Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 07 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
13.7° C
0.4° 

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 (07 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 2PM is: 1.9m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Aug)6ft (1.9m)15s
Afternoon (07 Aug)6ft (1.9m)15s
Evening (07 Aug)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 43mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat morning, min 10°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Sun night).

Friday
7
Saturday
8
Sunday
9
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
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SW
15
2
SW
15
2
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.7
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.9
SW
17
1.9
SW
17
1.9
SW
16
1.9
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.8
SW
15
1.7
SW
15
1.6
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.5
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.2
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.4
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1547
1860
1788
1576
1220
988
2191
1994
1737
1715
1532
1455
1237
1109
1016
890
701
607
517
400
929
1255
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
5
SSE
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
N
20
N
15
N
15
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
5:19AM1.88m
4:50PM1.78m
6:08AM1.85m
5:25PM1.73m
7:03AM1.80m
6:08PM1.67m
Low Tide
11:09AM0.71m
11:24PM0.13m
11:53AM0.83m
00:08AM0.13m
12:43PM0.94m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:20
7:18
7:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:38
5:39
5:40
 mm
2
1
4
3
2
3
1
7
1
Temp °C
7
10
13
14
11
10
11
11
11
12
16
15
11
12
11
10
11
10
12
12
11
11
Feels °C
4
8
11
12
9
8
9
8
8
8
12
11
9
9
7
6
6
5
6
8
8
8
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