Cathedral Rock surf break

Cathedral Rock surfForecast / VIC – Cape Otway / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 25 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
17.9° 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: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)5ft (1.6m)15s
Afternoon (26 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (26 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sun
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
3
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
WSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
1.5
S
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)161616151514141414141313132018181812161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12101194116410911034911821716630526458386286277341460534649595657616576701647
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
5
SE
5
SE
5
E
10
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
E
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
W
15
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:09PM
1.84
5:06AM
1.89
5:54PM
1.87
5:37AM
1.84
6:42PM
1.87
6:10AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
0.49
11:29AM
0.20
11:46PM
0.61
12:07PM
0.13
12:30AM
0.73
12:48PM
0.11
Sun
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise----6:28-------6:28-------6:30---
Sunset8:44-------8:43-------8:43-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161414131517191918171716182530262420201819222218
Feels °C (?)131213121416181818181716182429252418201818212015
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