Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
14.4° 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 (10 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 4AM is: 2.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)6ft (1.8m)15s
Afternoon (10 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Evening (10 Jul)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Thu night, fresh winds from the WNW by Sun morning).

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
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
1 PM
4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
2
1
2
7
6
7
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SW
14
1.9
SW
17
2
SW
16
2
SW
16
1.9
SW
15
1.8
SW
15
1.7
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.6
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
WSW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
13
3
WSW
12
4
WSW
13
4
WSW
13
6
WSW
13
4
WSW
13
3.5
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
998
2068
1978
1904
1628
1343
1271
1140
1045
1016
846
763
691
606
538
437
659
928
2315
5591
5981
11335
4783
4718
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
25
N
25
N
30
NNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
25
W
25
W
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
5:23PM1.73m
6:39AM1.73m
5:58PM1.67m
7:39AM1.75m
6:41PM1.62m
8:44AM1.78m
Low Tide
11:58PM0.28m
12:23PM0.85m
00:43AM0.23m
1:20PM0.96m
1:35AM0.19m
2:27PM1.03m
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7:39
7:39
7:39
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5:17
5:17
5:19
 mm
1
6
1
1
1
Temp °C
10
9
9
8
8
10
13
14
10
9
8
9
9
11
14
13
8
8
7
8
8
10
12
12
Feels °C
9
7
7
5
5
7
10
12
7
6
5
5
5
6
8
7
3
2
1
2
2
3
7
6
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