Zenith Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, Rusty here, lookin’ at what’s on the cards for Zenith Beach. The outlook is honestly pretty patchy. There’s a bit of swell rolling in but the wind is the main character here and it doesn’t play nice that often.

We kick off Friday morning, July 31st, with some S swell, 7 ft, coming in with a period of 10 seconds. The energy’s solid, clocking in at 1705 (moderate to strong), but the south-west wind is blowin’ 12 mph cross-offshore, so it’s not totally clean. Water’s at 65°, which is pretty normal for this time of year. The afternoon worsens – wind swings south, goes cross, and the swell drops a touch, surf quality takes a dive.

Saturday August 1st morning is actually the tiny window to take advantage of. Still S swell, 6 ft, period 10 seconds, but the wind goes glass – just 3 mph from the west-northwest. That is clean, facey surf, no chop. Energy’s in the moderate range (544). It’ll be surfable and smooth but not huge. That afternoon the wind flips onshore from the east-southeast, 6 mph, and it’s done.

Sunday the 2nd sees a longer-period swell, 14 seconds, but it’s still SSE, 6 ft, with stronger energy at 1187 (moderate to strong). The north wind is light and cross, so there’ll be some shape, but that longer period groundswell at a beach break can sometimes close out too straight. It might offer a few sneaky ones. Afternoon gets wrecked by a 16 mph east-northeast cross-on.

Monday the 3rd and Tuesday the 4th taper off hard. Swell drops well under 3 ft by Tuesday, with the energy down to 37 (weak). No point paddling out Tuesday.

Wednesday the 5th has a fresh westerly 19 mph offshore in the morning with a tiny 2 ft swell – scratch that. Might get a bit more push by the afternoon: 4 ft, S swell, 10 seconds, with clean cross-off westerlies.

Thursday the 6th morning is the next possible worthwhile session: 5 ft S swell, 10 seconds, with a solid 12 mph offshore westerly – clean, moderate energy (367), but it’s gonna be fat with that period. A long weekend of similar small-to-mediocre stuff follows, with wind often too strong or onshore.

Overall, the true standout is Saturday August 1st morning. It’s not big, but it’s glassy and clean – the kind of session where you’re not fighting the wind, you’re just riding. No crowds are a bonus here.

There’s a glimmer also on Thursday August 13th afternoon: light south-west cross-off, clean, with a small 4 ft S swell (9 sec period, energy 421). Weak but you could get a few if you’re keen.

There’s a large gap with no proper ‘go’ from Sunday the 9th right through to Wednesday the 12th – practically a week of windblown or weak stuff, so be patient.

Rusty.

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