Zenith Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.73° S 152.19° E

Issued: 9 am 11 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 (11 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zenith Beach at 6PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	12s
Afternoon (11 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s
Evening (11 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the W by Sun night).
	Saturday 11						Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue 14
	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	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	SSW 6	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	266	230	247	230	260	260	237	194	157	125	117	80	59	34	32	21	20	27	40	27	27	25	23	38
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	ENE	ENE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	off	off	off	off
High Tide	5:14AM1.20m				5:41PM1.79m				6:24AM1.22m				6:38PM1.90m					7:24AM1.27m				7:30PM1.98m
Low Tide			10:52AM0.47m				00:32AM0.34m				11:53AM0.43m					1:28AM0.22m			12:51PM0.39m					2:20AM0.12m


	6:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52
	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	5:01
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	12	15	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	15	16	14	12	11	10	10	12	15	17	16	14	13	12
Feels °C	10	10	14	14	13	12	11	9	8	7	7	8	5	3	2	2	2	5	8	11	9	7	7	6
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	SSW 6	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11
kJ	266	202	197	230	260	260	237	194	157	125	117	80	59	34	32	21	20	27	40	27	15	25	23	38
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 11	SE 8	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 9	ESE 8	SSW 11	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 7	SSW 7	E 8
kJ	183	230	247	138	94	61	68	38	35	24	13	13	6	6	3	2	15	7	13	27	27	9	9	1
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 15	NE 4	NE 4	S 12	S 12	—	S 12	E 11	S 11	S 11	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	E 10
kJ	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	1	1	3	3	—	3	2	10	10	7	7	6	2	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NNE 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	W 4	W 4	W 4	WSW 4	WSW 5	WSW 5	WSW 4	W 4	W 4	W 4	WNW 3	W 3	W 4	W 4	W 4
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	3	3	16	23	27	38	71	92	55	35	21	7	3	11	18	18	18
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	42	42	42	42	43	43	49	34	34	33	33	33	34	67	34
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	4	1	1	1	1	6	6	1	4	1	1	6	5	5
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