Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.52° S 144.00° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
13.7°C
0.7° 

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 (13 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 2AM is: 2.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 12). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)6ft (1.8m)15s
Afternoon (13 Sep)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (13 Sep)5ft (1.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 21°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
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
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
1.9
SW
14
1.8
SW
15
1.7
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.5
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.8
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2381
2093
1808
1760
1484
1308
1339
1200
1039
911
736
706
518
503
392
342
277
193
Wind (km/h)
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
N
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
00:33AM1.82m
12:54PM1.86m
1:24AM1.97m
1:34PM1.90m
Low Tide
6:23PM0.47m
6:45AM0.40m
7:07PM0.29m
7:33AM0.37m
7:46PM0.16m
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6:28
6:26
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6:10
6:12
 mm
Temp °C
17
14
13
12
14
19
21
21
18
17
16
14
13
15
18
16
15
14
Feels °C
16
12
11
9
11
15
18
18
17
16
14
12
11
13
17
12
12
11
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