Cathedral Rock surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 05 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
22.0° 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 4PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (05 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (05 Mar)4ft (1.2m)14s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121414141414151514141414141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25525125146510776147017018571124104594783482211471130951701595532525444357295
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
10
S
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:08AM
0.56
10:18PM
0.49
11:22AM
0.62
10:13PM
0.44
11:43AM
0.69
9:23PM
0.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:31AM
0.30
4:53PM
0.37
4:12AM
0.29
5:51PM
0.38
3:59AM
0.29
7:34PM
0.42
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:09-------6:09-------6:11------
Sunset----6:49-------6:47-------6:45---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222124242324242522222525252425262423292824232222
Feels °C (?)181721191720182018192120202021232120262421222021
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