Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.7° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 11AM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (05 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (05 Sep)10ft (3.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun morning, min 6°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Sat morning, calm by Mon night).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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)
5
4
2
2
2
8
5
2
2
1
5
3
3
5
4
3
3
2
3
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
16
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
4.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
14
3
SW
13
3.5
SW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.4
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
3
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
12
1.8
SW
13
1.8
SW
12
1.8
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
1.9
SW
13
1.9
SW
10
1.7
SSW
9
1.9
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4896
4301
3760
3185
3022
9041
4737
3597
3883
3364
3893
2534
2285
2379
2611
2286
1086
956
971
392
1167
625
486
1280
Wind (km/h)
20
N
20
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
High Tide
4:52AM2.00m
4:21PM1.80m
5:39AM1.92m
5:00PM1.74m
6:32AM1.81m
5:48PM1.66m
Low Tide
10:13PM0.02m
10:46AM0.69m
10:54PM0.05m
11:28AM0.79m
11:40PM0.13m
12:18PM0.89m
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
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cloud
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:39
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:04
6:05
6:06
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
15
15
14
14
11
12
12
13
12
15
16
16
12
10
10
11
9
13
12
11
9
8
Feels °C
11
10
10
9
8
9
6
8
7
10
10
13
14
14
10
8
8
9
6
9
7
6
5
5
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