Cathedral Rock surf break

Cathedral Rock surfForecast / VIC – Cape Otway / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
17.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 2PM is: 1.9m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)7ft (2.1m)15s
Afternoon (08 Jan)6ft (1.9m)15s
Evening (08 Jan)6ft (1.9m)14s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)15151515141414141413131313131312810111213141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)207516061466154215211289133613181169102110698917961034712217314222828182220595862591120201847
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
N
20
NNW
15
SW
25
W
15
W
5
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononoffcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49PM
1.82
4:24AM
2.11
4:42PM
1.84
5:03AM
2.05
5:35PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
0.40
9:57PM
0.17
10:42AM
0.31
10:46PM
0.29
11:25AM
0.26
11:33PM
0.43
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise6:07-------6:09-------6:09-------
Sunset----8:51-------8:51-------8:51---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232420191715151619353330232119161519212116151415
Feels °C (?)202217181613131519313026201916121014161612111010
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