Cathedral Rock surf break

Cathedral Rock surfForecast / VIC – Cape Otway / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 23 Mar 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
18.8° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 1PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (23 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (23 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
4
4
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131212131312121615141413131313131212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)63335560364364358458412811669178716881346122811441021897773695574565494427383298
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NNW
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
SSW
5
E
10
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
oncrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:51PM
2.18
3:36AM
1.88
4:30PM
2.21
4:11AM
1.89
5:12PM
2.17
4:49AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
0.02
9:55PM
0.46
9:54AM
-0.08
10:33PM
0.50
10:33AM
-0.10
11:11PM
0.57
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise7:28-------7:28-------7:30-------
Sunset---7:31-------7:30-------7:29----
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cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------1-----------1
Temp. °C172020191717171919242118181718181821232219181715
Feels °C (?)172019181718171818231919181717171821222118181712
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