Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 11 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.8° 

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 (11 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 6AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (11 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (11 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
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
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
3
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
14
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.4
SW
15
2.3
SW
15
2.2
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
1.9
SW
14
1.8
SW
15
1.7
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.5
SW
15
1.5
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3629
3197
3154
3197
3926
4421
5152
5284
5041
4490
3962
3493
2859
2584
2381
2237
1808
1760
1505
1326
1339
1232
949
924
Wind (km/h)
5
W
5
W
5
SW
5
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
S
0
WNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
15
NW
5
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State
cross
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
off
High Tide
10:08PM1.52m
11:19AM1.72m
11:31PM1.66m
12:10PM1.80m
00:33AM1.82m
12:54PM1.86m
Low Tide
4:38AM0.47m
5:31PM0.66m
5:48AM0.44m
6:23PM0.47m
6:45AM0.40m
7:07PM0.29m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:30
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:09
6:09
6:10
 mm
2
2
Temp °C
9
9
9
12
12
12
11
10
10
10
10
15
19
21
16
13
13
12
14
19
21
18
14
14
Feels °C
6
7
7
10
9
10
9
8
8
7
7
13
17
19
15
11
11
10
11
15
17
15
14
12
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