Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
13.7°C
0.7° 

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 (13 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 9AM is: 1.8m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 13). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)6ft (1.8m)15s
Afternoon (13 Sep)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (13 Sep)5ft (1.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 22°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
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
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
0
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
1.9
SW
14
1.8
SW
15
1.7
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.5
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.8
SW
13
0.5
SW
18
1.8
SW
12
2.4
SW
12
3
SW
13
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1808
1760
1484
1308
1339
1200
1039
911
736
706
518
503
392
290
282
193
152
822
1499
3422
3833
4292
4976
5056
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
00:33AM1.82m
12:54PM1.86m
1:24AM1.97m
1:34PM1.90m
2:09AM2.07m
2:11PM1.91m
Low Tide
6:45AM0.40m
7:07PM0.29m
7:33AM0.37m
7:46PM0.16m
8:16AM0.37m
8:23PM0.09m
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clear
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6:28
6:26
6:26
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6:10
6:12
6:13
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
13
12
14
19
22
20
19
17
16
14
14
15
19
16
15
14
12
10
8
12
11
11
10
10
Feels °C
11
9
11
15
18
17
17
15
15
12
12
13
17
13
12
11
9
7
4
6
5
4
4
4
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