Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
13.9° C
0.6° 

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 (04 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 10s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 7PM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)--
Afternoon (04 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (04 Aug)7ft (2.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Wed morning, min 7°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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)
2
1
1
3
2
2
3
3
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
SW
12
2.3
SW
11
2.2
SW
10
2.3
SW
10
1.9
SW
11
1.6
SW
10
0.7
SW
20
1.7
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.8
SW
13
1.5
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.2
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
1.2
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
2.3
WSW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1557
1317
1040
1069
804
479
373
1147
466
1033
1102
755
591
444
386
719
627
539
661
3237
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
W
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
3:22PM1.89m
3:53AM1.83m
3:50PM1.86m
4:35AM1.87m
4:18PM1.82m
Low Tide
9:39PM0.31m
9:51AM0.50m
10:11PM0.22m
10:29AM0.60m
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:22
7:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:37
5:37
5:37
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
12
12
11
9
10
10
9
12
13
12
10
9
10
8
7
10
11
13
10
11
Feels °C
9
9
8
7
7
7
7
10
10
9
7
6
7
5
3
6
7
10
8
8
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