Cathedral Rock surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 20 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
22.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 11AM is: 2.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)7ft (2.1m)16s
Afternoon (20 Jan)6ft (1.9m)16s
Evening (20 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
4
3
1
1
3
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.3
W
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)171616161615141414141313131313121212121214666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36852669200818111507114599698286265353649141435131229730922622622235266293216
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
30
E
15
ESE
25
SSW
35
S
30
S
20
SE
40
E
40
E
35
ENE
20
ENE
10
ESE
20
S
25
SSE
15
S
10
SE
20
NNE
20
N
15
WNW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:56PM
0.86
10:29PM
0.74
1:48PM
0.43
11:00PM
0.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:19AM
0.21
6:36AM
0.20
6:43AM
0.21
4:10PM
0.41
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise-5:31-------5:31-------5:31------
Sunset----7:25-------7:25-------7:24---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222229332830312624243135353130282726242121202020
Feels °C (?)161626282124261917172731302727262322231716141414
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