Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
14.0°C
1.0° 

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 (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 18ft (5.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 4PM is: 5.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 4.0m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)15ft (4.5m)14s
Afternoon (03 Sep)15ft (4.5m)14s
Evening (03 Sep)18ft (5.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Fri night. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri night, min 6°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Thu night, fresh winds from the WNW by Sat morning).

Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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)
8
7
7
7
9
9
7
7
6
6
4
5
5
4
5
5
3
2
3
3
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
WSW
14
4.5
SW
14
4.5
SW
14
5.5
WSW
14
5.5
WSW
14
5
WSW
15
4.5
SW
15
4
SW
15
4
SW
15
4
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
3
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8767
6808
7099
11291
11628
10303
8320
7991
7301
6723
6628
6206
5953
5649
4834
4511
3760
3194
4514
5120
3013
3642
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
20
W
25
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
3:17PM1.85m
4:10AM2.05m
3:48PM1.83m
4:52AM2.00m
4:21PM1.80m
Low Tide
9:32AM0.51m
9:36PM0.05m
10:08AM0.59m
10:13PM0.02m
10:46AM0.69m
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:43
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:04
6:04
 mm
1
5
3
3
1
Temp °C
13
13
14
14
11
11
9
8
6
11
14
14
13
13
14
14
15
13
13
13
12
12
Feels °C
8
9
8
9
7
8
6
5
2
7
9
11
10
10
11
10
11
7
7
8
6
7
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