Zenith Beach surf break

Zenith Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 17 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
22.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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 5AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)11ft (3.5m)9s
Afternoon (18 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (18 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SE
3
SE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.5
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.8
SE
Period(s) (?)10999999988998899999988810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)134713851567148016661984148097711361043732676865567502502471411346346330330288703
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
40
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
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
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:50PM
1.14
8:46AM
1.76
9:31PM
1.19
9:24AM
1.79
10:09PM
1.24
10:01AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:06AM
0.52
3:36PM
0.28
2:50AM
0.50
4:12PM
0.24
3:32AM
0.48
4:47PM
0.22
Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise----6:00-------6:01-------6:01---
Sunset8:01-------8:00-------8:00-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
3553415841-121---1--1-111
Temp. °C222222222121212222222121222222222122202121222122
Feels °C (?)201920191618181818191818191918191920181920201919
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