbour NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Little Avalon NSW - Sydney North Coast	Little Avalon NSW - Sydney North Coast	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Warriewood NSW - Sydney North Coast	Warriewood NSW - Sydney North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Little Avalon NSW - Sydney North Coast	Little Avalon NSW - Sydney North Coast	Warriewood NSW - Sydney North Coast
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	4	2	3	3
Distance (km)	0	42	69	69	69	69	42	84	84	42	42	42	42	84	84	128	128	204	134	134	88	128	128	134
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	7	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	7	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	9	9	6	8	7	6	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5

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