Cathedral Rock surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 01 Jan 2026 AWST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
21.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 9AM is: 0.4m 20s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Afternoon (01 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)18s
Evening (01 Jan)4ft (1.2m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
3
4
3
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
SW
1
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.3
WSW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1.6
SW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)112019181316161615141414141413813131312121277
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10115532972152754595781114461179691123813184503633163943512867068841031400285
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ENE
10
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
30
SSE
35
S
30
SSE
30
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SSW
45
S
30
SSE
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
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
Sunrise-5:15-------5:15-------5:16------
Sunset----7:27-------7:27-------7:27---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232328232222232321202122222324232120212222222224
Feels °C (?)191924171718201918171818171920191616171717161519
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cathedral Rock surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest