Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
13.9°C
0.9° 

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 (03 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 16ft (5.0m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 11PM is: 4.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 6.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)--
Afternoon (03 Sep)15ft (4.5m)14s
Evening (03 Sep)16ft (5.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Fri night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun morning, min 6°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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)
7
7
8
6
6
6
6
6
4
5
5
5
5
5
2
2
2
5
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
SW
14
5.5
WSW
14
5
WSW
14
4
SW
15
4
SW
15
4
SW
15
4
SW
15
4
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7191
11502
9402
6885
7784
7831
7054
6723
6388
6206
5720
5189
4688
4320
3402
3375
3763
6029
3705
4550
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
W
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
3:17PM1.85m
4:10AM2.05m
3:48PM1.83m
4:52AM2.00m
4:21PM1.80m
Low Tide
9:36PM0.05m
10:08AM0.59m
10:13PM0.02m
10:46AM0.69m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:04
6:04
 mm
1
6
1
6
1
1
Temp °C
15
14
11
11
9
7
6
11
14
14
14
13
14
14
15
14
13
12
12
12
Feels °C
9
9
7
8
6
3
2
7
9
11
11
11
11
11
11
9
8
6
8
8
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