Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Issued: 3 am 17 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
15.2° C

Slightly warmer than usual

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 (17 Jun):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jun, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jun, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 6AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am June 17). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jun)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Afternoon (17 Jun)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (17 Jun)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 10°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
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
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.2
SW
13
1.2
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.5
SW
21
0.6
SW
21
0.8
SW
20
1
SW
19
1.3
SW
18
1.7
SW
18
1.8
SW
17
2
SW
17
2.1
SW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1142
947
934
822
617
517
509
431
411
341
248
236
228
197
200
224
341
455
723
1053
1781
1860
2285
2622
Wind (km/h)
10
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
15
N
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
25
N
25
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:30PM1.63m
1:04PM2.14m
00:30AM1.70m
1:51PM2.18m
1:28AM1.76m
2:36PM2.19m
Low Tide
6:04AM-0.04m
7:09PM0.73m
6:58AM-0.06m
7:58PM0.62m
7:51AM-0.03m
8:47PM0.51m
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part cloud
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light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
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light rain
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part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:39
7:39
7:39
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5:08
5:08
5:08
 mm
3
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
16
16
19
19
16
17
17
17
17
16
16
15
14
12
11
11
11
12
10
12
11
11
Feels °C
15
13
13
13
17
17
15
15
14
13
14
12
12
13
11
8
7
6
5
6
5
9
7
8
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.2
SW
13
1.2
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.9
WSW
12
1
SW
19
1.3
SW
18
1.7
SW
18
1.8
SW
17
2
SW
17
2.1
SW
17
Energy kJ
1142
947
934
822
617
517
509
431
411
341
248
236
228
197
200
200
172
247
723
1053
1781
1860
2285
2622
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
9
0.1
SW
26
0.1
SW
24
0.2
SSW
24
0.5
NE
5
0.6
W
8
0.6
SW
21
0.8
SW
20
0.9
SW
12
0.7
WSW
12
0.6
NE
5
0.4
NE
5
0.4
NNE
5
0.2
S
17
Energy kJ
9
26
22
54
12
42
341
455
205
121
21
9
9
23
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SW
24
0.4
SW
22
0.5
SW
21
0.5
W
8
0.6
W
8
0.2
S
19
0.4
W
9
0.3
S
15
0.2
W
7
0.3
S
13
Energy kJ
87
122
224
29
49
28
25
39
4
32
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
NNE
4
0.6
NNE
4
0.6
NNE
4
0.4
NNE
4
0.5
NE
4
0.4
NE
4
0.4
NE
4
0.5
NE
4
0.7
NE
4
0.7
NE
4
0.8
NE
5
0.8
NE
5
0.7
NE
5
0.6
NE
5
0.7
NNE
5
0.4
NNE
4
0.5
N
3
0.6
NNE
4
0.8
NNE
4
0.9
NNE
5
0.5
NNW
3
0.5
NW
3
0.6
WSW
3
0.6
WSW
4
Energy kJ
7
8
9
6
9
6
4
7
17
20
31
37
25
21
24
6
4
10
19
38
5
4
9
13
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
5
1
5
Distance (km)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
210
393
259
274
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Rating
(10 max)
4
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3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
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Rating
(10 max)
5
4
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3
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4
4
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4
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5
5
5
5
5
6
6
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
4
4
4
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
5
9
7
9
6
5
5
6
6
6
6
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