Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
13.9°C
0.9° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 6AM is: 4.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 6.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)13ft (4.0m)16s
Afternoon (04 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (04 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun morning, min 6°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Sat morning, calm by Sun afternoon).

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
6
7
6
5
5
4
4
5
5
5
5
2
2
2
3
6
5
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
5
WSW
14
4
SW
15
4
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
3
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
3
SW
15
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
9746
6792
8047
7831
7054
6723
6388
6206
5720
5478
4896
4511
3760
3375
3152
4295
5534
4651
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
25
W
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
4:10AM2.05m
3:48PM1.83m
4:52AM2.00m
4:21PM1.80m
Low Tide
9:36PM0.05m
10:08AM0.59m
10:13PM0.02m
10:46AM0.69m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:04
6:04
 mm
1
1
1
1
3
1
Temp °C
11
12
11
7
6
12
14
15
14
13
14
14
15
14
13
12
12
12
Feels °C
7
8
8
4
2
7
9
11
11
10
11
10
11
8
7
6
6
7
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cathedral Rock surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest