Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 31 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
13.7°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 (31 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Aug, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 17s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 9AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Aug)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (31 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Evening (31 Aug)8ft (2.5m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Tue morning, min 9°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
31
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
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
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
5
4
4
4
3
2
3
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
4
6
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
2.5
SW
17
2.5
SW
17
2.5
SW
16
2.4
SW
16
2.3
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.8
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.7
SW
14
2
SW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
15
2.3
SW
16
3
WSW
15
2.5
SW
15
3
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2140
2158
2223
2322
2356
2125
4286
3882
3212
2758
2381
1958
1632
1290
1077
1220
1626
3151
3170
3456
2634
4081
3194
3352
Wind (km/h)
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
0
N
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:36AM1.76m
1:52PM1.84m
2:15AM1.89m
2:20PM1.85m
2:52AM1.99m
2:48PM1.86m
Low Tide
7:43AM0.42m
8:02PM0.36m
8:20AM0.43m
8:32PM0.23m
8:56AM0.45m
9:03PM0.12m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:47
6:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:00
6:00
6:01
 mm
3
1
Temp °C
8
8
8
10
13
11
10
11
10
9
10
16
20
18
14
14
14
13
11
12
16
15
12
12
Feels °C
7
6
6
9
11
9
9
9
7
6
6
11
15
14
10
11
11
12
9
9
12
11
8
7
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