Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 20 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
14.3° 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 (20 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 10PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jul)--
Afternoon (20 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (20 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
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)
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
WSW
16
1.1
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
1
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.7
WSW
14
1.8
SW
13
1.7
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
12
1.3
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.1
SW
12
1.5
SW
12
1.4
SW
12
1.9
WSW
13
2.1
SW
12
2.5
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
641
496
489
437
576
869
1095
1144
946
932
476
406
527
527
335
635
590
1126
1234
1491
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
W
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-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
3:42PM2.07m
4:14AM1.90m
4:22PM1.99m
5:07AM1.88m
5:01PM1.89m
Low Tide
10:03PM0.20m
10:15AM0.39m
10:46PM0.17m
11:03AM0.53m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:35
7:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:23
5:24
5:25
 mm
1
2
1
1
Temp °C
11
13
11
10
10
10
9
11
13
14
12
11
11
10
11
11
13
11
9
9
Feels °C
8
10
8
7
7
7
6
8
10
11
9
7
7
6
7
7
9
8
6
6
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