Cathedral Rock surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 19 Dec 2025 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
22.5° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 7AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 17s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Dec)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (19 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (19 Dec)7ft (2.1m)6s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
SW
0.1
W
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SSW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)89111111111167777787899131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27924330320715122422924035132682113224445376844603627467005727571053484
Wind
(km/h)
40
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
20
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
50
S
45
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
45
SSW
50
SSW
50
S
40
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
10
S
35
SSW
40
SSW
45
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:01PM
1.03
8:29PM
1.08
8:57PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:33AM
0.29
6:03AM
0.29
6:36AM
0.28
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise---5:07-------5:07-------5:07----
Sunset------7:22-------7:22-------7:22-
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C221919192121201919171718181920222016151519191919
Feels °C (?)15131415181613101191013111011121188916121212
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