Cathedral Rock surf break

Cathedral Rock surfForecast / VIC – Cape Otway / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Cathedral Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
17.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 5AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.8m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)11ft (3.5m)9s
Afternoon (10 Jan)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (10 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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Fri
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
6
4
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)13131312910111212141413131212111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)734734851264718783265175223602508658859524718186313811208882458389238225160157168117
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:03AM
2.05
5:35PM
1.83
5:42AM
1.95
6:26PM
1.80
6:20AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:46PM
0.29
11:25AM
0.26
11:33PM
0.43
12:07PM
0.24
12:20AM
0.59
12:49PM
0.26
Fri
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise----6:09-------6:11-------6:11---
Sunset8:51-------8:51-------8:50-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242120161520221916131212141415151413131314161717
Feels °C (?)21181712101617141210889910111010101011141513
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