Cathedral Rock surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
22.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 8AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Afternoon (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (21 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
WSW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1.7
SW
1
WSW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.8
SW
2.2
SW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)1414141414131314148141414136131313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6677425388406616514794184023524134434861086354357269796772649479437370358
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
SSE
10
SW
5
SSE
10
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SE
40
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SSE
35
S
35
SSE
40
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
0.57
10:52AM
0.79
12:05AM
0.50
11:19AM
0.88
11:52AM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:53AM
0.45
6:24PM
0.39
3:19AM
0.47
8:41PM
0.41
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:20-------6:22-------6:22----
Sunset------6:29-------6:27-------6:25-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242222222221212120201918202123262018181821242521
Feels °C (?)242323242318181816161514171618201412121216191914
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