Cathedral Rock surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 18 Dec 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
22.4° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 5AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Dec)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (18 Dec)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (18 Dec)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
SW
1.2
WSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
0.9
WSW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
WSW
0.1
W
0.2
WSW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SSW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)1010911121012128911111111111678877668
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10635884063436604429232163722693032331721032255206005081932040338480
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
20
S
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
S
40
ESE
35
E
30
ESE
25
ESE
15
S
30
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
55
S
50
S
50
SSE
45
SSE
35
S
45
SSW
45
SSW
50
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:01PM
1.03
8:29PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:09AM
0.27
5:33AM
0.29
6:03AM
0.29
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---5:07-------5:07-------5:07----
Sunset------7:21-------7:22-------7:22-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181615162021202223201920222221212019171619202022
Feels °C (?)9881016151316151314162018141411108813121213
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