Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.7° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 8PM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 3.0m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (05 Sep)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun morning, min 6°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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)
2
7
6
1
2
1
4
3
3
5
3
2
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SW
15
4.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
12
3
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
1.8
SW
14
1.9
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
1.8
WSW
12
1.7
SW
12
1.9
SW
12
1.6
SW
13
1
SW
13
1.6
SW
11
1.9
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3194
9163
4671
3857
3330
3278
3728
2526
2155
2267
1255
1204
1086
874
874
1010
838
321
551
1218
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
on
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
4:21PM1.80m
5:39AM1.92m
5:00PM1.74m
6:32AM1.81m
5:48PM1.66m
Low Tide
10:46AM0.69m
10:54PM0.05m
11:28AM0.79m
11:40PM0.13m
12:18PM0.89m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:04
6:05
6:06
 mm
Temp °C
15
14
11
12
13
13
13
14
16
15
14
13
12
11
11
14
12
12
9
9
Feels °C
9
9
6
7
8
10
10
12
14
13
11
10
9
9
9
10
8
7
5
6
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