Cathedral Rock surf break

Cathedral Rock surfForecast / VIC – Cape Otway / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 AEDT
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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
17.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 12PM is: 1.8m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)5ft (1.6m)18s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)17s
Evening (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)16s

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

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)201918181716161616151514141414131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8511173141416152259178017151552141212031045915902890733642560552535511430520403332
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
E
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
0
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:37AM
1.92
2:15PM
1.52
3:09AM
1.96
3:00PM
1.61
3:40AM
1.97
3:43PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51AM
0.74
8:27PM
0.30
9:23AM
0.62
9:07PM
0.31
9:54AM
0.51
9:47PM
0.34
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise--6:22-------6:22-------6:24-----
Sunset------8:46-------8:45-------8:45-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171717192019151414141516161614131313151616171715
Feels °C (?)151616171714118981012121210101011131313151616
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