Zenith Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.73° S 152.19° E

Issued: 4 pm 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Zenith Beach sea temperature is

20.7°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 (02 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Zenith Beach at 9PM is: 1.0m 4s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (02 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (02 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 18°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NE on Tue afternoon, light winds from the ENE by Wed night).
	Mon 2				Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	E 6	S 10	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	E 6	E 6	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	29	40	34	44	74	68	42	43	133	161	167	149	198	118	75	55	41	40	30	28	28	22
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	NNE	NE	NNE	NE	N	NE	NE	NE	NE	WNW	SSW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSE	ENE	NNE	NNW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		3:07PM1.66m				4:30AM1.28m				4:19PM1.61m					5:31AM1.38m				5:26PM1.58m
Low Tide				10:10PM0.35m				9:58AM0.66m					11:08PM0.35m				11:13AM0.60m				11:58PM0.35m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	7:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:19	—	—	—	7:20
mm	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	2	13	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	20	21	19	18	18	19	18	18	19	20	20	20	19	18	18
Feels °C	19	18	17	16	18	17	18	17	16	15	13	17	15	14	14	15	18	19	21	19	18	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 10	S 10	S 9	ENE 5	ENE 5	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	E 6	E 6	E 7
kJ	23	30	29	42	39	34	24	24	14	13	5	5	198	118	75	55	41	36	30	27	28	22
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 9	S 9	E 9	E 9	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 13	S 12	S 16	NE 8	NE 8	E 6	E 6	S 6	S 6	NE 8
kJ	17	13	7	3	40	39	2	2	5	20	17	15	14	12	5	9	24	40	29	28	27	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	—	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 17	S 17	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 8	S 13	S 13	S 15	S 14	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	S 12
kJ	29	—	2	2	2	2	6	6	4	4	3	3	5	3	3	4	4	14	16	16	16	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 4	E 6	ENE 4	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	—	SSW 3	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	—	—	NNE 2	NNE 2	SSW 6
kJ	7	40	34	44	74	68	42	43	133	161	167	149	—	4	34	37	35	—	—	1	1	27
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	524	475	246	121	13	16	8	85	217	173	33	8	42	56	51	51	52	52	2	2	0	42
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Rating (10 max)				1	2	1	1	1			1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	4	4	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4

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