Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 04 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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 5AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 04). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (05 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (05 Sep)10ft (3.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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)
5
5
5
4
2
2
2
5
5
1
2
1
4
3
4
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
3
SW
15
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
SW
11
4
SW
11
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.4
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
1.9
SW
13
2.5
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5720
5409
4896
4511
3760
3185
3022
4539
4846
3317
3847
2584
4066
2534
2285
2238
1266
2286
Wind (km/h)
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
4:52AM2.00m
4:21PM1.80m
5:39AM1.92m
5:00PM1.74m
Low Tide
10:13PM0.02m
10:46AM0.69m
10:54PM0.05m
11:28AM0.79m
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
part cloud
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part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:04
6:05
 mm
3
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
13
14
14
15
15
14
13
12
12
13
13
11
15
16
16
13
13
Feels °C
11
11
11
10
11
10
9
8
6
7
8
9
9
13
14
14
11
10
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