Zenith Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.73° S 152.19° E

Issued: 4 am 09 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Zenith Beach sea temperature is

21.1°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 (09 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Nov, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zenith Beach at 11AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Nov)	11ft (3.5m)	10s
Afternoon (09 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	11s
Evening (09 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Wed night, min 12°C on Mon night). Mainly strong winds.
	Monday 9								Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thu 12
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	NE 7	SSE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	2016	2252	2184	2005	2245	2241	2108	2017	1857	1546	1395	1292	1100	1035	778	559	480	411	349	276	216	194	161	116	92	154
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSW	WSW	WNW	WNW	ESE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	N	NNW	WSW	ENE	ESE	NE	NE	N	SW	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross
High Tide				8:59AM1.79m				9:22PM1.35m				9:34AM1.80m				10:01PM1.28m				10:10AM1.79m				10:41PM1.21m
Low Tide		2:30AM0.39m				3:30PM0.35m				3:03AM0.42m				4:12PM0.35m				3:36AM0.46m				4:53PM0.36m				4:09AM0.51m


	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43
	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	7:25
mm	1	1	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	7	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	16	14	13	15	16	17	17	16	15	12	13	16	17	19	19	19	17	17	16	19	20	19	21	19	19	19
Feels °C	9	8	7	8	9	11	12	13	13	9	11	15	13	13	13	15	15	17	15	18	16	13	17	18	19	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	S 10	SSE 10	E 10	E 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	NE 7	NE 8
kJ	35	1835	1775	19	18	2241	2108	2017	1857	1546	1395	1292	1100	1035	778	559	480	411	349	276	216	194	161	116	91	88
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	E 11	E 10	E 10	NNE 12	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	E 11	S 13	S 13	S 13	E 10	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSE 8	SE 11
kJ	6	20	19	18	14	18	20	10	11	11	12	12	9	14	13	13	8	12	7	7	9	8	8	7	92	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	NE 12	NNE 12	NNE 13	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 12	E 11	E 11	S 13	NE 12	E 10	E 10	S 12	S 12	S 10	S 10	S 10	E 10	E 10	S 16	S 9	S 15
kJ	—	—	—	6	15	16	13	13	13	13	9	9	14	5	8	8	11	25	19	19	18	8	8	5	7	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSW 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 10	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 5	NE 6	—	SSE 8
kJ	2016	2252	2184	2005	2245	294	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	27	25	21	25	—	—	—	10	113	107	—	154
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Rating (10 max)	1	5	5	5	3	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	128	88	88	88	383	475	204	46	8	0	0	42	306	306	172	13	2	0	0	2	455	260	129	2	33	51
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Rating (10 max)								4	4	4	4	4				2	3	3	2	2				2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	5	3	4	6	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	1	4	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	8	9	9	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	4

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