Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
14.3° C
0.6° 

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 (14 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Jul, local time) - 18ft (5.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Jul, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Jul, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 2AM is: 6.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 4.5m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jul)18ft (5.5m)16s
Afternoon (14 Jul)13ft (4.0m)15s
Evening (14 Jul)15ft (4.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue morning, min 7°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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7
0
8
9
5
5
8
7
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
7
WSW
15
6.5
WSW
15
6
WSW
15
6
WSW
15
5.5
WSW
15
5.5
WSW
16
4.5
SW
15
4
SW
15
4.5
SW
15
4.5
WSW
14
3.5
SW
14
3
SW
14
4
WSW
14
4
WSW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
22367
19507
17257
15230
13751
14099
8840
7905
8332
7717
5082
4062
6049
5711
2995
2760
2580
2618
2815
3094
3306
3306
3352
3444
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
20
W
15
NW
15
W
20
WNW
20
W
25
W
25
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
5
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
on
glassy
High Tide
8:41PM1.55m
10:57AM1.88m
9:56PM1.55m
11:56AM1.95m
11:12PM1.60m
12:48PM2.02m
Low Tide
3:39AM0.13m
4:53PM0.99m
4:46AM0.11m
5:58PM0.87m
5:49AM0.08m
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:39
7:37
7:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:20
5:21
5:22
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
13
12
11
11
10
11
14
13
11
9
8
7
8
9
13
13
12
12
12
13
13
13
14
13
Feels °C
8
8
8
8
6
7
9
7
8
7
5
4
6
7
11
11
11
11
10
12
12
12
13
12
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