Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
15.6°C
2.0° 

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 (23 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 8PM is: 2.3m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 23). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)--
Afternoon (23 Oct)7ft (2.2m)17s
Evening (23 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 47mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 29°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
4
2
2
0
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SW
17
2.3
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.3
SW
15
2.2
SW
15
2.2
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
2.1
SW
14
1.9
SW
14
1.9
SW
14
2
SW
14
2
SW
14
2.2
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
2.2
SW
14
1.7
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2595
2643
2643
2756
2653
2520
2140
2083
1825
1752
1500
1459
1604
1649
1983
1863
1728
1945
1170
975
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
10
W
15
S
5
SSW
0
SSE
5
S
10
S
5
SE
10
E
15
ESE
10
E
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
5
NE
15
S
15
WSW
30
SW
15
W
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
on
on
on
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
10:07PM1.39m
10:30AM1.46m
11:26PM1.54m
11:24AM1.47m
Low Tide
3:54PM0.82m
4:17AM0.83m
4:56PM0.70m
5:35AM0.81m
5:43PM0.55m
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cloud
cloud
light rain
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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6:26
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6:24
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7:49
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7:50
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7:51
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1
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1
1
1
13
17
5
2
4
2
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Temp °C
29
28
17
15
14
14
14
14
16
16
15
14
14
12
12
13
12
10
10
9
Feels °C
26
27
15
16
15
14
13
13
15
14
15
13
13
10
12
11
10
4
6
5
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