Zenith Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.73° S 152.19° E

Issued: 9 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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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 (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Zenith Beach at 3PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Tue night). Mainly strong winds.
	Sunday 13						Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	NE 6	NE 6	S 11	NE 6	NE 6	S 10	S 10	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	171	174	188	191	185	185	206	202	184	175	129	121	89	81	64	144	40	32	30	21	21	21
Wind (km/h)	N	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NW	NNW	SSE	ESE	S	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide		9:37AM1.66m				9:49PM1.60m					10:14AM1.65m				10:26PM1.46m				10:50AM1.62m
Low Tide				3:45PM0.34m				3:58AM0.32m					4:28PM0.41m				4:28AM0.40m				5:12PM0.49m


	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	14	17	18	19	18	16	16	15	16	18	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	22	24	19	19	16
Feels °C	11	15	12	13	11	9	11	12	13	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	21	22	16	17	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 13	NE 6	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	171	174	188	191	185	185	206	39	184	175	129	121	84	81	55	56	40	32	27	21	21	21
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 18	NE 5	S 16	S 16	E 13	E 13	E 13	S 13	E 13	ENE 6	E 13	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	E 13
kJ	164	10	84	46	13	13	13	202	13	20	12	12	3	11	3	50	31	30	30	16	15	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	S 18	E 13	E 13	ENE 13	S 18	S 18	E 13	E 9	E 13	E 8	—	E 10	S 15	S 15	E 12	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 14	ENE 4	E 15
kJ	14	97	13	13	17	6	7	13	2	13	1	—	2	5	4	3	3	3	3	4	1	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	NE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	ESE 3	SE 3	S 4
kJ	14	20	13	80	107	119	79	92	25	59	21	57	89	80	64	144	—	—	—	3	5	31
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	2	2	120	312	191	121	13	2	2	2	121	121	13	2	2	2	0	0	684	109	51	187
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1			2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1		1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	6	4	1	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	9	5	5	5	5	5

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