Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
13.9° 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 (29 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Jul, local time) - 16ft (5.0m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 12AM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 3.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jul)16ft (5.0m)16s
Afternoon (29 Jul)15ft (4.5m)15s
Evening (29 Jul)13ft (4.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu morning, min 7°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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)
2
6
5
4
0
0
5
3
8
6
6
3
3
4
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
SW
13
4.5
SW
13
5.5
SW
16
5
SW
16
4.5
SW
16
4
SW
15
4
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
WSW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.3
SW
13
2
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3810
4671
4732
6777
14572
12184
9773
7331
6847
5555
4364
3087
2494
2076
2253
2382
1650
1207
Wind (km/h)
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
10:07PM1.36m
12:03PM1.75m
11:14PM1.38m
12:47PM1.81m
Low Tide
5:18PM1.02m
4:48AM0.43m
6:16PM0.95m
5:43AM0.41m
7:00PM0.85m
light rain
rain showers
light rain
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cloud
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:28
7:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:31
5:31
 mm
2
1
4
1
1
Temp °C
8
7
8
9
9
10
10
12
10
10
9
9
9
9
13
11
9
9
Feels °C
3
1
2
2
3
4
5
7
6
7
6
6
6
5
9
8
6
6
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