Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
14.0°C
1.0° 

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 (13 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 8PM is: 1.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 13). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)--
Afternoon (13 Sep)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (13 Sep)5ft (1.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 9°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
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)
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.5
SW
15
1.5
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.8
SW
13
1.4
SW
7
2
SW
9
2.5
SW
11
3
SW
13
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
14
4
SW
14
4
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1339
1216
949
911
821
706
518
503
392
342
282
190
193
612
1351
3113
4103
5095
5940
5665
Wind (km/h)
20
N
15
NNW
5
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
15
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
12:54PM1.86m
1:24AM1.97m
1:34PM1.90m
2:09AM2.07m
2:11PM1.91m
Low Tide
7:07PM0.29m
7:33AM0.37m
7:46PM0.16m
8:16AM0.37m
8:23PM0.09m
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cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:10
6:12
6:13
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
24
22
19
18
16
14
14
14
16
16
15
15
12
10
9
11
11
11
10
10
Feels °C
20
19
18
16
14
13
13
12
13
13
12
11
10
6
5
5
4
4
4
3
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