Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 07 Sep 2026 (local time)

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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 (08 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 8s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 12AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)--
Afternoon (08 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (08 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue morning, min 6°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
7
Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
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)
0
0
1
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
6
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SSW
8
2.2
SW
9
1.9
SSW
9
2
SW
13
1.7
SW
11
1.9
SW
12
1.8
SW
13
1.5
SW
18
1.6
SW
17
2.3
SW
17
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
4
SW
16
4
SW
16
4
SW
15
4.5
SW
19
4.5
SW
18
4.5
SW
17
4.5
SW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
458
695
553
1387
690
1100
1163
1342
1448
3088
3154
3544
5341
6936
7665
6864
14166
12406
12686
12969
Wind (km/h)
25
S
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
WNW
0
WSW
5
SSE
5
SE
15
W
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:48PM1.66m
7:37AM1.71m
6:52PM1.56m
8:55AM1.65m
8:24PM1.49m
Low Tide
12:18PM0.89m
00:36AM0.24m
1:25PM0.96m
1:47AM0.37m
2:54PM0.95m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:07
6:07
 mm
1
Temp °C
12
11
9
8
8
7
6
11
14
13
10
11
10
9
10
11
12
11
10
10
Feels °C
6
6
6
5
6
5
3
9
12
11
6
6
5
3
3
3
6
5
5
5
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