Cathedral Rock surf break

Cathedral Rock surfForecast / VIC – Cape Otway / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST
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Cathedral Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
13.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 1AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

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Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
4
4
5
6
5
7
7
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141413131312121111111212121212121211131414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)447937512931231817511319101367558550376968663548363655413883101514680159342914492677502
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
W
20
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:48PM
1.67
7:24AM
1.73
6:53PM
1.54
8:43AM
1.65
8:25PM
1.46
10:05AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
0.25
1:21PM
0.90
1:39AM
0.42
2:50PM
0.91
3:07AM
0.53
Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise----6:20-------6:18-------6:18---
Sunset-------6:15-------6:16-------6:16
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------211-11-
Temp. °C109976131719161313141316201712887691212
Feels °C (?)666318121513101091011161263310366
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for VIC - Cape Otway

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cathedral Rock (calm at AireysInlet 10 km from Cathedral Rock). A 2.9m groundswell from the SW is too big for here

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Actual: 55 min ago

2 km/h
ESE
Clean
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