Cathedral Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.02° S 115.45° E

Issued: 7 pm 07 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cathedral Rock sea temperature is

18.9°C

Cathedral Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Cathedral Rock today (08 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 17s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cathedral Rock at 1AM is: 2.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 07). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AWST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Sep)	7ft (2.2m)	17s
Afternoon (08 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	16s
Evening (08 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	16s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Mainly strong winds.
	Mon 7			Tuesday 8								Wednesday 9
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 17	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15
Wave Graph
kJ	2191	1899	1957	1933	2200	2669	2958	3230	3005	2653	2620	2300	2080	2054	1735	1646	1624	1271	1271
Wind (km/h)	S	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	E	E	E	E	ENE	E	ENE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide						7:27AM0.92m						11:27PM0.55m			8:25AM0.85m				10:40PM0.50m
Low Tide	3:46PM0.30m								4:13PM0.30m			00:43AM0.55m					4:32PM0.31m


	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—
	6:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:06	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	15	15	14	13	13	16	19	18	14	12	11	11	15	19	20	19	17
Feels °C	11	10	9	10	8	6	6	9	13	11	5	4	3	3	7	14	14	12	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 17	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15
kJ	2191	1899	1957	1933	2200	2669	2958	3230	3005	2653	2620	2300	2080	2054	1735	1646	1624	1271	1271
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	SSW 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 5	—	—	—	—	—	W 18	SW 26
kJ	—	—	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	165	26
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	S 5	SSE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	—	—	SSE 4	SE 4	ESE 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	—	E 3	ENE 4
kJ	38	41	29	13	14	14	15	—	—	11	27	31	27	27	21	7	—	4	11
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Distance (km)	64	64	34	28	28	28	145	64	0	28	144	144	57	144	209	1	28	28	28
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Rating (10 max)									4							4
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Rating (10 max)	4	7	7	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	8	7
Header Global	Supertubes Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Supertubes Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Saint Leu Reunion	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Saint Leu Reunion	Saint Leu Reunion	May's Point Australia
Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	5	8	9	8	8	7	6	6	9	5	5	9	9	7

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