Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 17 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
14.3°C
1.0° 

Cathedral Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today (17 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 7PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)--
Afternoon (17 Oct)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (17 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

Table - waves today at Cathedral Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Mon afternoon, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SW
12
0.6
SW
11
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
1
SW
14
1.2
WSW
15
1.1
SW
14
1.4
WSW
15
1.4
SW
16
1
SW
16
1.4
SW
15
1.4
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
132
104
91
89
80
134
130
158
147
155
203
194
379
600
456
863
1005
483
881
796
Wind (km/h)
10
E
15
ESE
5
ENE
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NE
10
E
10
E
5
NE
0
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NW
5
NW
10
N
Wind State
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
4:18PM1.70m
5:12AM1.98m
4:50PM1.64m
5:50AM1.86m
5:25PM1.56m
Low Tide
10:33PM0.17m
11:17AM0.67m
11:08PM0.27m
11:54AM0.75m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
22
19
15
15
16
16
17
22
23
20
17
17
17
18
19
24
26
27
23
22
Feels °C
19
16
15
14
15
14
15
20
21
18
16
17
16
16
17
21
23
24
22
20
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