Cathedral Rock surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 26 Jul 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
67.6°F
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 3PM is: 3ft 20s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 4ft 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 2ft 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (26 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)20s
Evening (26 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)19s

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

Updates in 3 hr 58 min 15 s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)
4.5
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
10
W
8
W
10
WSW
11
WSW
11
WSW
8
SW
11
WSW
11
WSW
11
WSW
11
WSW
11
WSW
11
WSW
8
SW
8
WSW
8
WSW
7
WSW
Period(s) (?)1320131918181717816169101612121313131314141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)106812139498549719188371021981358645431693306840493298396244374566460539023165256522921840
Wind
(mph)
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
30
N
30
N
35
N
25
W
25
WSW
20
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (ft)
10:02AM
3.25
10:28AM
2.79
1:35AM
1.64
10:45AM
2.36
1:16AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (ft)
7:10PM
1.25
7:11PM
1.21
3:10AM
1.61
6:45PM
1.18
4:22AM
1.54
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Sunrise-------7:11-------7:09-------7:09
Sunset--5:37-------5:37-------5:38-----
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Rain (in)
------0.00.10.60.10.20.30.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.00.00.00.00.0
Temp. °F545559615957575759575255545452525454555555555455
Feels °F (?)394346484541393745433934343430323434363637393739

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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cathedral Rock (calm at Swanbourne Automatic Weather Station 19 miles from Cathedral Rock). 5ft 14s groundswell from the WSW with a 2ft 20s long period groundswell, also from the WSW and a 1ft 20s long period groundswell, also from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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