Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.02° S 115.45° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 18 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
20.2° 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 (18 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 11AM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jul)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (18 Jul)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (18 Jul)11ft (3.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Sat morning, calm by Sun night).

Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
W
13
3.5
W
11
4
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
2.3
W
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.4
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
13
1.9
WSW
13
1.8
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
13
1.6
WSW
13
1.5
WSW
13
1.5
WSW
12
1.4
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
11
1.3
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3866
3218
4532
4301
5302
5600
4864
4085
2185
2740
2350
1777
1581
1255
1077
953
838
734
644
541
459
491
621
Wind (km/h)
50
W
45
W
35
WSW
25
W
25
W
30
W
20
W
15
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
10
SSW
5
SE
5
SSE
5
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
11:19AM0.73m
2:26AM0.50m
11:11AM0.60m
2:17AM0.54m
9:04AM0.53m
Low Tide
7:53PM0.40m
4:23AM0.50m
6:32PM0.40m
5:52AM0.52m
5:42PM0.37m
light rain
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clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
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clear
clear
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part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:16
7:15
7:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:31
5:32
5:34
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
16
16
16
17
16
16
15
15
14
14
14
15
15
15
17
Feels °C
6
7
8
9
11
10
12
11
10
11
12
13
13
14
13
14
13
12
13
14
11
12
13
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