Zenith Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.73° S 152.19° E

Issued: 4 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Zenith Beach sea temperature is

21.5°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 (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Zenith Beach at 12PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	6s
Evening (05 Nov)	6.5ft (2.0m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 24°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Fri morning, strong winds from the SSW by Sat night).
	Thursday 5								Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	E 9	E 9	SSE 7	S 7	S 8	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	26	26	32	33	176	175	348	541	703	616	561	516	450	324	219	149	95	72	70	51	40	42	107	427	728	1412
Wind (km/h)	W	WNW	W	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	SW	WSW	W	S	ESE	ENE	NNE	NNE	N	NW	WNW	SW	ENE	E	SSE	SSW	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:21AM1.50m				6:24PM1.56m				7:05AM1.60m				7:14PM1.52m				7:45AM1.69m				8:00PM1.47m
Low Tide	11:58PM0.35m				12:17PM0.53m				00:42AM0.35m				1:12PM0.46m				1:21AM0.36m					2:02PM0.40m			1:56AM0.37m


	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47
	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	7:22
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—
Temp °C	18	17	18	20	19	18	18	18	17	16	15	17	18	19	19	18	16	16	17	24	24	24	18	17	15	15
Feels °C	15	14	13	15	10	11	12	13	13	13	12	16	15	14	13	12	14	15	15	21	21	22	13	10	7	6
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	SSW 5	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	NE 4	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	26	9	32	33	34	34	40	40	583	499	561	516	450	324	219	149	95	72	70	51	35	34	10	43	43	43
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 6	ENE 8	SSW 5	NE 8	NE 8	E 9	E 15	—	E 9	E 9	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 14	E 14	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 5	S 18	S 17
kJ	10	26	9	2	2	2	4	—	39	38	24	25	25	4	4	24	24	24	17	26	40	42	43	4	6	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	ESE 7	S 8	S 12	E 15	NE 7	—	—	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	—	E 14	E 14	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 6	NE 6	S 16	S 15	S 18	S 18	S 17
kJ	17	11	5	3	4	2	—	—	4	4	4	4	4	4	—	4	4	25	26	9	9	5	4	6	24	23
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	W 2	W 3	SSW 5	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	—	—	—	ENE 9	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	—	—	—	—	NE 3	SSE 7	S 7	S 8	S 9
kJ	—	1	5	44	176	175	348	541	703	616	—	—	—	25	24	36	31	—	—	—	—	8	107	427	728	1412
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
Distance (km)	0	0	56	69	312	391	204	51	42	0	0	46	383	475	156	44	2	0	0	0	13	16	126	69	69	88
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