Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 15 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
14.2° C
0.5° 

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 (15 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 9PM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 3.0m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 6.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jul)--
Afternoon (15 Jul)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (15 Jul)11ft (3.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
6
5
5
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SW
14
3.5
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.4
SW
16
2.3
SW
15
2.2
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
2
SW
14
1.9
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5160
3978
3834
3074
3372
3695
3695
3936
4044
3900
3444
2863
2708
2633
3053
3212
3212
2963
2732
2208
1999
1836
1581
1449
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
5
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:56AM1.95m
11:12PM1.60m
12:48PM2.02m
00:22AM1.68m
1:35PM2.08m
1:26AM1.76m
Low Tide
5:58PM0.87m
5:49AM0.08m
6:55PM0.73m
6:48AM0.08m
7:46PM0.56m
7:44AM0.11m
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7:37
7:37
7:37
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5:21
5:22
5:22
5:22
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Temp °C
12
13
12
13
13
12
12
12
14
14
13
13
11
11
10
10
13
13
11
11
10
10
10
10
Feels °C
10
11
11
12
12
11
11
10
13
13
12
12
9
9
8
8
12
12
10
10
8
8
8
8
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