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Zenith Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
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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
21.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Zenith Beach today (31 May):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 May, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (31 May, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Zenith Beach at 10PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 31). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (31 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (31 May) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 8s |
| Evening (31 May) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Zenith Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the WNW by Tue night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 31 | Monday 1 | Tuesday 2 | Wed 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | E 10 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | E 9 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | |
133 | 127 | 117 | 83 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 89 | 94 | 74 | 60 | 106 | 127 | 90 | 58 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 106 | 113 | 66 | 46 | 44 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | glassy | cross | cross-off | cross | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 8:20PM1.78m | 8:52AM1.19m | 8:56PM1.78m | 9:34AM1.16m | 9:32PM1.75m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:40PM0.46m | 3:05AM0.35m | 2:17PM0.49m | 3:46AM0.34m | 2:54PM0.53m | 4:26AM0.34m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | |
— | 4:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | — | — | — | 4:52 | |
— | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
11 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 6 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 |
133 | 127 | 117 | 83 | 64 | 64 | 50 | 89 | 94 | 74 | 40 | 106 | 127 | 90 | 58 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 106 | 113 | 66 | 46 | 44 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 7 | NE 4 | NE 5 | S 8 | S 8 | NE 7 | NE 8 | NE 8 |
90 | 89 | 87 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 64 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 58 | 58 | 46 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 20 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | SSE 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 | N 9 | S 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | — | — | — | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 7 | S 7 | S 12 | S 12 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 |
2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 44 | 43 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 28 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 4 | W 4 | W 3 | W 3 | W 4 | W 4 | WSW 4 | W 4 | W 3 | W 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | NW 2 | N 2 | NNE 3 | NNE 4 | NE 5 | W 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 4 | W 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 |
15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 33 | 28 | 28 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 49 | 33 |
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