Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 20 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
14.3° 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 (20 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 11AM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jul)4ft (1.2m)16s
Afternoon (20 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (20 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
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)
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SW
18
0.8
SW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.1
SW
15
1
WSW
15
1
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
13
1.6
SW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
12
1.3
SW
13
1.4
SW
13
0.9
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
1.5
SW
12
2.2
SW
11
3
SW
12
3
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
246
314
691
683
641
496
443
437
576
869
1095
1077
946
841
551
433
527
594
252
367
667
1172
2206
2375
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
High Tide
3:21AM1.88m
3:42PM2.07m
4:14AM1.90m
4:22PM1.99m
5:07AM1.88m
5:01PM1.89m
Low Tide
9:26AM0.27m
10:03PM0.20m
10:15AM0.39m
10:46PM0.17m
11:03AM0.53m
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:35
7:35
7:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:23
5:24
5:25
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
9
7
9
12
13
11
10
10
10
10
11
13
14
12
11
11
11
10
11
12
11
9
9
Feels °C
7
5
3
5
9
10
8
7
7
7
7
8
10
11
8
7
7
7
6
7
9
8
6
6
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