Cathedral Rock surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 08 Jan 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
22.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 2AM is: 2.0m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (09 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (09 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
1
WSW
2
SSW
0.9
WSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)12121261111111111111010101010101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12491313286321190582558671913102973450836923417514221796788686424343
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSW
45
S
45
S
45
SSE
40
SE
35
SE
20
SSE
35
SSW
45
SSW
35
S
40
ESE
45
ESE
40
ESE
35
E
15
ESE
25
SSW
35
SSW
25
S
35
ESE
45
ESE
40
E
40
E
25
ENE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:08PM
0.48
3:21PM
0.44
8:01PM
0.44
3:35PM
0.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:22AM
0.21
5:39PM
0.43
5:54AM
0.18
5:42AM
0.17
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-----5:20-------5:22-------5:22--
Sunset7:28-------7:28-------7:28-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181919171615192020222317161722242526272019202525
Feels °C (?)1011119881413131614881018191822191211122020
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