Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
14.3° C
0.6° 

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 (12 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 13s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 10PM is: 5.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 3.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 24s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)--
Afternoon (12 Jul)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (12 Jul)13ft (4.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
6
7
3
3
4
5
5
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6
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7
7
2
8
5
5
4
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
WSW
12
3.5
WSW
13
4
WSW
13
5.5
WSW
13
3.5
SW
13
4
SW
14
4
SW
15
4
SW
15
4.5
SW
16
7
WSW
15
7
WSW
16
6.5
WSW
15
5.5
WSW
15
4.5
SW
15
5.5
WSW
16
5
WSW
15
5
WSW
15
5
WSW
15
3.5
SW
15
4
SW
15
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3485
3820
5337
9758
4665
5672
7126
8152
8517
21214
21844
19763
13740
8542
14208
12648
11833
11146
6116
6809
5090
4369
3949
3390
Wind (km/h)
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:35PM1.57m
9:52AM1.82m
8:41PM1.55m
10:57AM1.88m
9:56PM1.55m
Low Tide
2:27PM1.03m
2:34AM0.16m
3:41PM1.04m
3:39AM0.13m
4:53PM0.99m
4:46AM0.11m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:39
7:39
7:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:19
5:19
5:20
5:21
 mm
2
2
1
Temp °C
12
12
11
11
11
11
12
12
13
13
13
12
11
10
10
12
13
14
12
10
9
9
9
10
Feels °C
7
6
6
5
6
6
7
6
7
8
9
8
7
6
6
8
9
10
8
8
7
7
7
8
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