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Zenith Beach surf break

Zenith Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 16 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
22.6° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 3AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (17 Jan)8ft (2.5m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
1
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3.5
SE
3
SE
3
ESE
3
SE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
ESE
2.5
E
2.4
E
2
SSE
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)777711111010101010101099999989889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)867682744781237153814221297182719152126186316021748229920851432102780261810891032465
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
S
15
S
25
SSE
25
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
20
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:05PM
1.09
8:06AM
1.71
8:50PM
1.14
8:46AM
1.76
9:31PM
1.19
9:24AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:19AM
0.54
2:59PM
0.35
2:06AM
0.52
3:36PM
0.28
2:50AM
0.50
4:12PM
0.24
Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise----5:58-------6:00-------6:01---
Sunset8:01-------8:01-------8:00-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------1-2348813543322222
Temp. °C222121212223232222222222222221212121212121212122
Feels °C (?)212020192123212019202020182020181717181818191819
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