Zenith Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.73° S 152.19° E

Issued: 10 am 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Zenith Beach sea temperature is

21.4°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 (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Zenith Beach at 7PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	6.5ft (2.0m)	9s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	9s
Evening (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 23°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, strong winds from the SW by Sun morning).
	Friday 6						Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	E 9	SSE 7	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	716	588	450	368	270	191	153	95	72	70	48	42	102	380	808	1368	1794	1652	1342	1192	1219	1275	1104	828
Wind (km/h)	W	SW	ESE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NW	W	SW	ENE	ESE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	glassy	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	7:05AM1.60m				7:14PM1.52m				7:45AM1.69m				8:00PM1.47m					8:23AM1.75m				8:42PM1.41m
Low Tide			1:12PM0.46m				1:21AM0.36m					2:02PM0.40m			1:56AM0.37m					2:47PM0.37m				2:30AM0.39m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46
	—	—	—	7:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	7:22
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	12	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	—	1	1
Temp °C	16	17	18	19	19	18	17	15	16	23	23	21	17	15	15	14	13	13	15	15	16	16	16	14
Feels °C	15	17	15	15	14	12	15	14	14	21	20	19	11	8	7	6	4	3	6	5	7	8	9	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 10	S 9
kJ	716	588	450	368	270	191	153	95	72	70	48	34	43	43	43	43	29	29	29	38	38	37	37	828
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 14	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	NE 4	NE 6	S 18	NNE 6	E 12	S 16	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 10
kJ	25	25	26	25	4	24	24	22	16	26	41	42	7	5	6	3	11	5	6	6	6	6	6	33
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	E 14	E 14	E 14	—	E 14	E 14	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 6	NE 6	S 16	S 15	S 18	N 12	E 12	NE 12	NE 13	NE 13	NE 10	—	—	—	—
kJ	2	4	4	4	—	4	4	26	26	13	9	5	4	6	3	12	6	6	6	4	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	ENE 8	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 5	WNW 2	WNW 3	—	ENE 6	SSE 7	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	92	27	25	61	1	1	—	24	102	380	808	1368	1794	1652	1342	1192	1219	1275	1104	—
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	3	4	4
Distance (km)	0	0	475	120	156	121	2	0	0	0	13	260	126	276	136	88	204	383	662	712	69	88	56	51
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Rating (10 max)	3	3		1		1	1	2	1	1	1												4	4
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	2	2	4	5	5	4	4	1	1	2	3	3	5	5	2	3	2	4	4	4	4
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