Cathedral Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.02° S 115.45° E

Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is
18.7°C
0.1° 

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 (17 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 7AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 21s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 22°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, strong winds from the WNW by Fri night).

Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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
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
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
14
1
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
14
1
WSW
13
1
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
12
0.9
WSW
12
0.9
WSW
12
0.8
WSW
18
0.9
WSW
18
1.1
WSW
17
3
WNW
9
3.5
W
10
4
W
11
4
W
14
4.5
W
14
4.5
W
14
4
W
13
3.5
WSW
13
3
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
537
485
465
352
415
342
326
303
298
350
258
258
418
547
763
1502
2508
3612
6978
8070
7244
5482
3751
3049
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
20
NNE
25
N
25
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
25
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
25
N
40
NNW
40
WNW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
50
WNW
50
WNW
45
W
40
W
35
W
25
WSW
20
W
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:49PM0.80m
00:23AM0.84m
1:04AM0.86m
Low Tide
2:35PM0.33m
2:38PM0.36m
2:41PM0.38m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:15
6:13
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:09
6:10
6:12
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
22
23
22
20
19
19
18
18
17
17
17
20
21
19
16
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
20
19
17
18
17
17
18
20
15
13
14
15
13
14
8
9
9
8
7
7
9
10
11
13
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