Cathedral Rock surf break

Cathedral Rock surfForecast / VIC – Cape Otway / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
16.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 5AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


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Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
1.8
SW
2
WSW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)151414141313131313131717161616151414141418161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20929334132759958157257257257213361193906803793551529407407390541157117371667
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
S
0
SE
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
E
5
NE
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
NE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
1.78
2:28PM
2.27
2:06AM
1.83
3:10PM
2.27
2:48AM
1.86
3:53PM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
0.55
7:44AM
-0.10
8:34PM
0.53
8:26AM
-0.15
9:14PM
0.53
9:10AM
-0.12
Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise----6:56-------6:56-------6:56---
Sunset-------5:49-------5:46-------5:45
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141414141316202017171717172024242120161413182220
Feels °C (?)131414141214181817161515151721221918141412172118
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