Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 25 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 (25 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Aug, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 5PM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (25 Aug)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (25 Aug)6.5ft (2.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 7°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
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
2
3
3
2
2
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SW
13
2.1
SW
13
2.1
SW
13
2
SW
13
1.9
SW
13
2
SW
13
2.2
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
2.2
SW
14
1.9
SW
13
2.1
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
1.7
SW
13
1.7
SW
13
1.2
SW
13
1
WSW
12
0.9
WSW
12
0.9
SSW
11
0.7
SW
13
0.6
SW
20
1.2
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1438
1521
1374
1259
1154
1346
1902
2201
2201
1875
1247
1521
1120
940
940
501
285
243
206
183
315
509
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
5
NW
5
W
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
5
W
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
S
5
NNW
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
9:17AM1.56m
8:08PM1.35m
10:34AM1.58m
9:39PM1.32m
11:33AM1.63m
Low Tide
3:12PM1.07m
3:08AM0.56m
4:43PM1.03m
4:22AM0.56m
5:46PM0.93m
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:56
6:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:54
5:55
5:57
 mm
2
2
1
Temp °C
11
11
12
14
12
12
9
8
9
12
14
14
10
8
8
7
7
11
15
14
11
10
Feels °C
9
10
11
14
10
9
6
5
6
8
10
9
7
6
6
5
4
9
13
12
10
8
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