Cathedral Rock surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 15 Sep 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
19.0° 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 8PM is: 4.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)15ft (4.5m)15s
Afternoon (15 Sep)13ft (4.0m)15s
Evening (15 Sep)11ft (3.5m)15s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
3
3
4
3
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.2
WSW
2
W
2.5
W
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.8
SW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)15151515141414131313131212127101011111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)869181597006610149204037314124861995167313171052106439236613601412136912077431113106111071083
Wind
(km/h)
45
SW
40
SW
40
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
25
NW
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
30
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:48AM
0.89
5:45AM
0.87
7:02AM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:33PM
0.27
3:09PM
0.28
3:38PM
0.29
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise-------6:16-------6:15-------6:13
Sunset--6:08-------6:09-------6:09-----
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1---1-----------4-------
Temp. °C141415141414141414151516161616171715151616161515
Feels °C (?)45678109111111101087891291010910910
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for WA - Rottnest Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cathedral Rock (calm at Swanbourne Automatic Weather Station 30 km from Cathedral Rock). A 4.5m groundswell from the WSW is too big for here

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4 km/h
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0.0
19.0
Air / Water (°C)
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