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Cathedral Rock surfForecast / VIC – Cape Otway / Australia
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Cathedral Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
16.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?
The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 7AM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Apr) | 6ft (1.9m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (30 Apr) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 14s |
| Evening (30 Apr) | 5ft (1.6m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Cathedral Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 26°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 30 | Friday 1 | Saturday 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | |
1996 | 1680 | 1504 | 1285 | 1102 | 1036 | 885 | 911 | 1077 | 1092 | 1196 | 1179 | 1063 | 1048 | 1004 | 947 | 859 | 701 | 690 | 560 | 560 | 560 | 451 | 458 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 10:52AM1.70m | 10:45PM1.56m | 11:49AM1.84m | 11:36PM1.58m | 12:34PM1.95m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:12AM0.50m | 5:00PM0.74m | 5:07AM0.39m | 5:59PM0.70m | 5:51AM0.30m | 6:46PM0.65m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | 7:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | |
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Temp °C | 16 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 20 |
15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
1996 | 1680 | 1504 | 1285 | 1102 | 1036 | 885 | 911 | 1077 | 1092 | 1196 | 1179 | 1063 | 1048 | 1004 | 947 | 859 | 701 | 690 | 560 | 560 | 560 | 451 | 458 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | E 4 | E 4 | — | — | S 16 | — | S 16 | S 16 | — | — | — | — | — | S 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 7 | E 8 |
— | — | 5 | 3 | — | — | 5 | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | S 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | NE 3 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 4 | NE 4 |
— | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 18 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 57 | 0 |
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