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Cathedral Rock surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 AWST
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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
21.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 6PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
2
SW
1.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313131414141414141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38436233627327333633626926544045348749450159449456971266263462471113871216
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
30
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
30
SSW
25
S
15
S
10
NNW
20
WSW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
35
SSW
40
S
40
S
35
SSE
30
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:59PM
1.03
7:36PM
1.07
8:11PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:58AM
0.30
5:14AM
0.29
5:35AM
0.27
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-------5:26-------5:28-------5:28
Sunset--7:27-------7:27-------7:27-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242422222222232322212020201919191920201819171515
Feels °C (?)21191717192022232118161616151715171615111111911
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